What have you done with or to your M3 today?

zipper228 · 01-09-2018, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by BOOF-M3

Yea my Space Gray E93 has chrome trim also. Not a fan but it is what it is. Funny thing is the salesman made a pitch about it having "upgraded chrome trim throughout". My girl said "it's actually a reason why we may not buy the car". He never mentioned chrome trim again. As a side note I have never met a salesperson with as much M3 knowledge as this guy. He knew the M3 in and out. It made it a much more pleasant experience learning about the car as opposed to only being sold the car.

Like Gary mentioned above, you can have it all wrapped. My SG E93 has all the chrome window wrapped in matte black (thank you previous owner!), I believe I remember reading it cost around $200-300 for the whole job

carenthuziast · 01-09-2018, 05:01 PM

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Thanks for confirming. BTW, does the charger black cable goes to the battery negative terminal or the body chassis?

My charger is under the hood, so I can route the charger onto the windshield so I can see it.

There is no negative terminal under the hood. There's a metal stud on the left side attached to the frame for ground where you connect the black clamp.

GORDON.M3 · 01-09-2018, 07:05 PM

drain and fill the fluid in my diff today, it was due... the oil that came out was so dark and ugly.

Teufel_Hunden · 01-11-2018, 08:16 AM

Drove it for the first time in nearly 2 weeks

ItsGary · 01-11-2018, 08:25 AM

tryna figure out what the loud explosion i heard under my feet was.

EJT86 · 01-11-2018, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ItsGary

tryna figure out what the loud explosion i heard under my feet was.

probably an IED

admranger · 01-11-2018, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Teufel_Hunden

Drove it for the first time in nearly 2 weeks

Me too -- even got the low battery fault warning to confirm it'd been a while.

She's on the charger as we speak.

Teufel_Hunden · 01-11-2018, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by admranger

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Drove it for the first time in nearly 2 weeks

Me too -- even got the low battery fault warning to confirm it'd been a while.

She's on the charger as we speak.

No problem with my battery, but mine has been in the garage which does help.

admranger · 01-11-2018, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Teufel_Hunden

No problem with my battery, but mine has been in the garage which does help.

Mine was in the garage too! I don't think my 5 mile commute is enough to get the battery charged...

If the weather doesn't look like crap tomorrow morning, I'll drive it again.

Teufel_Hunden · 01-11-2018, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by admranger

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No problem with my battery, but mine has been in the garage which does help.

Mine was in the garage too! I don't think my 5 mile commute is enough to get the battery charged...

If the weather doesn't look like crap tomorrow morning, I'll drive it again.

5 miles, that's it? That's not even long enough to get the oil warmed up. Haha.

You're not too far from me, so you might also be getting a lot of rain tomorrow.

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admranger · 01-11-2018, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Teufel_Hunden

5 miles, that's it? That's not even long enough to get the oil warmed up. Haha.

You're not too far from me, so you might also be getting a lot of rain tomorrow.

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Surprisingly, I can run the oil check during the drive (a bit of idling in traffic warms things up).

Yeah, just saw that but my wife is going to take the X5 on a costco and grocery store run. Guess it'll get wet and salty tomorrow...

ItsGary · 01-11-2018, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by EJT86

probably an IED

Considering Vancouver streets are basically third world tier I don’t doubt it haha

Richbot · 01-12-2018, 12:59 PM

Finished valve cover change and some misc. items, fished all my dropped tools and bolts out of the belly pan, fired it up (it still works! amazing), and shut it off. As I was finishing it up, the City dropped a bunch of salt on my street for no good reason. We need a good hard rain.

Montaver · 01-12-2018, 03:16 PM

Trip over to ACM for a little sound upgrade. I was a big fan of the stock exhaust note which was very smooth, but the second I pulled away the difference with the MPE was noticeable. Much sharper and more aggressive sounding, with some very interesting resonance and sounds between 3-4k RPM. Interested to see how it changes as it breaks in.

I'll be driving with my back seats down for a while I think, makes the exhaust significantly louder!

UPSROD · 01-12-2018, 04:33 PM

So, you bought a new MPE?

Montaver · 01-12-2018, 06:37 PM

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So, you bought a new MPE?

Yes indeed, box fresh

BOOF-M3 · 01-12-2018, 07:01 PM

I feel silly Loading pics of my new center caps after Montaver installed his MPE.

Exclusivs · 01-12-2018, 07:03 PM

Filter replace

ItsGary · 01-12-2018, 07:11 PM

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Filter replace

Nice, that's one of the first jobs I did completely on my own :P
I swapped the OE/OEM one with a K&N one.

EJT86 · 01-12-2018, 07:18 PM

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I feel silly Loading pics of my new center caps after Montaver installed his MPE.

Tough one to follow

///IVI III · 01-13-2018, 02:58 AM

Under-hood decals...

inTgr8r · 01-13-2018, 09:55 AM

Parts ordered for rod bearings DIY

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