What did you do to / for your E53 today??

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by Joshdub

I'm looking forward to it. I am also going to do brake lines. Do I remember you saying that the original brake lines on ours are braided ss with a rubber exterior coating?

I was also looking into the brass slide pins, but I can't seem to find ones for the iS calipers.

Damn, that can be pretty frustrating. I may be interested in it. I'll PM you.

Just refresh the iS calipers with all ATE parts IMO - bushings, pins, bleeders, seal kits (if you have a seized or scored piston, Centric sells the replacements on RockAuto) - I have the ATE assembly paste if you want to borrow it when you are ready, the hydraulic paste that costs $20 a tube (its a huge tube) and is the actual correct assembly lubricant for reinstallation of pistons -

Not sure on the hoses, but either new OE / ATE hoses or getting a set of Stoptech SS lines would be great (I have a set of Stoptechs waiting to go in.)

[Joshdub]

Thanks RB. I'll hit you up about the past when I am ready to reassemble them.

I was looking at the stoptech SS lines, they seem to be priced reasonably. Now I just need to hunt down rear calipers and figure out what to do for rotors and pads.

[OrangeFurious]

Originally Posted by Joshdub

Thanks RB. I'll hit you up about the past when I am ready to reassemble them.

I was looking at the stoptech SS lines, they seem to be priced reasonably. Now I just need to hunt down rear calipers and figure out what to do for rotors and pads.

I sorted out my brake carrier issue tonight and got the brakes wrapped up. Very happy with brakemotive pads and rotors. $250 for everything, all four wheels. Look good, stop good, high quality.

[Autowa]

Picked this up not to long ago. Needs a few small maintenance things but nothing major. Got it for a decent deal too.

[Ricky Bobby]

^Sport Package and Factory Running boards looks great!

Josh, I went with the Centric High Carbon Alloy coated rotors - I didn't do cross drilled or slotted - I also went with Power Stop Z16 ceramic pads from RockAuto, and the Stoptech SS line set (all from RockAuto)

ATE parts I got all from FCPEuro (slider pins, bushings, bleeder screws, front seal kits) - for the iS calipers I am not sure, but on my 3.0i calipers, the rear seal kits I could not get from ATE brand so I paid $20 per side for the Genuine BMW - I couldn't source the rear ATE kits anywhere -

Let me know when you get the job started - I will squeeze out an ounce or two of the hydraulic paste into a small baggie, and mail it out to you for your caliper reassembly - There is probably 6-7 oz in the whole tube (its like a toothpaste size), and you know how little it takes to lube up a piston, seal and bore per caliper (those small packets I usually use one per axle from the big box store) so I'll squeeze out a decent amount for you to finish the job

The tube has enough to probably do 50 brake jobs lol


Oh and btw - while you are in there, might want to look into your parking brake assembly if its original - BMW sells a "Value Line" kit which includes new shoes, adjusters, all hardware, springs, etc for like $80? Also purchased from FCPEuro, I figure when the rears are off I am going to take care of the entire rusty parking brake assembly as well

This is all on the spring to do list, once I get my car back from the body shop for all the PDR as well as the repair of the rear door rust on both sides -

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by OrangeFurious

I sorted out my brake carrier issue tonight and got the brakes wrapped up. Very happy with brakemotive pads and rotors. $250 for everything, all four wheels. Look good, stop good, high quality.

I'm still very happy with my brakemotive hardware as well. And $250 for a complete front/rear setup is a steal. I forget what I paid but it was right around there. Did yours come with stoptech carbon pads? Those are the pads mine came with.

[gatojurko]

Originally Posted by Autowa

Picked this up not to long ago. Needs a few small maintenance things but nothing major. Got it for a decent deal too.

Get depo head lights with white angel! Put on 4.6is pack and black grill

[Joshdub]

Thanks for the reccomendations guys. I'll look into those brakes.

RB, it looks like rebuild stuff for the is calipers doesn't have the same selection as the rest of them unfortunately. It's either centric or genuine.

I'll get the stoptech lines for sure. I am not in a huge rush. The X5 doesn't even need brakes at the moment so I am just accumulating unnecessary parts haha.

[andrewwynn]

Finally got my Karen edit that I refurbished back in. Very tight fit to get that sucker squeezed in: couldn't get it the last 1/3 of an inch until I figured out to poke the likes of a nail set into the bolt hole to pull it in the last bit.

I also had to replace air boot : it was torn through in the flex part. Unfortunately it was originally installed from under the car so I had to razor knife the thing in half to remove. Only to discover the cheap copy I bought wouldn't bend so I sent back the crappy one, super glued the cut one to get me working until the OEM replacement came.

That's when my alternator dies and my wife's camshaft sensor died. So I got to put in the new boot the new camshaft sensor and the refurbished alternator.

I couldn't get the boot off without taking off the disa valve fortunately that is second to the oil cap the easiest thing to remove on the M54 engine!

So: cps sensor in, DISA OFF, boot off, alternator in, boot back on, disa back on, air intake in, fan and shroud back on.

Started right up. I did have a charger on the battery while working to make that go smoothly.

The symptom showing alternator failing was that dsc/brake/abs lights. Poking around with dash command showed voltage dipped below 12v at idle (when it felt like it).

So once running even though it was two full months in hibernation, my BMWЯ didn't forget that the dsc trifecta was lit. I was really hoping it would reset itself and sure enough I didn't even get to the end of my alley and dashboard cleared!

Now I have to purge my brakes. Apparently when the level got low a bit of air got in. It's way overdue for flush anyhow so I bought the pressure bottle to bleed and learned a couple tricks for workaround with abs. I will post results.



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[andrewwynn]

Finally got my alternator that I refurbished back in. Very tight fit to get that sucker squeezed in: couldn't get it the last 1/3 of an inch until I figured out to poke the likes of a nail set into the bolt hole to pull it in the last bit.

I also had to replace air boot : it was torn through in the flex part. Unfortunately it was originally installed from under the car so I had to razor knife the thing in half to remove. Only to discover the cheap copy I bought wouldn't bend so I sent back the crappy one, super glued the cut one to get me working until the OEM replacement came.

That's when my alternator dies and my wife's camshaft sensor died. So I got to put in the new boot the new camshaft sensor and the refurbished alternator.

I couldn't get the boot off without taking off the disa valve fortunately that is second to the oil cap the easiest thing to remove on the M54 engine!

So: cps sensor in, DISA OFF, boot off, alternator in, boot back on, disa back on, air intake in, fan and shroud back on.

Started right up. I did have a charger on the battery while working to make that go smoothly.

The symptom showing alternator failing was that dsc/brake/abs lights. Poking around with dash command showed voltage dipped below 12v at idle (when it felt like it).

So once running even though it was two full months in hibernation, my BMWЯ didn't forget that the dsc trifecta was lit. I was really hoping it would reset itself and sure enough I didn't even get to the end of my alley and dashboard cleared!

Now I have to purge my brakes. Apparently when the level got low a bit of air got in. It's way overdue for flush anyhow so I bought the pressure bottle to bleed and learned a couple tricks for workaround with abs. I will post results.



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