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DIY 4x5/6x12 P+S
See www.flickr.com/photos/ezzie0304/4589911670/ for details
and www.flickr.com/photos/ezzie0304/4676126084/ for the current 0.4 version
Owners of the BMW 3 Series (E46 models) have been reporting cracks and damage in the rear subframe area of their vehicles. The issue was also common on the earlier 3 Series models and unfortunately, have reoccurred with the E46 from 1999-2006. This issue specifically appears in the rear mounting points of the subframe, which can tear out from their position in the sheet metal. This occurs as the rear differential transmits the torsional load from the engine through the subframe, and then, into the chassis of the vehicle. This constant abuse leads to fatigue in the metal, causing cracks and separation from the chassis.
The parts used for this repair includes:
Active Autowerke (www.activeautowerke.com):
• E46 Subframe / Rear Chassis Reinforcement Kit
Powerflex USA (powerflexusa.com):
• BMW E46 M3 Rear Subframe Front Bushing - Street
• BMW E46 M3 Rear Subframe Rear Bushing - Street
• BMW E46 M3 Rear Diff Rear Mount - Street
• BMW E46 M3 Rear Diff Front Mount - Street
My wife's daily driver of seven years was recently diagnosed with a rusted subframe. It was a repair that we could have afforded, but at almost fifteen years old--and also having spent almost all of that time (we presume) in the midwest--the entire car is slowly turning to rust and it is not worth our time to get it repaired.
We had decided that we would try and sell the car on Craigslist, so we spent some time cleaning the car and getting it ready. Today was going to be the final push, getting it washed and taking photos of it and making up a listing. We washed the car at home, then decided to take it to Marathon to vacuum it out before finding a parking lot to take photos in. Even from the house to the gas station, the car was acting incredibly janky, and by the time we got it to our chosen parking lot and started taking photos of it, it wasn't long before we gave up--and decided to junk the car.
We drove it home and called Victory Auto Wreckers, who will be coming to tow it away tomorrow. Here are some photos of the beloved Cavalier for posterity's sake.
Owners of the BMW 3 Series (E46 models) have been reporting cracks and damage in the rear subframe area of their vehicles. The issue was also common on the earlier 3 Series models and unfortunately, have reoccurred with the E46 from 1999-2006. This issue specifically appears in the rear mounting points of the subframe, which can tear out from their position in the sheet metal. This occurs as the rear differential transmits the torsional load from the engine through the subframe, and then, into the chassis of the vehicle. This constant abuse leads to fatigue in the metal, causing cracks and separation from the chassis.
The parts used for this repair includes:
Active Autowerke (www.activeautowerke.com):
• E46 Subframe / Rear Chassis Reinforcement Kit
Powerflex USA (powerflexusa.com):
• BMW E46 M3 Rear Subframe Front Bushing - Street
• BMW E46 M3 Rear Subframe Rear Bushing - Street
• BMW E46 M3 Rear Diff Rear Mount - Street
• BMW E46 M3 Rear Diff Front Mount - Street
The submarine USS Torsk (SS-423) is credited with sinking the last enemy vessel in WWII. It went on to serve the U.S. Navy until 1968. It is now part of the Baltimore Maritime Museum and can be toured for a nominal fee... but watch your head in there... it's pretty tight!
One little LED and a piece of optically coated glass - and I'm the master of star-hopping :)
Aquisition time: between 23:30 02.11 and 01:00 03.11.2013 (all timepoints are MSK, that is UTC+4)
Equipment:
Canon EOS 60D (unmodded) running Magic Lantern firmware override in prime focus of Celestron OMNI XLT 150 mm Newtonian mounted on |UNDISCLOSED|.
Aperture 150 mm
Focal length 750 mm
Tv = 45 seconds
Av = f/5
ISO 3200
Exposures: 20 (best of 48 taken, plus 23 dark frames and 10 offset frames plus 7 fake flat-field frames).
Processing: Images were converted to 16-bit TIFFs in Canon DPP and outputs were fed to DSS. Flatfields were made from randomly picked exposures by applying Gausian Blur (250 pixels radius) and adjusting histogramm to achieve 70% fill.
Colours were balanced in DSS and final touches were made in Photoshop.
Note: ISO 3200 requires more subframes to deal with Poisson's quantum noise.
This pretty beast came to us for a RWE APR custom front splitter, Mishimoto electric fan install, Castro motorsport 4point roll bar install & Mason Engineering rear 4point strut/subframe reinforcement, cornerbalance, allignment, and basic maintenance. Here is a list of all the current mods:
-Apex Arc-8 18x9.5 et35
-Bimmerworld Race Exhaust & Rear Diffuser
-Castro Motorsport 4point roll bar
-Custom Long Tube Headers
-Evolve Tune (custom)
--K&N Filter
-Mason Engineering Rear 4point strut/subframe reinforcement
-Mishimoto Electric Fan
-Macht Schnell Intake Elbow
-Nitto NTO5 265/35/18
-RaceWerkz APR Front Splitter (custom)
-Status Gruppe CSL Front Bumper, CSL Race Lip, CSL Trunk, Section 1 Resonated, and Coilover Kit.
Aluminum subframe fabricated by Marin in Spain.
I took the photo at Jerez circuit during the last round of the 2008 Spanish Championship.
More info at www.bottpower.com
Owners of the BMW 3 Series (E46 models) have been reporting cracks and damage in the rear subframe area of their vehicles. The issue was also common on the earlier 3 Series models and unfortunately, have reoccurred with the E46 from 1999-2006. This issue specifically appears in the rear mounting points of the subframe, which can tear out from their position in the sheet metal. This occurs as the rear differential transmits the torsional load from the engine through the subframe, and then, into the chassis of the vehicle. This constant abuse leads to fatigue in the metal, causing cracks and separation from the chassis.
The parts used for this repair includes:
Active Autowerke (www.activeautowerke.com):
• E46 Subframe / Rear Chassis Reinforcement Kit
Powerflex USA (powerflexusa.com):
• BMW E46 M3 Rear Subframe Front Bushing - Street
• BMW E46 M3 Rear Subframe Rear Bushing - Street
• BMW E46 M3 Rear Diff Rear Mount - Street
• BMW E46 M3 Rear Diff Front Mount - Street
My wife's daily driver of seven years was recently diagnosed with a rusted subframe. It was a repair that we could have afforded, but at almost fifteen years old--and also having spent almost all of that time (we presume) in the midwest--the entire car is slowly turning to rust and it is not worth our time to get it repaired.
We had decided that we would try and sell the car on Craigslist, so we spent some time cleaning the car and getting it ready. Today was going to be the final push, getting it washed and taking photos of it and making up a listing. We washed the car at home, then decided to take it to Marathon to vacuum it out before finding a parking lot to take photos in. Even from the house to the gas station, the car was acting incredibly janky, and by the time we got it to our chosen parking lot and started taking photos of it, it wasn't long before we gave up--and decided to junk the car.
We drove it home and called Victory Auto Wreckers, who will be coming to tow it away tomorrow. Here are some photos of the beloved Cavalier for posterity's sake.
The latest comet was finally visible in the constellation of Serpens after a week or more of solid cloud at sunset. This is a stack of about 180 1s subframes taken with a Nikon D750 and a135mm f/2 lens, set to f/2.5. ISO2000.
Speedshop.ch Lancia Delta HF Rear Differential Steel Subframe
Option of rear Uniball Steel Trailer Radial and Longitudal.
More infos and enquiries: info@speedshop.ch
Owners of the BMW 3 Series (E46 models) have been reporting cracks and damage in the rear subframe area of their vehicles. The issue was also common on the earlier 3 Series models and unfortunately, have reoccurred with the E46 from 1999-2006. This issue specifically appears in the rear mounting points of the subframe, which can tear out from their position in the sheet metal. This occurs as the rear differential transmits the torsional load from the engine through the subframe, and then, into the chassis of the vehicle. This constant abuse leads to fatigue in the metal, causing cracks and separation from the chassis.
The parts used for this repair includes:
Active Autowerke (www.activeautowerke.com):
• E46 Subframe / Rear Chassis Reinforcement Kit
Powerflex USA (powerflexusa.com):
• BMW E46 M3 Rear Subframe Front Bushing - Street
• BMW E46 M3 Rear Subframe Rear Bushing - Street
• BMW E46 M3 Rear Diff Rear Mount - Street
• BMW E46 M3 Rear Diff Front Mount - Street
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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, between 00.02 and 00.23 EDT
(285 km by road north of Toronto)
* Altitude of centre of frame at time of exposures: ~42°
* Temperature 19° C.
* Total exposure time: 10 minutes
* 50 mm focal length lens
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Description:
Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, passes almost directly overhead on warm summer evenings in the northern hemisphere.
in this view, the great rift of dark foreground gas clouds obscures the light of millions of stars beyond. The centre of the galaxy lies out of view to the right, in the constellation Sagittarius.
Just a little below centre, toward the left edge of the frame, is the star Altair, which is the brightest star in the constellation Aquila (the Eagle) and the 12th brightest star in our sky. It is one of the three bright stars in the Summer Triangle (the other two are Vega in the constellation Lyra, and Deneb in the constellation Cygnus), and lies at a distance of 12.7 light year from our solar system.
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Technical information:
Sigma 50 mm f/1.4 DG HSM ART lens on Nikon D810a camera body, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount with a Kirk Enterprises ball head
ten stacked frames; each frame:
50 mm focal length
ISO 3200; 1 minute exposure at f/4; unguided
(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)
Subframes registered in RegiStar;
Stacked and processed in Photoshop CS6 (levels, brightness, contrast, colour balance)
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OEM HD subframe bushings, OEM rear diff bushings, billet front diff bushing, OEM M5 clutch master cylinder, Aeromotive 340 LPH fuel pump, Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator, sway bar mounts and clamps, power steering fittings, OEM clutch pedal, OEM clutch pedal parts.