DIY> Clean your car leather with Leather Master
June 20, 2010 – 4:38 pm | No Comment

Leather Master is one of the best leather cleaning brand on the market. They also have alcantara cleaning products, but for this DIY, we are going to focus on the automotive leather. Their products are …

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Article Archive for January 2009

LIB > GM and ZF transmissions oil chart
January 13, 2009 – 8:46 pm | No Comment

Very useful document for GM and ZF transmissions
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LIB > Retrofit kit on-board monitor and navigation system (E38)
January 13, 2009 – 8:41 pm | No Comment

Official BMW documentation about retrofiting the navigation system into a E38 (7 series).
HTH
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LIB > BMW Sat NAV user guide (E38, E39, E46, E53 : 1997-2001)
January 13, 2009 – 12:51 pm | No Comment

Very useful if you have lost the user guide for the sat nav of your car.
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DIY > Detailing your car at home (Any)
January 13, 2009 – 7:42 am | No Comment
DIY > Detailing your car at home (Any)

Detailing Your Car
In this version of the Great Paint Project, I will build on the experience that I learned when polishing Barb’s 1994 Mercury Topaz to do a complete strip down, polish and wax of …

DIY > Debadge your car (Any)
January 12, 2009 – 1:39 am | No Comment
DIY > Debadge your car (Any)

Tools Needed:
3M Adhesive Remover
Hair dryer (Heat gun is preferable though as it is more powerfull, will make your life easier)
Dental floss or fishing line
Soft terry cloth
Car Wax
Do not try to remove the badge with a …

LIB > Install OEM Alarm on a E9x
January 11, 2009 – 4:01 pm | No Comment

Official BMW document. Usually only US owners are affected by this as the alarm is optional in the US.
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DIY > Intake air filter change (E9x)
January 11, 2009 – 3:49 pm | No Comment
DIY > Intake air filter change (E9x)

Be sure to have a 10 mm socket, a T25 torque bit and flat blade screw driver.
Firstly, slacken all the screws shown in the first picture. Then lifting the air filter cover you will see …

LIB > Automatic Transmission Maintenance (E46) from Bentley
January 11, 2009 – 1:06 pm | No Comment

This document provides an overview of the automatic transmission maintenance for the 3 series E46 models.
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FAQ > BMW Troubleshooting codes
January 11, 2009 – 12:52 pm | One Comment

These are general codes that can be read with different solutions (OBD II scanner and such). Those instruments sometimes only give you the code, so now you can see what the code means.
P1083 Fuel Control Mixture …

FAQ > Why BMW vanos fails?
January 11, 2009 – 3:54 am | No Comment

What’s a vanos?
Vanos is BMW’s name for its engine variable valve timing unit.
What’s variable valve timing?
Variable valve timing is a way of modifying the engine intake and/or exhaust valve opening/closing timing dynamically to provide improved …

FAQ > How to identify & fix rattling sources
January 11, 2009 – 3:40 am | No Comment

I’ve had it with the rattles. I decided to find every single rattle and fix it. My father took the car for a ride on a pretty bad road and I was sitting in the …

LIB > Very nice E36 M3 Faq (PDF)
January 10, 2009 – 10:52 pm | No Comment

Always wanted to know everything about the E36 M3, there you go.
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