What have you done with or to your M3 today?

LTeezy wrote

ST XTA coilovers!

really the best bang for the buck coilovers not from CHINA.

Spent Sunday morning in my happy place!

Took it up the mountains

m7mad wrote

Took it up the mountains

Love this picture.

while I'm down there kinda question.

planning to change the sparkplugs. what else should I be doing when I am doing it? (water pump? alternator?)

the car is approaching 130K

romero1990 wrote

while I'm down there kinda question.

planning to change the sparkplugs. what else should I be doing when I am doing it? (water pump? alternator?)

the car is approaching 130K

Definitely pulleys and belts if you haven't done that. I waited to do my pump when my thermostat went (100k miles).

Cleaned some type of nest out of my engine. A surprise from the PO.

Space Fox wrote

Spent Sunday morning in my happy place!

The gas station?

Changed front and rear pads plus rotors on Saturday. Went with Zimmerman rotors and Textar pads. Rear pads and rotors were toast, and one front disc was warped.

First time changing brakes ever, on any car. Only issue(s) faced was removing the allen screws holding the rotors in place, where the previous owner had reused partially damaged screws. Used a combination of heat, hammers and WD40. Two screws required a damage screw extractor.

Did some pad bedding on Saturday to remove the zinc coating, and took a nice long drive on Sunday. Everything working well, but I need to adjust the parking brake now.

kcdedric wrote

Took it out for my second drive since installing the Eventuri carbon plenum and got some lazy sound clip footage with my phone sitting on the passenger seat. Staying off throttle is a real issue with this mod!

No pictures, but I swapped my wheels and tires, and now I feel there is less grip.

- I had 219M with Bridgestone RE760 in 265-35-18 and 295-35-18
- Replaced with Forgestar F14 with Michelin PSS in 255-35-19 and 275-35-19

The car breaks away sooner in sweeping turns. Is it down to tire width or older PSS?

o_g wrote

No pictures, but I swapped my wheels and tires, and now I feel there is less grip.

- I had 219M with Bridgestone RE760 in 265-35-18 and 295-35-18
- Replaced with Forgestar F14 with Michelin PSS in 255-35-19 and 275-35-19

The car breaks away sooner in sweeping turns. Is it down to tire width or older PSS?

If the PSS' are old thats probably it. They are great while fresh but certainly loose out with time even if there is sufficient thread left.

Decided to switch back to OEM color Angel Eyes but staying LED bulbs with Lux setup!! Makes the car look like a true Beast!!

GotV8? wrote

Decided to switch back to OEM color Angel Eyes but staying LED bulbs with Lux setup!! Makes the car look like a true Beast!!

Well well well! Didn't know gold Lux were a thing. Looking sharp! Keep us posted on lifespan 🙂

Received a pair of packages from ECS so I performed some really quick maintenance:

1.) Replaced the failed hood struts. I didn't have anything else handy so I had to use a roll of holiday wrapping paper to prop up the hood.

2.) A long overdue air filter replacement. Yikes it was dirty! Note to self, don't forget to replace next time!

SoCalRPM wrote

Received a pair of packages from ECS so I performed some really quick maintenance:

1.) Replaced the failed hood struts. I didn't have anything else handy so I had to use a roll of holiday wrapping paper to prop up the hood.

2.) A long overdue air filter replacement. Yikes it was dirty! Note to self, don't forget to replace next time!

Curious, so you went OEM from an aftermarket? might be wrong, but the dirty one appears to be an aftermarket filter.

SoCalRPM wrote

Received a pair of packages from ECS so I performed some really quick maintenance:

1.) Replaced the failed hood struts. I didn't have anything else handy so I had to use a roll of holiday wrapping paper to prop up the hood.

2.) A long overdue air filter replacement. Yikes it was dirty! Note to self, don't forget to replace next time!

Thats a BMC filter that was in your car. You can clean it and use the filter oil to reuse again.

M4_GTS wrote

SoCalRPM wrote

Received a pair of packages from ECS so I performed some really quick maintenance:

1.) Replaced the failed hood struts. I didn't have anything else handy so I had to use a roll of holiday wrapping paper to prop up the hood.

2.) A long overdue air filter replacement. Yikes it was dirty! Note to self, don't forget to replace next time!

Thats a BMC filter that was in your car. You can clean it and use the filter oil to reuse again.

wfdeacon88 wrote

SoCalRPM wrote

Received a pair of packages from ECS so I performed some really quick maintenance:

1.) Replaced the failed hood struts. I didn't have anything else handy so I had to use a roll of holiday wrapping paper to prop up the hood.

2.) A long overdue air filter replacement. Yikes it was dirty! Note to self, don't forget to replace next time!

Curious, so you went OEM from an aftermarket? might be wrong, but the dirty one appears to be an aftermarket filter.

Thank you! Was wondering actually. Bought the OEM blindly before opening her up. First mistake. PO didn't tell me they put a BMC in. I kept it and will definitely clean it and put it back at some point.

Did this a few weeks ago, but added a Bimmerworld resonated x pipe! Paired with my Challenge mufflers

shimmy23 wrote

Definitely pulleys and belts if you haven't done that. I waited to do my pump when my thermostat went (100k miles).

Did you mean like all the pulleys and the 2 belts in this post?
https://www.m3post.com/forums/showpost.php?p=20104528&postcount=4

o_g wrote

No pictures, but I swapped my wheels and tires, and now I feel there is less grip.

- I had 219M with Bridgestone RE760 in 265-35-18 and 295-35-18
- Replaced with Forgestar F14 with Michelin PSS in 255-35-19 and 275-35-19

The car breaks away sooner in sweeping turns. Is it down to tire width or older PSS?

you'll need to break the tires in. Tires come covered with some lubricants that wear off as you drive. Had the same issue with the PSS.

SoCalRPM wrote

Received a pair of packages from ECS so I performed some really quick maintenance:

1.) Replaced the failed hood struts. I didn't have anything else handy so I had to use a roll of holiday wrapping paper to prop up the hood.

2.) A long overdue air filter replacement. Yikes it was dirty! Note to self, don't forget to replace next time!

LOVE that red. Car must feel much better without that filthy filter choking it out!

Grabbed some clips of my current exhaust set up - need to take the time to stitch them together but here's a clip of a WOT run: