04-14-2024, 04:59 PM | #14653 |
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Long weekend! Put summer wheels on and Jesus, the shop I let put on my winters (new tires) must have torqued the lugs to 200 fp. With each jump on the breaker bar, I was waiting on one to snap. Then new rotors, pads, brake fluid flush. G2 caliper paint.
As well as I plan it never goes as expected 😡. The s$&t schawben bleeder I got at ECS was just awful. Wouldn’t hold pressure because of terrible seal design. Fell in bottle 3 times. Literally took me 3x as long as it should have. Anyway, nice spirited drive and wash when finished makes the maintenance well worth it! |
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04-14-2024, 08:40 PM | #14654 |
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Installed the active autowerke exhaust
https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=2097216 X-post: Well, I finally took off my stock 328i base exhaust and installed the Active Autowerke's exhaust. If you haven't watched any videos or read the directions on their website the installation does require cutting the original exhaust at about the dimple point where BMW would cut to install an M Performance exhaust (which might be nice as it's likely that I can swap to that easy enough). Rather than go the wimpy roller cutter tool way I bought a wireless Milwaukee Sawzall with a carbine blade. It didn't disappoint, really made quick work of the exhaust. I did this on 4 jack stands so wasn't looking up on a lift however, after several thoughts of how to cut the exhaust I ended up in a prone position (think army style) to cut down towards the ground. After that It was pretty smooth undoing the exhaust bracket bolts to drop the OEM exhaust. Solenoid unplugged easily enough and I utilized a jack with some MDF to slowly lower it down (since this was a one man show). Removing the exhaust hangers was pretty easy with a $15 tool and really sped up how many times I had to put them on and take them off. Now for those who have installed this exhaust the next part is an absolute blur. The Active Autowerke directions (or lack there of) leave you totally guessing about rehanging the exhaust mounts and which way the supplied hardware goes. This forum was the only place where someone had pictures and orientation. Thank you for those that have done this before as it took my an hour or so to figure it out and find an appropriate thread. Installing the new exhaust, hardware, and rehanging went fairly quickly once the orientation was correct. Here are a couple photos of the correct mounting for the exhaust brackets and supplied hardware. The sound is honestly amazing. I'm so glad I finally went this route despite the poor directions. Passenger side, utilize the longer supplied bracket and orient it with the hanger nub pointing towards the drivers side and towards the inner portion of the car. Driver's side, utilize the shorter supplied bracket with the bracket oriented towards the passenger side of the vehicle and towards the inner portion of the car. Fully installed Exhaust tips sneaking out a bit Took me substantially longer than the 1-hour on the website. Maybe if I was a pro Last edited by wishbone; 04-15-2024 at 06:20 AM.. |
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04-14-2024, 10:51 PM | #14656 |
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Fractured my wrist snowboarding back in February, which only recently healed enough to finally work on the car again. I have a nice list of things to do, so I started with painting an "LCI" rear bumper diffuser and installing the M4 style wing I've had sitting around since last summer.
Sometimes wanting to try something different just doesn't work out, as I'm not sold the look. I can say I won't be keeping the wing. The diffuser piece I'm on the fence about, but it'll stay paint matched for now since I do like how it looks wingless. Last edited by Silence*; 04-14-2024 at 11:03 PM.. |
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04-15-2024, 10:18 AM | #14659 |
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Awesome, I'm not too far, Irving Park area. I actually haven't been to any of the Windy City ones, but went to the North Suburbs C&C before it got shut down. There was a great turnout there. Yes - seeing all the M3's and M5's has me itching for more all the time, ha
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04-15-2024, 10:20 AM | #14660 |
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Full inside & out detail (yesterday) - of course it's done nothing but rain since
Exterior got a full wash and then finished with a full towel dry & then AGs Rapid Ceramic Spray applied/buffed off, and Gyeon Q2 tyre dressing applied/buffed off From: To:
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04-15-2024, 03:13 PM | #14662 |
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Put my summer wheels on and gave her another washing...third time in a week *cough*. Don't mind the beat up front lip. It had a really rough winter but a new one's coming soon.
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04-15-2024, 03:59 PM | #14663 |
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New wheels and KW V1 coilovers
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04-15-2024, 08:28 PM | #14664 |
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Installed new wheels and adjusted the suspension
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04-15-2024, 10:07 PM | #14665 |
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First day out of winter hibernation, got right to work knocking items off the long list. First job was to ditch the rust prone Zimmerman rotors for OEM two piece. This is on a car that never sees winter driving. Tomorrow it's diff fluid, adjustable links and MPSK!
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04-16-2024, 09:03 AM | #14666 |
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What is this glovebox net you speak of...Looks interesting lol
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04-16-2024, 09:33 AM | #14667 |
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Pointless mods that make you reach for your wallet...
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04-16-2024, 10:45 AM | #14670 |
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