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I agree with checking tires, but regardless, driving in low grip can uncover some bad “handling habits” that you normally don’t notice. I assume by slipping and sliding you mean oversteer, where the rear “fishtails” or tries to swing around and get ahead of the front? Was it doing that when...

thanks Scott, I had seen that big rusty thread but not seen the discussion about fenders buried in the middle. I’ll read more about it there. Looking back, it seems like it is @Markos who is mostly talking about this. First in the rust inspection thread...

I suppose that could happen on a car with VERY severe rust that basically allowed the inner fender to move relative to the body, but I would imagine that would be pretty obvious, since there would be movement between the two in other areas, not just one spot The weight of the front end is...

I can tell you from experience the noise reduction from the cascade product is significant. I’ve used it on 2 e9s and have ridden and driven several e9s and my car was by far the quietest.

I'd read the web site carefully. There is noise control and vibration control. The spray products are for vibration. The noise products, like any good noise dampener involves weight. Acoustic energy moves things and causes noise. If you place weight on those thing that can move, then the noise...

...part. Edit- added a pic after sanding it nicely flat on a belt sander. I modified the original part with 4 small screws to reattach the lead weight after I rezinced the door handle mechanism. This should also prevent it from falling off ever again. In hind sight; 4 screws is a bit much, 2...

Today I decided to see if I could make another part; the lead weight that is clamped to the inside of the door handle. I had one missing. Buying it somewhere and waiting for it takes too long... Used some old roofing lead, a piece of angled aluminum, an old stainless pan and the wife away for...

You should try to look up JB Straubel inthe US. He and I designed a hybrid electric car before he joined Tesla. At Stanford he retrofitted an electric drivetrain to a Porsche 944. Man that thing was quick!!! However, he had a zillion lead acid batteries in the trunk of the car as well as a...

Just ignore it and reassemble the car, they work fine without this lead weight. One of mine fell off about ten years ago.

I was going through some old photos for something else, but came across some cool photos I thought some of you might enjoy. The first pic was our 1972 Chamonix BMW Bavaria that was bought new in Monterey that was my original "Hot Rod Tricycle" transport vehicle, hence truck up in background...

There has been some success on our forum using Dry Ice to remove all that stuff: https://e9coupe.com/forum/threads/dry-ice-works.41828/

I've been researching soundproofing in between wiping off old layers of melted bitumen from the floor pan of my SL. I'll be happy to be rid of all the stuff. Still one section left, barely visible, on the top right where the glove box is supposed to be. That one will be a tough removal! A...

Good to hear that I'm not alone with this problem:(. I fear that the force needed to close the boot lid can lead to fatigue over time, in addition to this it will be a nightmare to correct the sits. I have just finished the bonnet and don't want to go trough an endless try and fail again...

yes, but then you please drive an egger-lohner and not an e9,....alles in ordnung ! As villa adriana in Tivoli (II century), had excellent heating system for winter, far more unefficient than the XII century cathedrals, but a marvel in its time, it is one or the other... :)

Unless the point is to explore another path history may have taken if Ferdinand Porsche would have focused in 1898 on battery development: The Egger-Lohner was a carriage-like car driven by two electric motors within the front wheel hubs, powered by batteries. This drive train construction was...

The weight difference between Alu doors and normal Euro Cs/ Csi doors, in spite of the lead pieces are: CSL door 10.420kg Euro CS/CSi door 14.000kg. US doors are 17.200kg.

I find it moderately hilarious that sill covers and headlight access panels and the like were swapped for alloy to "save weight" on the CSL - yet the big old lumps of lead were left in the doors

https://www.e9coupe.com/forum/search/12449/?q=lead+weight&o=date

Mystery solved - searched for "lead weight".

I found one of these at the bottom of the door. There does not appear to be one anywhere on the other door and I cannot find anything on RealOEM. Its made of lead and has felt on one side. If I was a guessing man, does it add some weight to the door and stop a clang on something striking it...