///E90ZCP: Racking Up

Whisky · 11-19-2012, 10:58 PM

Nice!! What angle eyes are those?

Mike van D · 11-19-2012, 11:31 PM

Lookin' good!

jonasaurus · 11-20-2012, 01:39 AM

Nice one!

And1M3 · 11-20-2012, 02:45 AM

Looks hot and sexy.

e92_m3 · 11-20-2012, 03:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M3sicko

Your e90 looks so unique with the roof rack, yellow tow hook and those angel eyes! what's next?

+1!

Nice car OP!

BIU · 11-20-2012, 04:09 AM

Well you've certainly got a nice rack there...

Sorry I had to...

advans · 11-20-2012, 06:26 AM

thanks guys! the angel eyes are Piaa Ion Yellow!
next on the list is some repairing and looking for a very very specific set of wheels!

HaroldC · 11-20-2012, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slicer

I like it but I would ditch the fairing. I had one on a previous car and 1- I noticed no reduction in wind noise or improvement in aerodynamics, 2 - it ended up scratching my roof. I just don't think Thule has engineered all that great of a product... It seems silly to add a fairing and then have the big hand-screws sticking up into the path of the wind.

+1. Even with the foam padding between the fairing and the roof, you will still get scratches. It's not the fairing that scratches the paint, it's the dirt and grit that gets trapped between the roof and the fairing/padding that will scratch the paint. I've had fairings in the past and will never run one again, it's just not worth the tiny aerodynamic advantage or slight noise reduction.

slicer · 11-20-2012, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by advans

I ended up installing the knobs upside down, added foam padding on the bottom side of the fairing, it should be fine!

I had a rubber strip on the bottom of mine. It fell off.... The roof was scratched. I wouldn't install anything that touches the paint of the car if I didn't have to. I love how the roof rack screws into the roof vs. resting on it like other cars. You will be fine if you keep an eye on it which I know you will

advans · 11-20-2012, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slicer

I had a rubber strip on the bottom of mine. It fell off.... The roof was scratched. I wouldn't install anything that touches the paint of the car if I didn't have to. I love how the roof rack screws into the roof vs. resting on it like other cars. You may be fine with the fairing but I wouldn't do it.

hmmm interesting. Let me see if I can do something about that, maybe add a strip of clear paint protection film where the fairing touches the roof

11-19-2012, 10:58 PM	#23
Whisky New Member 2 Rep 13 Posts Drives: 2011 m3 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (0)	Nice!! What angle eyes are those?
	Appreciate 0 Quote

11-19-2012, 11:31 PM	#24
Mike van D Major 18 Rep 1,112 Posts Drives: SG X6 35i; MW e92 M3 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Germany iTrader: (0)	Lookin' good! __________________ ...just enjoying life.
	Appreciate 0 Quote

11-20-2012, 01:39 AM	#25
jonasaurus Brigadier General 76 Rep 3,178 Posts Drives: E90 M3 [Sold] Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC iTrader: (0)	Nice one! __________________ ///M3 \| E90 LCI \| Space Grey \| Fox Red with CF Structure \| 6MT \| 260M \| My build
	Appreciate 0 Quote

11-20-2012, 02:45 AM	#26
And1M3 Major 28 Rep 1,073 Posts Drives: 2013 M3 MR FR/Bk Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NYC iTrader: (6)	Looks hot and sexy. __________________ Click Here 13 MR E92 Build -Akrapovic slip on, Varis, BBS E88, Mode Carbon Lip + Side Skirt, LUX H8, KW Clubsport, ESS Tune + ACM Test Pipes, OEM CF spoiler, OEM CF mirror cover
	Appreciate 0 Quote

11-20-2012, 04:09 AM	#28
BIU Captain 22 Rep 631 Posts Drives: M Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ex-HK iTrader: (0)	Well you've certainly got a nice rack there... Sorry I had to...
	Appreciate 0 Quote

11-20-2012, 06:26 AM	#29
advans Advansolosis 218 Rep 1,448 Posts Drives: ///M+////AMG Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NYC iTrader: (1)	thanks guys! the angel eyes are Piaa Ion Yellow! next on the list is some repairing and looking for a very very specific set of wheels! __________________ 2011 E90 M3, ESS VT2-650, 2015 GL550
	Appreciate 0 Quote