This comment hits home for me. It's been such an evolution and I'm glad I get to share it with everyone. If it weren't for you guys, this car wouldn't be what it is today!
👍 for Eileen, also if you find that the hood “pushes up” on the sides near where the hood struts mount(usually happens over time, it bows the hood) just delete them. Plus it’s a couple pound weight save. I kept one installed on the car and could pop it in when I need the hood propped. I had that experience on a carbon hood before
Making me want a murdered out 135i. N54 manuals are becoming rather scarce here is South Africa.Lile guys that have em won't part with em! Anyway, great inspiration you are bro. Love what you doing.
Looks super sick!!! That hood fitment is spot on. For future reference if useful... when I drill carbon fiber or fiberglass its always messy, so I usually have someone hold a vacuum near where I'm drilling so it picks up all the shavings/dust right away, just less to clean up afterwards.... Looking forward to the trunk install!
You sir, have very good taste (and your 1 series looks great too ;-) ... I purchased a Jet Black 2008 135i just a few days ago so I was ecstatic to see your videos detailing the progression towards a balanced 135i / 1M OEM-ish look...and kudos to your approach and video style. I feel inspired to begin logging my upgrade/conversion plan onto RU-vid...but till then. Subscribed and looking forward to more.
Awesome! Thanks for watching. I'd love to see other BMW guys start documenting their builds on RU-vid. Good luck with your progression, you'll fall in love with these cars.
Hey Jake, I would highly recommend at least getting the hood and trunk lid ceramic coated. If you would like to even go a step further, spray the hood and trunk lid with some clear coat. Most carbon products are coated with a gel coat that will fade over time.
@@jake_spence Ceramic coat would definitely help! Carbon gets cloudy over time due to UV Damage. If you keep it in the Garage mostly, ceramic coat should be fine.
Hey. 135i looks great. I have an e88. I want to get the hood and the head lights you have. Where did you get the head lights? I’m not sure if you still have yours. But it looks great.
Besides the hood, how else can you save weight at the FRONT of the 135i? There are several useless brackets & plastic things in the engine bay I found but is there anything else cheap left? Carbon cross braces instead of the factory metal?
Jake... I have to say that your 1er is gorgeous. To be quite honest, it’s how I want mine to turn out when I have the capital! I was curious as to how you were able to raise the hood to be level with the top of your side fenders? I have the same hood, but for some reason my hood sits lower, so I feel like I’ve done something wrong
I'm not gonna lie, it took a lot of adjusting off camera to get it to sit the way it did. Adjusting bolts, mounts, latches, etc. And then I took it to the 1/2 mile and did 170mph runs back-to-back and it tweaked the hood because I didn't have the hood pins installed yet. I'd just play around with all the joint locations and make small tweaks one at a time.
I'm going to be careful with the weather. I still have most of my cowl and an engine cover so I'm not too worried. But I wouldn't want to go out in a monsoon either lol.
@@jake_spence Someday I will buy the same car and in the same color, with the same goal as you ..... make it beautiful, where do you buy all the pieces for the exterior?
