Great Mod and super well explained. Perhaps in a future follow up video you can show us how the Modded Cowl redirects the water from going on the engine. That would be great to see it working. Well done and very good workmanship. Phil NYC Area
Thank you bro 👍 I am looking at doing the cowl mod over since 2 out of the 3 clips that help hold the cowl in place were broken and I still see a little bit of water coming in. I actually did the test off camera, and it’s not making a good seal due to the broken clip parts. Yet It is significantly way better with the cowl mod in place.
@@CrazyCarMods I'll look forward to the video. I'll definitely rewatch this one too when ready to do the mod myself. I am waiting for the weather here in NJ to get a little cooler as I will be doing the mod in my driveway. Phil
Nice ! it turned out quite neat ! I have the two left underneath tabs broken on my cowl (I brought the car like this) , do you know any tip on how to repair ? Thank you..
Great job, I will be using this as a guide! Quick question, do you think you could have trimmed the edges of the side of the cowl so that you can have 1 piece of weatherstrip all the way across? Similar to the m3 cowl. Looks like after trimming the top edge it could accept the weatherstrip.
Excellent DIY! I've seen other DIY's for a factory N54 cowl mod, but none compare to the fantastic results you got. I just might have to give this one a try! Thank you! ...btw, how has it performed at keeping the water out?
Thank you bro 🙏 It has been just like factory OEM. The new seal on the cowl really grabs on tight. One thing I noticed is that in order to have a good seal all around; is that all 3 clips/tabs that go against the seal around the front windshield need to be good. Mine is missing 2 of those clips out of the 3, so I’m seeing some water sipping through in between the windshield and the cowl (because of those missing clips). Is not a lot, but you do need to have those clips to have a complete seal from water.
They won't be exposed to water. Once you put the cut cowl with the seal. The cables will need to be tucked in under the cowl. Pretty much moved towards the cabin.
You are real fun of n54! So many years and you still have it! I got my e94 n54 just a few months ago with 45k miles only, going to do the same thing. BTW you had an accent in your videos 4 years ago 😂 and you speak like a native 👍 great job
1:33 Hey now we know where the little Lizard lives too. We need to feed him and pet him and call him George. George is a fun little guy that likes hard acceleration, speed and Aphid juice slurppies!! He helps with DIY's and will never tell a Lie! What a good boy George is!
I need help reinstalling my filter housing. I just did the spark plugs and cannot figure out for the life of me how to get the housing piece to sit right again.
@@louisperez2915 I'm a car guy alright, 335i has enough shitty noises coming from the engine bay already. It does look way better with in done for sure. I daily drive mine so gets annoying. If there was a seal that went higher it would work better as it would seal against the bonnet like the original cowl. Had a look around but can't find anything or I would give it another shot
Great Mod and super well explained.
Perhaps in a future follow up video you can show us how the Modded Cowl redirects the water from going on the engine. That would be great to see it working. Well done and very good workmanship.
Phil
NYC Area
Thank you bro 👍
I am looking at doing the cowl mod over since 2 out of the 3 clips that help hold the cowl in place were broken and I still see a little bit of water coming in. I actually did the test off camera, and it’s not making a good seal due to the broken clip parts. Yet It is significantly way better with the cowl mod in place.
@@CrazyCarMods I'll look forward to the video. I'll definitely rewatch this one too when ready to do the mod myself. I am waiting for the weather here in NJ to get a little cooler as I will be doing the mod in my driveway.
Phil
I did the mod per your diy; it went smoothly and looked great! Thank you!
That's a really smart way to reduce heat soaking, yet maintain the water drainage feature of the cowl. Well done!
Thank you bro 💯
Nice ! it turned out quite neat !
I have the two left underneath tabs broken on my cowl (I brought the car like this) , do you know any tip on how to repair ?
Thank you..
Great job, I will be using this as a guide!
Quick question, do you think you could have trimmed the edges of the side of the cowl so that you can have 1 piece of weatherstrip all the way across? Similar to the m3 cowl. Looks like after trimming the top edge it could accept the weatherstrip.
Is the wires safe sitting on top of the engine like that ? Before they had a safe distance between them now looks like they are just sitting on top ?
Excellent DIY! I've seen other DIY's for a factory N54 cowl mod, but none compare to the fantastic results you got. I just might have to give this one a try! Thank you! ...btw, how has it performed at keeping the water out?
Thank you bro 🙏
It has been just like factory OEM. The new seal on the cowl really grabs on tight. One thing I noticed is that in order to have a good seal all around; is that all 3 clips/tabs that go against the seal around the front windshield need to be good. Mine is missing 2 of those clips out of the 3, so I’m seeing some water sipping through in between the windshield and the cowl (because of those missing clips). Is not a lot, but you do need to have those clips to have a complete seal from water.
is it really okay to let those connectors be so exposed to the water? It was covered by the top part right?
They won't be exposed to water. Once you put the cut cowl with the seal. The cables will need to be tucked in under the cowl. Pretty much moved towards the cabin.
Couldnt you have used ur old seal?
Good shit
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Um, was that a lizard on the cowl at 1:34?
It was 😂
You are real fun of n54! So many years and you still have it! I got my e94 n54 just a few months ago with 45k miles only, going to do the same thing. BTW you had an accent in your videos 4 years ago 😂 and you speak like a native 👍 great job
1:33 Hey now we know where the little Lizard lives too. We need to feed him and pet him and call him George. George is a fun little guy that likes hard acceleration, speed and Aphid juice slurppies!! He helps with DIY's and will never tell a Lie! What a good boy George is!
I need help reinstalling my filter housing. I just did the spark plugs and cannot figure out for the life of me how to get the housing piece to sit right again.
I've seen a couple of other RUclips videos of this mod and yours looks way better than anyone else's. Well thought out bro 👍
I am sure you will put filters on the Cowl Holes LOL ! Works Great your DIY best one on YT ! THX
Bout time
I know I know, there will be more coming soon 😎
I did this about 2 years ago but this video made me want to refine my cowl a bit to make it look nice like what you have
Any advice on something I may be doing wrong?
Nice video, I will be doing this mod soon
Nice 👍
Do it with this design, It looks super good, OEM like.
Good diy. Thank you for sharing! 👍🏼
Big up got to cut mine out like that thanks
Good, 👌
Thanks ✌
Allows all the engine noise be heard unfortunately. It was so bad I had to buy a replacement
you're not a car guy if engine noise bothers you 😂
@@louisperez2915 I'm a car guy alright, 335i has enough shitty noises coming from the engine bay already. It does look way better with in done for sure. I daily drive mine so gets annoying. If there was a seal that went higher it would work better as it would seal against the bonnet like the original cowl. Had a look around but can't find anything or I would give it another shot
@@stupoo27 You could get another seal and maybe bond it on top of the existing one. Dont know if it gets high enough....
Did you have to replace the engine or the engine head
Not at all. This is to prevent water from coming in to the engine bay. Luckily no big damages where done.
@@CrazyCarMods is the noise still present ?