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      06-24-2019, 09:41 AM   #5281
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Only had her two weeks so no full detail yet, but she got clean!

BTW Why have I been washing my cars the wrong way for 30 years? We don't need no stinkin' buckets!
Love the color and the no tint!
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      06-24-2019, 11:31 AM   #5282
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      06-24-2019, 11:56 AM   #5283
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I made an appointment to get my old tint removed and some darker tint installed. I think I am going with 20% all around.

I just picked up a polisher, some wax, a claybar, and a drying towel.

It will be my first wash and wax, as I've never waxed a car I owned before.
Like everyone, I watched a couple of youtube videos on waxing and claybaring and I liked Pan the Organizer one the best.

For interest, there is a polisher on sale at Canadian tire for $41. It's an 8" polisher and while I have never owned one before, I could use some feedback.
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I decided to get my front bumper repainted. My car is mainly a highway barge, and the front end got pretty "sand blasted" after 146,000 km. So, the bumper will be professionally repainted, and the Luxury Line chrome tidbits on the bumper replaced, plus a shiny new roundel

The shop is also going to clay bar the hood.

While my headlight lenses have some "clouding" from use, I decided to leave those alone. Too expensive, and I don't want to risk the body shop buggering up my xenons in an attempt to clean them. Apparently, they are a bit foggy with dust and/or oxidation on the inside. I already had them refinished on the outside.

Other than that, the car is in excellent condition and runs like day 1. She's a keeper until something major goes.
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I made an appointment to get my old tint removed and some darker tint installed. I think I am going with 20% all around.

I just picked up a polisher, some wax, a claybar, and a drying towel.

It will be my first wash and wax, as I've never waxed a car I owned before.
Like everyone, I watched a couple of youtube videos on waxing and claybaring and I liked Pan the Organizer one the best.

For interest, there is a polisher on sale at Canadian tire for $41. It's an 8" polisher and while I have never owned one before, I could use some feedback.
Don't waste your money. Spend the $200 and have it professionally detailed. You only need to do that once a year, or every other year.
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      06-24-2019, 01:48 PM   #5286
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I made an appointment to get my old tint removed and some darker tint installed. I think I am going with 20% all around.

I just picked up a polisher, some wax, a claybar, and a drying towel.

It will be my first wash and wax, as I've never waxed a car I owned before.
Like everyone, I watched a couple of youtube videos on waxing and claybaring and I liked Pan the Organizer one the best.

For interest, there is a polisher on sale at Canadian tire for $41. It's an 8" polisher and while I have never owned one before, I could use some feedback.
Everyone has their own process, but after having tried several different processes this is what I like best.

I use a pressure washer to rinse, nothing crazy I used the Green Works model - 1500 psi, and never go too close to the paint with it.

Then snow foam, I like the chemical guys honeydew.

Rinse. Then you can use a spray wax, followed by a sealant/gloss magnifier - I use chemical guys.

But if your car hasn't been clay barred in a long time, get some Iron-X. Cover the car in that and rinse off after 5 minutes or less. Then snow foam it and clay bar it. This basically restores the paint.

https://www.sonaxusa.com/polymer-net...yABEgLjBfD_BwE

This stuff is AWESOME - https://www.ebay.com/i/223468483988?chn=ps
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      06-24-2019, 01:59 PM   #5287
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Blew my charge pipe under cpo and got a g20!loaded loaner. Nice car but the engine noise is laughable. The piped in noise is crazy loud.
The dealer is replacing it under warranty? Given that you have BM3 tune and a few other mods
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The dealer is replacing it under warranty? Given that you have BM3 tune and a few other mods
SHHHHHHHHHHHH Don't tell them... :-)

I have been waiting till august to install my metal charge pipe and it blew.

They said it happens all the time and they covered it
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SHHHHHHHHHHHH Don't tell them... :-)

I have been waiting till august to install my metal charge pipe and it blew.

They said it happens all the time and they covered it
Wait why are you going to put another cheap oem plastic charge pipe on? Lol
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      06-24-2019, 05:27 PM   #5290
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Wait why are you going to put another cheap oem plastic charge pipe on? Lol
"I have been waiting till August to install my metal charge pipe and it blew."

I'm in an apartment until my house is ready at the end of July. Waiting on garage space for about 6 months now. All my tools are in storage and it seems all the shops in SW Florida don't know how to do this job apparently as no one responds to quote requests. :-)
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SHHHHHHHHHHHH Don't tell them... :-)

I have been waiting till august to install my metal charge pipe and it blew.

They said it happens all the time and they covered it
haha, seems to be a laid back dealer
For how long have you had the tune and DP before the CP blew? Also, are you running stage 1 bm3?
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      06-25-2019, 05:57 AM   #5292
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SHHHHHHHHHHHH Don't tell them... :-)

I have been waiting till august to install my metal charge pipe and it blew.

They said it happens all the time and they covered it
haha, seems to be a laid back dealer
For how long have you had the tune and DP before the CP blew? Also, are you running stage 1 bm3?
Stage 1 for 2 month but didn't push the car hard . When I take it in I bring it back to stock tune and lock dme.
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      06-25-2019, 07:20 PM   #5293
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      06-25-2019, 08:26 PM   #5294
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Still have to perfect fitment as I’m rubbing just a tad. I ordered the MPBBK after ordering the offsets for the wheels and once installed my wheels didn’t clear the caliper in the back so had to run a 5mm spacer unfortunately.
Love the photography style.

The lowered mean looking BMW in front of the "For Lease" glass building with the old shoe on the roof edge.

Was it planned, chosen and staged, or were you really "just parked there"?
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Got my plates!

Nice. The only one in all of CA !!

What happens when you sell the car? Do they go with the car? Do you turn them in? Or do you use it on the new car and not worry about it?

I always wondered what is done with vanity plates that indicate a type of car, especially in CA. Can you sell them to the next guy?
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Nice. The only one in all of CA !!

What happens when you sell the car? Do they go with the car? Do you turn them in? Or do you use it on the new car and not worry about it?

I always wondered what is done with vanity plates that indicate a type of car, especially in CA. Can you sell them to the next guy?
Not sure as these are my first personalized plates. I think it's up to me what happens with them.
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Love the photography style.

The lowered mean looking BMW in front of the "For Lease" glass building with the old shoe on the roof edge.

Was it planned, chosen and staged, or were you really "just parked there"?
Lmao the shoe was unplanned. It was either park here or across the street next to a blacked out wall. That’s downtown LA for you lol.
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BMW '16 F36 428i;

Did a muffler delete today; had the shop make a dual outlet to fit a carbon fiber diffuser I got from some dude who runs an IG shop for CF parts that are the cheapest I've seen.

Looks super sweet and I'm happy I got to use the tips I received from a friend; sound is decent and being in CA, I gotta watch out for the cops!
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Didn't do anything to the car but I went to the local meet and made some bimmer friends:

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Didn't do anything to the car but I went to the local meet and made some bimmer friends:

"Gee, Dad, the coupe followed me home. Can we keep it?"
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Got my plates!

I’ve been thinking about F30 LOLZ. Doubt it’s being used in FL.

Waiting on a oil change and spark plug’s. Leaving at 10pm tonight for a nice long road trip to NY/NJ/PA.
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Did a muffler delete today; had the shop make a dual outlet to fit a carbon fiber diffuser I got from some dude who runs an IG shop for CF parts that are the cheapest I've seen.

Looks super sweet and I'm happy I got to use the tips I received from a friend; sound is decent and being in CA, I gotta watch out for the cops!
Name of the cf shop? Looking for a twin outlet diffuser as well
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