Electronics and coding

All, this should be the most boring update...

While the time has been passing by and I have been doing all else but working on the car I decided to put a few days aside to do something.

• Vipec ECU fitted and all the engine items configured to work as they should (it is great fun playing with the peddle and throttle...)
• All sensors have now been fitted
• Been through all the BMW modules and switched on all the features I want and tunred everything off I did not need
• Coded out all the air bags but I will re-code when the drivers bag goes back in. 
• Cleared out all the modules memory so if they error out then I can see what is going on as there was lists of issues before
• Built a flip key module out of an ebay key and the original. Apparently no key cutter will cut an ebay key :( I phoned very many... However original key filed down fits perfectly and cost a lot less.
• Innovative LC2 fitted and calibrated original o2 sensors removed and the post cat blanked off as the wideband is sufficient. Very pleased with the install as I used factory plugs and hid all the electronics so you can't tell it is hiding away

Have some photos;

flip key with oem blade 

coding

innovative installed next to battery in the box

vipec installed

Rear seat delete

Rear delete kit required...

Got some 6mm ply wood as it was the lightest I could find and I am partly past caring for weight so much at this moment. So I made a paper template, cut 3 sections of ply wood

I then used some aluminium brackets bent at 135 degrees to sort the front section and then some hinges in the middle, the sections were then trimmed in carpet 

The back was then trimmed in black ultra suede to cover the inside plywood. I then coloured the staples in after the photo

I then installed the cover, was a pain to get it past the roll cage but after a few attempts I found how to install it but it was tight. Even the lid only opens till it hits the roll cage, not bother as I am not sure I will use the storage for much anyway

Now I need to make a boot carpet as the one I have is a little tatty having spent loads of time in the garage and being 13 years old. Then time to finish the pillars and time for a big clean inside, drivers seat and steering wheel - probably loads more too 

More interior

With the roof liner all in sections the time came to bond it all together and fibreglass the rear to keep it all fixed together, the liner has been left in 2 sections which will be connected in the car when the unit is trimmed. The reason its in 2 sections else I would not be able to fit the liner about the roll cage

Rear panels have both been cut about the roll cage and trimmed in carpet also a tray from the R56 GP has been fitted and over the next few weeks I will make a cover.

Interior now looking so much more complete, things feel like they are really moving now