What did you do to your F3X today?

The Kurgan · 06-29-2019, 06:19 AM

Cleaned out my AC fan blower motor and interior cabin air filter. Lots of leaf debris. Much quieter operation now. The filter still looked decent, so I gave it a good vacuuming and a spray of Febreze 😉

esoj37 · 06-29-2019, 10:48 AM

Gonna raise my rear coilovers a bit today and give her a much needed bath.

BigJack75 · 06-29-2019, 08:57 PM

Drove the hell out of it!!!

Can’t wait for bm3!!!

thakk · 06-29-2019, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Yungsta

Put on some IND painted reflectors on my metallic white 435i. I know alot of you guys are not fans of the luxury line but I think it looks unique!

I have a luxury line as well, but a 328i.
Your rims look awesome. I think they would match mine pretty well.
What kind are they? I've been looking for some nice summer ones and those might be the ticket.

iScramble · 06-29-2019, 09:04 PM

New Downpipe installed!

thakk · 06-29-2019, 09:13 PM

So I got my car re-tinted yesterday.
It was still a greenhouse and quite hot. This is my first black car.
I used the local tint shop that does our cars where I work and they did a great job.
They removed what was on there and put 15% all around, including a sunvisor strip that I've never had before. I didn't ask for it, the tinter just put it on. I just asked for a nice dark tint that would cool the car down.
I am very happy with it. Driving it today it was much better inside.
I also bimmercoded Eco Pro mode as default, and I finally figured how to turn ASS off. So that is a lot better. I normally manually put it in sport when I want to have a bit more fun with the car. I don't mind eco pro mode as I have a 100km one way commute to work and it's boring as it's all freeway.

Here is a before and after pic.

2000Z3M · 06-29-2019, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Yungsta

Put on some IND painted reflectors on my metallic white 435i. I know alot of you guys are not fans of the luxury line but I think it looks unique!

your car is awesome looking! you did the car right!

Kailec · 06-29-2019, 09:26 PM

Lowered the car on Bilstein B8 + H&R Sport springs and did an alignment:

Also installed the M Performance Illuminated Door Sills:

Kailec · 06-29-2019, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thakk

So I got my car re-tinted yesterday.
It was still a greenhouse and quite hot. This is my first black car.
I used the local tint shop that does our cars where I work and they did a great job.
They removed what was on there and put 15% all around, including a sunvisor strip that I've never had before. I didn't ask for it, the tinter just put it on. I just asked for a nice dark tint that would cool the car down.
I am very happy with it. Driving it today it was much better inside.
I also bimmercoded Eco Pro mode as default, and I finally figured how to turn ASS off. So that is a lot better. I normally manually put it in sport when I want to have a bit more fun with the car. I don't mind eco pro mode as I have a 100km one way commute to work and it's boring as it's all freeway.

Here is a before and after pic.

Tint looks great! Those wheels though...

thakk · 06-29-2019, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Kailec

Lowered the car on Bilstein B8 + H&R Sport springs and did an alignment:

Also installed the M Performance Illuminated Door Sills:

Lowering it looks great. You must not take that thing down the Gardiner Expressway then.

thakk · 06-29-2019, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Kailec

Tint looks great! Those wheels though...

Yes, the plan is to keep them until about October or November, then put some nice snow tires on them. The car came with good rubber and I am not in a huge rush to throw them away.
Then in the spring get a nice set of staggered summer tires. I have all winter to pick rims. But I liked the chrome trim one on the white one a few posts up.

Kailec · 06-29-2019, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by thakk

Lowering it looks great. You must not take that thing down the Gardiner Expressway then.

I do but not often. I hate driving downtown. I'm mostly around Markham and north of it.

Kailec · 06-29-2019, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by thakk

Yes, the plan is to keep them until about October or November, then put some nice snow tires on them. The car came with good rubber and I am not in a huge rush to throw them away.
Then in the spring get a nice set of staggered summer tires. I have all winter to pick rims. But I liked the chrome trim one on the white one a few posts up.

I have my Luxury Line wheel too. So if you want another set I got you covered.

And yeah same reason I didn't ditch mine either, they're my winter wheels that I don't care about.

jsingh91 · 06-29-2019, 10:30 PM

Replaced the old NBT EVO ID4 headunit with the Bimmertech NVT EVO ID6 retrofit. CarPlay is a complete game changer for me. My first DIY!

Yungsta · 06-29-2019, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thakk

I have a luxury line as well, but a 328i.
Your rims look awesome. I think they would match mine pretty well.
What kind are they? I've been looking for some nice summer ones and those might be the ticket.

Thanks man, they are iForged rims. Unfortunately they went out of business a couple of years ago (local private company in southern Cali). My buddy had them on his 335i and gave them to me a couple of months ago. The chrome looks good but keep in mind if you ever curb rash them it can't be repaired since it's plated. It's pretty expensive to get it stripped and replated. I believe Forgestar was owned by the same owner as iForge, you might be able to find a similar design.

Yungsta · 06-29-2019, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 2000Z3M

your car is awesome looking! you did the car right!

Thanks man! Definitely happy how it's turning out, looking to do a tune next!

The Kurgan · 06-30-2019, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thakk

Yes, the plan is to keep them until about October or November, then put some nice snow tires on them. The car came with good rubber and I am not in a huge rush to throw them away.
Then in the spring get a nice set of staggered summer tires. I have all winter to pick rims. But I liked the chrome trim one on the white one a few posts up.

Doing the same thing. My factory rims will get winter tires when my current tires wear out. My dedicated BMW winter rims (in storage) will be tossed... Cast vs forged is a big difference.

CleanKM · 06-30-2019, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jsingh91

Replaced the old NBT EVO ID4 headunit with the Bimmertech NVT EVO ID6 retrofit. CarPlay is a complete game changer for me. My first DIY!

Looks good, how much did it cost for the retrofit?

5mall5nail5 · 06-30-2019, 03:13 PM

Replaced cabin filter yesterday - I am used to '80s and '90s BMWs only to find 2015 - 2017 BMWs cram the cabin filter in the same spot... sigh.

Cb1492 · 06-30-2019, 03:32 PM

Did exhaust tips, new plugs and coils today.

chowser51 · 06-30-2019, 03:49 PM

Hit a pothole.

jsingh91 · 06-30-2019, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by CleanKM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsingh91

Replaced the old NBT EVO ID4 headunit with the Bimmertech NVT EVO ID6 retrofit. CarPlay is a complete game changer for me. My first DIY!

Looks good, how much did it cost for the retrofit?

$1700 from Bimmertech. Didn't need the newer screen and already had the touch idrive co troller

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thakk New Member 14 Rep 25 Posts Drives: 2014 328i xdrive Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: London, ON iTrader: (0) Garage List 2014 BMW 328i xdrive [0.00]	New Tint So I got my car re-tinted yesterday. It was still a greenhouse and quite hot. This is my first black car. I used the local tint shop that does our cars where I work and they did a great job. They removed what was on there and put 15% all around, including a sunvisor strip that I've never had before. I didn't ask for it, the tinter just put it on. I just asked for a nice dark tint that would cool the car down. I am very happy with it. Driving it today it was much better inside. I also bimmercoded Eco Pro mode as default, and I finally figured how to turn ASS off. So that is a lot better. I normally manually put it in sport when I want to have a bit more fun with the car. I don't mind eco pro mode as I have a 100km one way commute to work and it's boring as it's all freeway. Here is a before and after pic. Attached Images
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