Immaculate low mileage 2004 Silver Grey CSL Inspired Build

[Slideways]

Looks fantastic. Does the strut tower brace make full contact with the strut towers, or does it have just the three raised spots that contact the strut tower?

Raised spots like on the genuine BMW version.

[D-O]

Raised spots like on the genuine BMW version.

That's a disappointment.

[Slideways]

That's a disappointment.

Why? Stock, BMW Perf, Karb and Slon all use the same design.

[D-O]

Would a brace that makes full contact with the strut tower not give more protection against mushrooming?

[Slideways]

Would a brace that makes full contact with the strut tower not give more protection against mushrooming?

The strut tower reinforcement plates that go on the strut top mounts will help with that.

[D-O]

The strut tower reinforcement plates that go on the strut top mounts will help with that.

For sure, but I would think a brace making full contact on the top side would assist in reinforcing the strut tower.

[karter16]

the seam on the throttle body boots is facing up rather than down

Not sure if Avedis's are the same but just looked at mine (Genuine BMW) I have sitting on my desk and they have 4 seams (e.g. every 90 degrees) so there isn't a “up vs “down”


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[Slideways]

Not sure if Avedis's are the same but just looked at mine (Genuine BMW) I have sitting on my desk and they have 4 seams (e.g. every 90 degrees) so there isn't a “up vs “down”


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Ah, the old ones have one seam that you can usually put facing down.

[Avedis]

Couple more updates from this week

Remote tuning session with HTE was shockingly easy and fast. I appreciate his willingness to answer questions long before I was a paying customer. His communication and response time was also extremely fast and consistent the whole way through.




Back in the engine bay I installed some black plastic protective caps for the strut brace nuts. The titanum nuts that came with the Karbonius strut brace are really nice, I just wanted a more factory look.



Next up, I replaced the bubbling ///M badge on the valve cover. The new badge received a layer of high temp ceramic coating prior to going on.





I know I said I was done with the interior, but one day I came out to the car and the microphone cover in the sunroof motor cover had fallen out and was hanging by the wiring. I used this as an opportunity to make a small change. The car came with a sunroof (which I never use), and the homelink buttons (which I also never use). I was looking for a totally blank version of the cover, but I was only able to find one that had a single cutout for the microphone cover. Not a huge change, but I used it as an opportunity to continue on with this cars theme of, "the simpler the better."

[0-60motorsports]

Great updates. HTE is a gentleman, good choice.

[Rokoz]

This build is goals man - very well done

[kensuke]

Thanks for sharing so many details with the community, and for posting so we can live vicariously through your effort. Your partner's a saint, giving you the time and space to do this car justice!