What have you done with or to your M3 today?

[DRLane]

I'll file this under tired newborn dad brain.

Was going to take the car to get new titanium exhaust welded and didn't latch the hood. Luckily was within a mile from home at 25mph and didn't result in a real accident. Such a dumb ass move 😭

Guess I'll just get a carbon hood.

[SAMM3Y]

Originally Posted by DRLane

I'll file this under tired newborn dad brain.

Was going to take the car to get new titanium exhaust welded and didn't latch the hood. Luckily was within a mile from home at 25mph and didn't result in a real accident. Such a dumb ass move 😭

Guess I'll just get a carbon hood.

Oh no! Congrats on what I hope is a healthy baby… as for your other baby… it's a shame but shit happens.

[tbuck]

Originally Posted by DRLane

I'll file this under tired newborn dad brain.

Was going to take the car to get new titanium exhaust welded and didn't latch the hood. Luckily was within a mile from home at 25mph and didn't result in a real accident. Such a dumb ass move 😭

Guess I'll just get a carbon hood.

OMG!!! Damn that sux!! So sorry to see that!

[ShaunT123]

The parking garage has taken another victim. I was trying to angle the car to not scratch the front splitter, in doing this I did not pay attention to the side of the car. A quick buff removed most of the paint transfer and it looks a bit more presentable now Anyone know of decent body shops in SoCal?

[Vuu]

Originally Posted by ShaunT123

The parking garage has taken another victim. I was trying to angle the car to not scratch the front splitter, in doing this I did not pay attention to the side of the car. A quick buff removed most of the paint transfer and it looks a bit more presentable now Anyone know of decent body shops in SoCal?

ABS Auto Body
https://absautorepair.com/

KINGS
https://www.kingsautobodyshop.com/

[dmz_m3]

Finally decided to install my upgraded angel eyes. Most time consuming part other than taking the front end off was sanding, priming, and painting the chrome shrouds black. Took a ton of time but love how it turned out.

[jvictormp]

Originally Posted by DRLane

I'll file this under tired newborn dad brain.

Was going to take the car to get new titanium exhaust welded and didn't latch the hood. Luckily was within a mile from home at 25mph and didn't result in a real accident. Such a dumb ass move ��

Guess I'll just get a carbon hood.

What a pity!

Man, that paintwork looks so great one's got trouble to understand what happened to the hood.

[DRLane]

Originally Posted by jvictormp

What a pity!

Man, that paintwork looks so great one's got trouble to understand what happened to the hood.

Absolute shame, and so avoidable. I am embarrassed 😞 Again, least no one rear ended me or hit me head on during my moment of blindness…

I've been saying I'm going to paint the underside of the hood latches with bright red paint for months to prevent such a thing.

I think I'll consider a Seibon carbon replica hood and transfer the vents and hood latches. Anyone have any experience? Alternatively could check out the euro options but the shipping along would be more expensive than a hood.

I'm a complete moron.

[jvictormp]

Nah, shit happens.

[SGM_E90]

Washed the daily since the e90 is in the shop for a new radiator refreshing some coolant hoses.. after Thunderhill over the weekend.

[Tommysalami]

Coby alcantara shift boot since the leather had shrunk and was pulling up the original one. Matching e-brake boot because why not.
Valve covers, timing cover gaskets, spark plug tubes, secondary air pump hose
Oil change
Tint
New wheel studs

[CamasM3e93]

Took my e93 to a high performance driving event at Portland International Raceway yesterday, my first. It made so much of the narrative on the e9x apparent. The e93 with the top up is not a great tracking car but it's adequate, and I can now see why a big brake kit can be a necessity. I was in the intermediate grouping, despite being a novice, and yielded the straightaways to many 911s and the occasional humbling Miata. Still, it was a good day and I feel like I know the car on a whole new level.

[tbuck]

Originally Posted by CamasM3e93

Took my e93 to a high performance driving event at Portland International Raceway yesterday, my first. It made so much of the narrative on the e9x apparent. The e93 with the top up is not a great tracking car but it's adequate, and I can now see why a big brake kit can be a necessity. I was in the intermediate grouping, despite being a novice, and yielded the straightaways to many 911s and the occasional humbling Miata. Still, it was a good day and I feel like I know the care on a whole new level.

Do not be humbled too much by the miata's as the power to weight ratio makes you look like a lumbering elephant! When i autocrossed regularly it would make me sick to see a stock miata destroy my heavily modded e36 m3. It is always going to happen, even after you put that harrop on there.

[CamasM3e93]

Originally Posted by tbuck

Do not be humbled too much by the miata's as the power to weight ratio makes you look like a lumbering elephant! When i autocrossed regularly it would make me sick to see a stock miata destroy my heavily modded e36 m3. It is always going to happen, even after you put that harrop on there.

A lumbering elephant is exactly what I felt like, perfect description!

[B8bydesign]

Originally Posted by Tommysalami

Coby alcantara shift boot since the leather had shrunk and was pulling up the original one. Matching e-brake boot because why not.
Valve covers, timing cover gaskets, spark plug tubes, secondary air pump hose
Oil change
Tint
New wheel studs

How difficult was the install for the shift boot and brake boot? I have a Coby steering wheel and would love to add the alcantara boots to match.

[Tommysalami]

Originally Posted by B8bydesign

How difficult was the install for the shift boot and brake boot? I have a Coby steering wheel and would love to add the alcantara boots to match.

It was easy. Just took the originals off, peeled off the old boots from the plastic frames and removed the leftover material, and used fabri-tac to glue the new ones on to the frame. Used some small clips to help it adhere while the glue set. The DCT boot has to be cut off the knob since it's attached as one piece, so that's not reversible. Leave some slack material and tuck into the new boot.

[E90325M]

Originally Posted by dmz_m3

Finally decided to install my upgraded angel eyes. Most time consuming part other than taking the front end off was sanding, priming, and painting the chrome shrouds black. Took a ton of time but love how it turned out.

Interested in how you work on your angel eyes transformation?

[Bartledoo]

Long awaited bath at the new house.

[Throatpunch]

Originally Posted by Bartledoo

Long awaited bath at the new house.

What wheels are those? They are nice!!

[Bartledoo]

Originally Posted by Throatpunch

What wheels are those? They are nice!!

Titan7 T-S7

[dmz_m3]

Originally Posted by E90325M

Interested in how you work on your angel eyes transformation?

I ordered the rings which are plug and play; they clip/screw onto where the old angel eye rings sat and then connect to the H8 bulb connector.

You have to remove both fender liners to access the bolts that hold on the front bumper, remove the front bumper, and then remove the headlights which are held on by I think 5 T30 screws and a smaller screw underneath.

Then I removed the cradle that sits under the headlights and followed this video to remove the shrouds and do the install:

I sanded, primed, and painted the shrouds using Duplicolor filler and sandable primer and Duplicolor flat black. After that it was just a reverse of the disassembly.

All in all it took me about two 8 hour days of work because I really took my time. I'm sure some people could get this done in less time.

[Conzyo]

Met up with a buddy