07-06-2015, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by admranger
Nice journal. Reminds me of some of the ones on m3forum.net
I use cQuartz, which is a ceramic coating like your Opticoat, only made for DIY'ers. I'd prefer to have the detail shop do it, but I haven't found one in Vegas that is any good yet (haven't looked that hard either...).
Do some reading on the rear ball joint replacement, especially if you are going to replace the integral link at the same time (I don't know why you wouldn't...). It can be a bit tricky to do. Don't try to kluge together a tool to pull those ball joints. You want one made for the job as they can be really, really tight in there.
Nice looking X! Keep up the great work.
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Never heard of cQuartz... will have to check it out. I preferred having the shop do it to a DIY because everyone said it was imperative that it be laid down evenly for a nice look without having to do an arduous correction.
As for the ball joints on the tension arms... can you not just put a nut on the top of the bolt and pound it out with a mini-sledge? Or hit the arm itself near the ball joint? This is how I break most of the ball joints free on my other BMW's. Works a treat and doesn't damage the ball joint rubbers if not replacing them. Do need to replace the nut though... but I find it much easier to do it this way than using a pickle fork or other ball joint removal method.
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