What have you done with or to your M3 today?

[jdamore]

Originally Posted by pbonsalb

My pan bolts are original. My car is 12 years old with over 100k miles and I have taken my pan off at least 10 times (for the same reason as you, to do rod bearings, to change suspension arms, to replace the ground cable, and other work).

This makes for 6 or 7 times for me taking the pan off. I have no clue how much these bolts are.. considering what your saying, maybe I'll hold off one more time! lol How were you torquing them on?

Originally Posted by XKxRome0ox

seems like he needed state inspection

Yup! every two years

Originally Posted by butte2butte

Ohhh. I understand. I've never lived even remotely close to a state that does that. Forgot that was a thing.

Yeah i'm just scooping up some parts from the parts department. You are lucky! I feel like my car is broken right now... 5k redline.

[pbonsalb]

Originally Posted by jdamore

This makes for 6 or 7 times for me taking the pan off. I have no clue how much these bolts are.. considering what your saying, maybe I'll hold off one more time! lol How were you torquing them.

I sometimes torque good and tight, sometimes look up the spec for a 10 mm bolt and once it twice TTY spec. Technically you should not reuse TTY bolts but thus is just a reinforcement not even found on similar chassis. The 90 degrees could add 50% to the 41 lb base torque.

[mym3adventures]

Installed new pedal covers

[Space Fox]

Originally Posted by E90M3velocity

No foam on the bar while street driving?

For the cage? I'm not sure I follow

[SAMM3Y]

Originally Posted by Space Fox

For the cage? I'm not sure I follow

Just wear a helmet instead... racecar

[M3runner]

Originally Posted by Space Fox

For the cage? I'm not sure I follow

You're brave. If you get into an accident I wouldn't want my head slamming into the cage without some padding on it since we don't wear helmets driving on the street. I never imagined getting into a side collision until someone decided to run a red and drove right into me in my old car. Only my door was between me and that car's front bumper and despite the seatbelt you still move around (head, arms, legs). If I had a cage, my head would probably crack like an egg if it hit it. Be safe brother

[SAMM3Y]

Originally Posted by E90M3velocity

You're brave. If you get into an accident I wouldn't want my head slamming into the cage without some padding on it since we don't wear helmets driving on the street. I never imagined getting into a side collision until someone decided to run a red and drove right into me in my old car. Only my door was between me and that car's front bumper and despite the seatbelt you still move around (head, arms, legs). If I had a cage, my head would probably crack like an egg if it hit it. Be safe brother

Think about when you were a kid and your bmx bike had a pad across the handlebar to save your face if you biffed when hitting some sweet jumps. Same concept.

[Scharbag]

Originally Posted by E90M3velocity

You're brave. If you get into an accident I wouldn't want my head slamming into the cage without some padding on it since we don't wear helmets driving on the street. I never imagined getting into a side collision until someone decided to run a red and drove right into me in my old car. Only my door was between me and that car's front bumper and despite the seatbelt you still move around (head, arms, legs). If I had a cage, my head would probably crack like an egg if it hit it. Be safe brother

Hell, even when racing and wearing a helmet, there should be foam on the bars. All the race series I have run in require foam on any bar you can touch while belted in. And boy, it is soooo much softer than steel!

[SoCalRPM]

Decided to be cliche and basic and try out the red start/stop button. Also needed to repaint the peeling bezel so I tackled that. Looks decent.

Of course, now the carbon leather trim piece doesn't sit as snug to the dash as it did before.

Any tips for getting this firmly back into place? I believe the blue tab behind the dash that receives the clip was in the correct position but I could be wrong.

[wyatth]

^ Get a new blue anchor. I had the same issue and now it’s factory tight again. $1 and 30 seconds.

[SoCalRPM]

Originally Posted by wyatth

^ Get a new blue anchor. I had the same issue and now it's factory right again. $1 and 30 seconds.

Figured that could be the issue! Am I looking at the right thing here?

https://bit.ly/3g8fBZM

[wyatth]

Yep, that’s it!

[Bartledoo]

Installed front tension arms with G.A.S. monoballs, rotated front pads, and dropped off wheels and pirelli DH scrubs to be mounted

[pbonsalb]

I am thinking about the GAS ball joint conversion for the front tension struts.

[Bartledoo]

Originally Posted by pbonsalb

I am thinking about the GAS ball joint conversion for the front tension struts.

I'm lazy so I spent extra for the pre-installed set. Rationalized it with my curb and rumble strip usage haha. My expectations aren't super high, but we'll see if they give me a wow at the track Friday...

[Jonzny]

Installed carplay on my CIC, great addition plus I get to keep the stock unit

[FrozenE92M3]

Originally Posted by Jonzny

Installed carplay on my CIC, great addition plus I get to keep the stock unit

... how?

[Camnyc]

Originally Posted by Bartledoo

I'm lazy so I spent extra for the pre-installed set. Rationalized it with my curb and rumble strip usage haha. My expectations aren't super high, but we'll see if they give me a wow at the track Friday...

You will notice the difference the first time you enter a braking zone. big big difference, I got lazy and opted for them in a new set of arms as well

[wyatth]

The positives are well documented. It’s the mixed reviews on downsides that have me on the fence. Some say DD friendly and no downside, some say the harshness is noticeably felt over expansion joints, rumble strips, etc. Please report back!

[miked7285]

Wash, wax, and interior detail.

[m7mad]

photoshoot

[Camnyc]

Originally Posted by wyatth

The positives are well documented. It’s the mixed reviews on downsides that have me on the fence. Some say DD friendly and no downside, some say the harshness is noticeably felt over expansion joints, rumble strips, etc. Please report back!

I havent noticed any of that, just a sharper steering response and a "calmer/more focused" front end. However that is all subjective and I suspect dampener/spring rates will affect this as well.