What have you done with or to your M3 today?

georgebmwM3 wrote

Your M3 is just as nice. Did you ceramic coat your wheels?

Thanks. Not really, I smear on a layer Turtle ceramic spray once a year. Makes it easy to keep the barrels clean.

kolosy wrote

is that an R8 hiding under the cover?

Good eye, yes it is.

In anticipation of summer driving, had an appointment scheduled for this morning to get brand new PS4S installed. They felt great on the drive home.

It’s snowing now.

Freakin Denver

Pulled the old girl out of storage 3 weeks ago. Did the standard yearlies:

• Brake fluid and coolant flush
  Oil change
  New street pads
  Tire rebalance, alignment, and corner balance

This year I proactively did actuators. Car just ticked 70k so it was inevitable. Wrapped it up yesterday and knocked out a 6 hour detail today. Snapped a pic during our standard ice cream run with the kiddos. Crazy to think this car is almost 17 years old.

kawstik wrote

Pulled the old girl out of storage 3 weeks ago. Did the standard yearlies:

• Brake fluid and coolant flush
  Oil change
  New street pads
  Tire rebalance, alignment, and corner balance

This year I proactively did actuators. Car just ticked 70k so it was inevitable. Wrapped it up yesterday and knocked out a 6 hour detail today. Snapped a pic during our standard ice cream run with the kiddos. Crazy to think this car is almost 17 years old.

Yeah our cars are getting old, pure joy to see how they are kept in shape. Yours look damm good.

Your yearly coolant change makes me feel bad. The one fluid I "never"change, once during my 10y ownership. You settle with draining the radiator or draining complete engine?

Helmsman wrote

Yeah our cars are getting old, pure joy to see how they are kept in shape. Yours look damm good.

Your yearly coolant change makes me feel bad. The one fluid I "never"change, once during my 10y ownership. You settle with draining the radiator or draining complete engine?

Mostly full flush. It's certainly not necessary but it's just part of my routine and I'm anal . Running the engine with the radiator open for a couple minutes pulls most of the coolant out and brings the oil up to a more viscous temp for drainage.

Since the car never sees freezing temps I run an 80/20 water to coolant ratio with 24 ounces of water wetter. Started with this mix about 8 years ago. Car has never run cooler.

kawstik wrote

Mostly full flush. It's certainly not necessary but it's just part of my routine and I'm anal . Running the engine with the radiator open for a couple minutes pulls most of the coolant out and brings the oil up to a more viscous temp for drainage.

Since the car never sees freezing temps I run an 80/20 water to coolant ratio with 24 ounces of water wetter. Started with this mix about 8 years ago. Car has never run cooler.

Ah, so you don't bother to open the engine drain plug. No worries ovet running the water pump dry?

And how much do you get out/in doing it this way?

Helmsman wrote

Ah, so you don't bother to open the engine drain plug. No worries ovet running the water pump dry?

Nah.

kawstik wrote

Nah.

Got it. And how much do you get out/in this way?

New wheels installed

Getting ready for the track season and I have decided to put some re$ources into safety. I purchased a fire extinguisher bracket From aliexpress and with a modification on the latch, it works fine for the e90. The latch is supposed to have a tall red metal handle but it interferes with seat position. This option may actually be more effective. I will have my wife use her heavy duty sewing machine and will turn this strap into a loop.


I’ve also invested in some fire resistant clothing: pants, socks, shirt, baclava, gloves and shoes. I can’t emotionally go full race suit at my skill level; I already walk around feeling like George Costanza.

Helmsman wrote

Got it. And how much do you get out/in this way?

Probably around 8 quarts. I've never measured to be honest.

Call me pessimistic but I don't believe in "forever fluids". Trans and diffs get flushed every 3 or so years.

kawstik wrote

Pulled the old girl out of storage 3 weeks ago. Did the standard yearlies:

Brake fluid and coolant flush
Oil change
New street pads
Tire rebalance, alignment, and corner balance

This year I proactively did actuators. Car just ticked 70k so it was inevitable. Wrapped it up yesterday and knocked out a 6 hour detail today. Snapped a pic during our standard ice cream run with the kiddos. Crazy to think this car is almost 17 years old.

Your car is stunning

I picked up my car from a buddy's garage, topped it off with a qt of oil, ran errands, and did some spirited driving. Hoping to wash it this week and finish putting on a few remaining modifications.

Bought a nasty wheel from the forum group. Came from Florida. Reupholstered it. Came out great!

Almost done with my G1 install. Just need to figure out the radiator mounting, wait on 2 parts from ESS, and get my tune from Alex. Very exciting! My little guy helped a little too.

DCT service, replaced lower and side pans from a trans leak, , both filters and gaskets. New brake fluid and coded out my edc error since im running coil overs now.

Sconi Guy wrote

Almost done with my G1 install. Just need to figure out the radiator mounting, wait on 2 parts from ESS, and get my tune from Alex. Very exciting! My little guy helped a little too.

Ah, the jack stands, front tires and bumper off look I know well. The ESS is not the prettiest kit to look at but probably the best bang for your buck. I had the ess 550 with the vortech supercharger. I didn’t care for the can-of-rocks sound at idle (not an issue with the G1), but was so impressed how well such a simple kit performed (the 550 had no intercooler system). I think you’re going to enjoy the heck out of that kit and congrats on joining the diy supercharger club!

ez2c wrote

DCT service, replaced lower and side pans from a trans leak, , both filters and gaskets. New brake fluid and coded out my edc error since im running coil overs now.

Frozen silver looks so good...I'm going to get myself one some day.

tried towing it to the track this weekend. the uhaul trailer does NOT like the lip. i had to put the car that far forward just to get the ratchets to clear.

i think i'm going to reserve towing for going somewhere REAL far (like mid ohio for me), or for a multi day. otherwise, the extra two hours of faffing around with getting the trailer, then returning it just isn't worth it. i live in the city so I don't have a place to keep my own trailer, am lucky enough to have room for all the cars as it is.

Looks like the OEM m3 floor mats are back in stock, picked up an extra set. They were NLA when I checked a few years ago!

How funny! Everyone knows a fresh oem mat shaves half a second off the quarter mile. I picked this set up on Amazon for $90. It is actually the e46 m3 cabrio mat but the e90 fit is perfect for the driver (which is what I “needed” and adequate for the passenger. The rears don’t work at all in the sedan but I will use them in my 996.