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Finally replaced factory battery. It only had 300CCA's. Lost two plastic push pins in the process. Dammit!
Just curious, but what year is your car? My factory battery finally crapped out last year. Ended up replacing it with a Die Hard Platinum Group 35 with 850 CCA! The original lasted almost 7 years, so I'll be happy if the new one lasts even close to that long.
FYI.. You can get 25 of those 8mm push pin clips on eBay for $4.29 including shipping... local supplier here in SoCal.
Just ordered two pairs of SPC 72265 rear toe/camber bolts to pair up with my Swift springs. Hopefully the hobby shop on base has either a dremel or some other form of rotary cutting tool. Should be an interesting experience.
Good call on getting these, ZM. The install isn't really that difficult, but it is time consuming. It can even be done with a round hand file, but it would probably take hours to do all of the holes. Just make sure you have a few extra good cutting or grinding bits for the Dremel, as one bit definitely won't cut it (pun intended). Here are a few pics from when I did mine. Good luck.
Good call on getting these, ZM. The install isn't really that difficult, but it is time consuming. It can even be done with a round hand file, but it would probably take hours to do all of the holes. Just make sure you have a few extra good cutting or grinding bits for the Dremel, as one bit definitely won't cut it (pun intended). Here are a few pics from when I did mine. Good luck.
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Did you just get the toe bolts? Or camber bolts as well?
Is that such a good idea though? My friend had (keyword, had) an e46 M3 which was only driven a little bit during the summer months, and thats it. They did the oil change like once every year and a half, and about 2 years ago the engine blew up. maybe it wasn't using synthetic though, IDK.
Sorry to hear about your friend's M3, but what blew in the engine that was caused by the oil? I had an E46 M3 and the issue with those engines is the Vanos system. Yes, the scheduled oil change interval is roughly once a year, but most E46 M3 owners know to change it at least every 6 months. I still think he would have been ok with that $16/quart Castrol oil they recommend.
Did you just get the toe bolts? Or camber bolts as well?
I actually did the test fit for the Ichiba rear camber arms for our cars years ago, so I ended up with a free pair of those, so I only had to install the SPC bolts to correct the toe.
02-08-2016, 03:32 PM
