What have you done with or to your M3 today?

Ashm3_uk · 06-20-2019, 12:48 PM

Went to a car wash few weeks ago and the guy hoovering it dropped his industrial hoover on the bumper. 😢
Paintwork cracked.
Thought I'd get the stone chips dealt with while it's there.

Went for a touch up yesterday. Back on Saturday.

EJT86 · 06-20-2019, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Ashm3_uk

Went to a car wash few weeks ago and the guy hoovering it dropped his industrial hoover on the bumper. 😢
Paintwork cracked.
Thought I'd get the stone chips dealt with while it's there.

Went for a touch up yesterday. Back on Saturday.

That sucks...

Get it? get it?? You don’t get it smh

Ashm3_uk · 06-20-2019, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by EJT86

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Originally Posted by Ashm3_uk

Went to a car wash few weeks ago and the guy hoovering it dropped his industrial hoover on the bumper. 😢
Paintwork cracked.
Thought I'd get the stone chips dealt with while it's there.

Went for a touch up yesterday. Back on Saturday.

That sucks...

Get it? get it?? You don’t get it smh

Hahah. I got it after reading it 11 times. 😂

MechEngineer408 · 06-20-2019, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Scharbag

Got me some tint. Went with 50% ceramic on the sides and 40% ceramic on the rear.

I like the look of it. A bit darker than I thought it would be but the visibility from the inside is still excellent. Here is hoping I do not get any tickets. Seeing that other people around here drive with MUCH darker tint on the side windows, hopefully the 5-O leave me alone.

Cheers,

Looks good!
How'd your tinter deal with the dots on the rear window?

Scharbag · 06-20-2019, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by MechEngineer408

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Originally Posted by Scharbag

Got me some tint. Went with 50% ceramic on the sides and 40% ceramic on the rear.

I like the look of it. A bit darker than I thought it would be but the visibility from the inside is still excellent. Here is hoping I do not get any tickets. Seeing that other people around here drive with MUCH darker tint on the side windows, hopefully the 5-O leave me alone.

Cheers,

Looks good!
How'd your tinter deal with the dots on the rear window?

Still has a little slivering there. Hope it will settle down. He said he would redo it if it does not.

Fingers crossed.

Grip Addict · 06-20-2019, 06:36 PM

Drove to the office, then to happy hour, then home.

donnyblaze1 · 06-20-2019, 07:33 PM

Replaced my OEM air filter with an AA green drop-in and did a few spirited loser laps around the neighborhood to test it out. I wasn't expecting much, but I can actually feel a bit of a difference in the throttle response. Not sure if it's placebo, or my old filter was way past its prime, or if the AA filter is genuinely that big of an upgrade from the stocker...but I'm happy in any case.

XKxRome0ox · 06-20-2019, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by donnyblaze1

Replaced my OEM air filter with an AA green drop-in and did a few spirited loser laps around the neighborhood to test it out. I wasn't expecting much, but I can actually feel a bit of a difference in the throttle response. Not sure if it's placebo, or my old filter was way past its prime, or if the AA filter is genuinely that big of an upgrade from the stocker...but I'm happy in any case.

i'm about to put in a Macht Schnell air filter + intake tubes + intake scoops
hoping to have similar results as you

Bartledoo · 06-20-2019, 08:08 PM

Replaced the brake booster vacuum sensor surprisingly easily without moving any components, and with no blood shed! Used long needle nose pliers and a telescoping magnet. Can't wait to see which sensor I kill next.

rochoa21 · 06-20-2019, 08:10 PM

Took some photos with my co worker

nolaman1970 · 06-20-2019, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Adriano917

Red M button, Red start/stop button, & longer aluminium paddles.

Same today, liking the look.

ItsGary · 06-20-2019, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by rochoa21

Took some photos with my co worker

yikes on the wheels for the black one

6ixSpd · 06-21-2019, 12:51 AM

Let it soak up some rain for the first time in about 2 years

Helmsman · 06-21-2019, 04:36 AM

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Let it soak up some rain for the first time in about 2 years

Wow that is some nice beading. What do you have on your paint there?

6ixSpd · 06-21-2019, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Helmsman

Wow that is some nice beading. What do you have on your paint there?

Thanks! It's nothing special. Just the last of my age old Zaino products (Clear Seal and Grande Finale). You can see the difference vs. the untreated chrome fender grill.

I suppose it's accumulated a lot of layers over the last few summers and still beads well. I'm anxious to try the no silica based products or maybe even try ceramic coating.

wfdeacon88 · 06-21-2019, 08:46 PM

First time ever being forced to use a valet.. at resort in the mountains. Was bitching with the wife about it and she said I was being ridiculous. I still declined, but it ended up being necessary due to clearance at the self park garage (it would have bottomed totally according to the valet guys).

I rarely ever see any e9x M3s in North Carolina. just as I gave in, a nicely modded E93 M3 pulled up right beside me, and immediately I could hear the driver bickering with his wife about the valet, saying these guys don't know the DCT... "told you" I told my wife.

Bartledoo · 06-21-2019, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by wfdeacon88

First time ever being forced to use a valet.. at resort in the mountains. Was bitching with the wife about it and she said I was being ridiculous. I still declined, but it ended up being necessary due to clearance at the self park garage (it would have bottomed totally according to the valet guys).

I rarely ever see any e9x M3s in North Carolina. just as I gave in, a nicely modded E93 M3 pulled up right beside me, and immediately I could hear the driver bickering with his wife about the valet, saying these guys don't know the DCT... "told you" I told my wife.

I had to valet once in NYC and I swore to my gf (who caused the valet to be forced) it had 38 new chips/scratches when I picked it up.

Grip Addict · 06-21-2019, 09:42 PM

Hooked it on the charger as it will sit for a week while I go on vacation.

Helmsman · 06-22-2019, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by wfdeacon88

First time ever being forced to use a valet.. at resort in the mountains. Was bitching with the wife about it and she said I was being ridiculous. I still declined, but it ended up being necessary due to clearance at the self park garage (it would have bottomed totally according to the valet guys).

I rarely ever see any e9x M3s in North Carolina. just as I gave in, a nicely modded E93 M3 pulled up right beside me, and immediately I could hear the driver bickering with his wife about the valet, saying these guys don't know the DCT... "told you" I told my wife.

Haha, feel you totally here man! We don't have valets over here but I don't even let the shop guy drive the car onto the lift when changing tires, obviously nobody can possibly understand how the DCT works. Anyways what I use as a reason...

Dpc2u · 06-22-2019, 10:23 AM

Giving mine the once over today before I head to New Orleans tomorrow for a few days, an 8 hour drive. As to the valet as mentioned previously, the wifey booked a hotel by the quarter that is valet parking only. Still grumbling and twitching over that! Ugh.....

Timujin · 06-22-2019, 10:24 AM

This should be fun.

XKxRome0ox · 06-22-2019, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Dpc2u

Giving mine the once over today before I head to New Orleans tomorrow for a few days, an 8 hour drive. As to the valet as mentioned previously, the wifey booked a hotel by the quarter that is valet parking only. Still grumbling and twitching over that! Ugh.....

go online and see if there is a parking garage nearby
Haha

I know I definitely drove around the block to park on my own and drove out of places after seeing valet only

I am trying to remember whether I have had to valet park my car in the past 1 year that I have owned it...
I think I managed to avoid valet parking completely
(valeted my wife's car a few times .. and even those were only a handful of times)

06-20-2019, 12:48 PM	#9571
Ashm3_uk Private First Class 145 Rep 139 Posts Drives: BMW M3 Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: United Kingdom iTrader: (0)	Went to a car wash few weeks ago and the guy hoovering it dropped his industrial hoover on the bumper. 😢 Paintwork cracked. Thought I'd get the stone chips dealt with while it's there. Went for a touch up yesterday. Back on Saturday. Attached Images
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06-20-2019, 06:36 PM	#9576
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06-20-2019, 07:33 PM	#9577
donnyblaze1 Private First Class 183 Rep 103 Posts Drives: F80 M3 ZCP Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL iTrader: (0)	Replaced my OEM air filter with an AA green drop-in and did a few spirited loser laps around the neighborhood to test it out. I wasn't expecting much, but I can actually feel a bit of a difference in the throttle response. Not sure if it's placebo, or my old filter was way past its prime, or if the AA filter is genuinely that big of an upgrade from the stocker...but I'm happy in any case.
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06-21-2019, 12:51 AM	#9583
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06-21-2019, 08:46 PM	#9586
wfdeacon88 Major 1123 Rep 1,390 Posts Drives: E90 M3 Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Triad, NC iTrader: (0)	First time ever being forced to use a valet.. at resort in the mountains. Was bitching with the wife about it and she said I was being ridiculous. I still declined, but it ended up being necessary due to clearance at the self park garage (it would have bottomed totally according to the valet guys). I rarely ever see any e9x M3s in North Carolina. just as I gave in, a nicely modded E93 M3 pulled up right beside me, and immediately I could hear the driver bickering with his wife about the valet, saying these guys don't know the DCT... "told you" I told my wife.
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06-21-2019, 09:42 PM	#9588
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06-22-2019, 10:23 AM	#9590
Dpc2u Major 11314 Rep 1,065 Posts Drives: E93 M3, E60 M5, F15 X5, E46 Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Middle Tennessee iTrader: (0)	Giving mine the once over today before I head to New Orleans tomorrow for a few days, an 8 hour drive. As to the valet as mentioned previously, the wifey booked a hotel by the quarter that is valet parking only. Still grumbling and twitching over that! Ugh..... __________________ E46, E60 M5, E93 M3, F15 X5 IG - @thebimmerhaus
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06-22-2019, 10:24 AM	#9591
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