theothersawyer's Daily Driver

[theothersawyer]

I'm on spring break this week, so I decided to spend some time on Emma's paint! I have to start off by thanking Joe (smokinfastlegend) for letting me borrow is rather expensive buffer and for all the advice on products and techniques!

So far, I've just washed the car and clayed it. Spent lots of time prepping and tapping off the trim! I'll spend tomorrow polishing/waxing!
Untitled by Danny Sawyer, on Flickr

Joe introduced me to a clay towel, and it was the best $25 I've ever spent! Way less hassle than a clay bar and you can do the whole car in like 10 minutes! This is what I got: https://www.eagleone.com/mitt

Excuse the messy garage, and say hello to my dog Enzo!

[theothersawyer]

I got cross bars today and installed them! The bike rack should be here next week to fit to the bars!




I still have a pile of parts to install on this car still! Hoping to do it all over a few days here soon!

[theothersawyer]

Bike rack came in! It's all BMW parts!

[theothersawyer]

Next up on the list of things to install today...headlight retrofit!
Old lenses coming off!

[— kung fu jesus —]

I need to do the oil filter housing gasket on the touring soon. I might overhaul the cooling system while I'm in there.

[theothersawyer]

That would be a good idea! These damn cooling systems are fragile!

[theothersawyer]

The reason a retrofit is needed...things got a bit hot in this headlight!



How the hell was this not recalled? The projector bowls are fried!

[theothersawyer]

Went out and took some pictures of how the car currently sits! Decided to put the bike on to make sure it wouldn't fall off! This was the first time driving with the bike up top, it wiggles up there a bit but it didn't fall off so that's a plus!

Also pictured are my new matte black kidney grille's!




I love the paint scheme of my bike!









The new headlights! They now have Xpel protective film on them thanks to my friend that drives the silbergrau 330 above!

[theothersawyer]

It took forever, but it was worth it!
Before and after!


Crappy iPhone light comparison! Major difference!

[—Martin—]

Good job on the headlights, Eric! Oh, and maybe you helped a little, Danny

[theothersawyer]

Eric pretty much did it all! I let him do all of the swearing and hard stuff! It took like 10 hours to finish....complete PITA, but the results were worth it!

[—RotorNutFD3S—]

I let him do all of the swearing and hard stuff!

That's pretty much all of your big projects!

[—tsingson—]

Bike rack mod complete. Do I predict slamming it to the ground and stretching some tires?

Just kidding man. It looks good.

[theothersawyer]

Trust me, you aren't the first person to ask me that! Hahah I don't plan on keeping the rack on the car! It'll come on and off as needed! It sure beats having to try and fit the bike in the trunk! It didn't fit so well!

[—tsingson—]

It's funny how a bike rack became a car mod. And be careful. Don't try to pull into a carport with the bike on the rack. I know someone who had done this. Not me.