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Originally Posted by jun_e92
Beautiful car! Like my car, I have a black and fox red interior. I bought it 3 years ago. I spent more than $ 10,000 on throttle actuators, brakes, DCT suspension, tires, Valve cover gasket Kit, Change M-DCT Fluid, Transmission mounts, spark plugs, idle speed control, guibo, Carbon fiber steering wheel, carbon fiber side skirt. Replacement of the S65 rod bearing, except for the rod bearing was done by Sonic Motorsport. I do it all by myself. I learned a lot here. Also spent a lot of money.
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Well..that's quite a bit of work! I'm sure I'll get to most of those myself at some point. Car is just about to eclipse 46k miles so I'm not too concerned with most of the major maintenance items at this point. Throttle actuators will be replaced as they go out, probably looking to do spark plugs and rod bearings along w/ motor mounts in another 10k miles or so (I've had multiple BlackStone oil analyses performed). I do have the drive shaft clank when moving from forward to reverse or from stop in to gear. I assume this is why you swapped the guibo? Did it alleviate the problem? I've seen others simple open up the drive shaft joint and lube and it works just as well. My DCT is starting to weep also - I'm sure a fluid/pan change is in my future. Oh the joys of M ownership. I will say 8,400 rpm is worth every bit of it! P.S. Love the fox red on black with this spec. Was worried it was too loud at first but wouldn't have it any other way.
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Originally Posted by Evo13
Looks great, congrats! What brand spacers did you go with? Only asking because I too am thinking about throwing spacers on my new to me M3 and did a lot of research, but I think Im gonna go with the Future Classic Wheel Spacers after watching Obsessed Garages install video.
Also, I read on here 10mm spacers should not used as they dont fit properly.
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Thank you! I went with Macht Schnell. Seems to be the consensus. 10mm spacers shouldn't be the issue as they have their own hub centric lip. 5mm is where I've heard issues begin as they lack their own lip. With that being said plenty are running 5mm spacers on the EAS thread w/ no issues and the GT4 M3 comes equipped w/ 5mm spacers from the factory although I believe that car uses studs as opposed to lugs. I did remove the rear wheels and clean the anti-seize off of the spacer/reinstall last night. I took the car out for a quick zip and it seems to have alleviated nearly all of the vibration. I still feel a bit but it could be because I'm hyper focused on any steering feedback. Will report back on whether or not the problem is gone - it seems a completely clean mating surface is vital. Considering going the stud conversion route for the hell of it as well..
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Originally Posted by LakeSurfer
Hey man, as stated I'm in Tampa as well. You've heard correctly about the Alcantara steering wheel. I absolutely hate it. I've cleaned it twice in six months because it gets so dirty and ugly looking. Now it's starting to wear out and get "pilly" like a winter sweeter. It sort of ruins the look of the rest of the car and my interior is near immaculate. It is more grippy than leather but only when it's spotless. I'd just do leather and wear gloves on track days for better grip.
Where you at Reeves motorsports cars and couple a couple weeks ago?
-Mark.
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Yes I was. I frequent the Reeves and DuPont Registry Cars and Coffee's. The photo w/ the blue M4 CS was from Festival of Speed last weekend also.
Good to know about the alcantara - I'll steer away from it (pun intended). I don't know who convinced the car community that adding carpeted surfaces was a tasteful mod to begin with
