What have you done with or to your M3 today?

[StealthnShadow]

Stopped at the local dealer last weekend to pick up a ctek battery charger as they had them on sale surprisingly (first picture).

I also now two weeks ago had my Rod Bearings done at MFR Engineering to find out they were replaced once but only with OEM LCI bearings which thankfully I did them when I did as they were getting pretty bad. In this process also installed my MLT underbody panel among a few other maintenance items. Malek did great work and happy that this bigger ticket item is taken care of on Ruby (second picture):

[S65Hunter]

New front bumper (ABSauto), new passenger side fender (oem from dealer), new head light lenses/xenon bulbs and gold/amber angles eyes

[Crazypinoy9]

Finally picked up my E90 a few weeks ago after being in the shop for a few months and only taken out handful of times since. Nothing fancy, just some phone pics

ABS Autobody
- Repainted the entire exterior of the car because there were a lot of nicks and scratches from the previous owner
- RKP Carbon Roof (2x2) w/ OEM support
- Euro Front Bumper
- Reupholstered headliner and rear deck
- New Windshield and rear glass
- Complete headlight restoration plus replaced all bulbs to led
- Adro Carbon Front Lip
- Wolfbox G930 Rearview Mirror/Dashcam
- Custom Steering wheel by Dafox based in Poland
- ABS Rear Carbon Diffuser/Undertray to be installed soon.

Onsite Wheels
- Refinished TE37SL from Gold to Matte Blue Gunmetal

Impressive Wrap
- Full Front PPF
- Full Ceramic Coating

European Auto Source
- Macht Schnell Intake
- Macht Schnell Race X-Pipe

Only thing I did myself was:
- Recaro Sportster CS Art Edition Seats (driver/passenger)

[CamasM3e93]

Originally Posted by Crazypinoy9

Finally picked up my E90 a few weeks ago after being in the shop for a few months and only taken out handful of times since. Nothing fancy, just some phone pics

ABS Autobody
- Repainted the entire exterior of the car because there were a lot of nicks and scratches from the previous owner
- RKP Carbon Roof (2x2) w/ OEM support
- Euro Front Bumper
- Reupholstered headliner and rear deck
- New Windshield and rear glass
- Complete headlight restoration plus replaced all bulbs to led
- Adro Carbon Front Lip
- Wolfbox G930 Rearview Mirror/Dashcam
- Custom Steering wheel by Dafox based in Poland
- ABS Rear Carbon Diffuser/Undertray to be installed soon.

Onsite Wheels
- Refinished TE37SL from Gold to Matte Blue Gunmetal

Impressive Wrap
- Full Front PPF
- Full Ceramic Coating

European Auto Source
- Macht Schnell Intake
- Macht Schnell Race X-Pipe

Only thing I did myself was:
- Recaro Sportster CS Arts Edition Seats (driver/passenger)

Sweet build list. That looks like an almost new-used e9x worth of co$t.

Did you delete your shark fin? Any issues with warnings on the dash?

[vitalsigns]

Originally Posted by Crazypinoy9

Finally picked up my E90 a few weeks ago after being in the shop for a few months and only taken out handful of times since. Nothing fancy, just some phone pics

ABS Autobody
- RKP Carbon Roof (2x2) w/ OEM support

- ABS Rear Carbon Diffuser/Undertray to be installed soon.
(driver/passenger)

Nice..
Did ABS fully install the roof? Did you have a slicktop before, and if not, how did they handle the new headliner needed for the carbon roof?

Do show us the ABS rear diffusor once installed...there aren't many good rear diffusers offered now for the E90.

[smokinjoe64]

Originally Posted by Crazypinoy9

Finally picked up my E90 a few weeks ago after being in the shop for a few months and only taken out handful of times since. Nothing fancy, just some phone pics

ABS Autobody
- Repainted the entire exterior of the car because there were a lot of nicks and scratches from the previous owner
- RKP Carbon Roof (2x2) w/ OEM support
- Euro Front Bumper
- Reupholstered headliner and rear deck
- New Windshield and rear glass
- Complete headlight restoration plus replaced all bulbs to led
- Adro Carbon Front Lip
- Wolfbox G930 Rearview Mirror/Dashcam
- Custom Steering wheel by Dafox based in Poland
- ABS Rear Carbon Diffuser/Undertray to be installed soon.

Onsite Wheels
- Refinished TE37SL from Gold to Matte Blue Gunmetal

Impressive Wrap
- Full Front PPF
- Full Ceramic Coating

European Auto Source
- Macht Schnell Intake
- Macht Schnell Race X-Pipe

Only thing I did myself was:
- Recaro Sportster CS Arts Edition Seats (driver/passenger)

Crazypinoy9 looks like the Adro front lip installed.

Any comments on quality, fitment, etc?...considering one myself.

[Crazypinoy9]

Originally Posted by CamasM3e93

Sweet build list. That looks like an almost new-used e9x worth of co$t.

Did you delete your shark fin? Any issues with warnings on the dash?

That picture was just an early picture without the sharkfin installed. It was ended up getting painted black and installed a couple weeks after.

Originally Posted by vitalsigns

Nice..
Did ABS fully install the roof? Did you have a slicktop before, and if not, how did they handle the new headliner needed for the carbon roof?

ABS did the removal of the old roof and installed the carbon.

Do show us the ABS rear diffusor once installed...there aren't many good rear diffusers offered now for the E90.

my E90 had a sunroof so the headliner was redone to account for this. I can provide pics later to show it. It was so difficult finding a slicktop headliner so we said screw it and reupholstered the sunroof headliner. It turned out pretty amazing actually as you'll see once I can take a pic of it to share.

Will definitely share pics of the rear diffuser installed once it's done.

Originally Posted by smokinjoe64

Crazypinoy9 looks like the Adro front lip installed.

Any comments on quality, fitment, etc?...considering one myself.


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I'm pretty impressed with the quality. Fitment was solid. I almost wanna say the fitment is on par with the Varis front lip that I had for my CTR. I watched them install it without any issues within 10 mins.

[Redd]

Originally Posted by Crazypinoy9

I'm pretty impressed with the quality. Fitment was solid. I almost wanna say the fitment is on par with the Varis front lip that I had for my CTR. I watched them install it without any issues within 10 mins.

How's the ground clearance and overhang on that Adro front lip?

[Crazypinoy9]

Originally Posted by Redd

How's the ground clearance and overhang on that Adro front lip?

Car is lowered about 2" and i still have about 4" from the ground to the bottom of the lip.

Here's an attempt at a profile shot of the front. Hope it helps

[smokinjoe64]

Originally Posted by Crazypinoy9

Car is lowered about 2" and i still have about 4" from the ground to the bottom of the lip.

Here's an attempt at a profile shot of the front. Hope it helps

Looking good...your findings on 'scrape' experience so-far from public lot exits, driveways, etc?

[Crazypinoy9]

Originally Posted by smokinjoe64

Looking good...your findings on 'scrape' experience so-far from public lot exits, driveways, etc?

Haven't had any scrapes yet but then again I've only driven about 100 miles (90% highway) since getting it back so I'll report once I've been able to drive it a bit more haha

It's shorter in depth compared to other lips other than maybe the GTS lip so I feel like that in itself makes it less prone to scraping as long as you're getting it at the right angles.

[Reddevils7]

Originally Posted by Crazypinoy9

Car is lowered about 2" and i still have about 4" from the ground to the bottom of the lip.

Here's an attempt at a profile shot of the front. Hope it helps

Put sliplo on there. It's too nice for the inevitable scrape

[vitalsigns]

Originally Posted by Crazypinoy9

my E90 had a sunroof so the headliner was redone to account for this. I can provide pics later to show it. It was so difficult finding a slicktop headliner so we said screw it and reupholstered the sunroof headliner. It turned out pretty amazing actually as you'll see once I can take a pic of it to share.

Will definitely share pics of the rear diffuser installed once it's done.

Thanks -- do you mind sharing the cost of the work ABS did to reupholster the headliner and install the carbon roof?

[smokinjoe64]

Originally Posted by Reddevils7

Put sliplo on there. It's too nice for the inevitable scrape

SlipLo = 100% agree; they've saved my bacon on many occasions

[endur0]

Originally Posted by Crazypinoy9

It was so difficult finding a slicktop headliner so we said screw it and reupholstered the sunroof headliner.

I bit the bullet and ordered a new slicktop headliner from ECS. Adding the headroom was important to me. Just arrived yesterday, waiting on the sunroof delete plug to arrive. Your roof looks awesome.

[Crazypinoy9]

Originally Posted by Reddevils7

Put sliplo on there. It's too nice for the inevitable scrape

Originally Posted by smokinjoe64

SlipLo - 100% agree; they've saved my bacon on many occasions

That's actually not a bad idea. thanks!

Originally Posted by vitalsigns

Thanks -- do you mind sharing the cost of the work ABS did to reupholster the headliner and install the carbon roof?

The total cost for the reupholstery of both the headliner and the rear deck were about $800. I don't know what the actual breakdown is though because ABS uses a separate company locally to do it.

In terms of the roof install, expect to pay around $2K. You'll also have to factor in the OEM center brace that you'll need to buy. I think it was a couple hundred and took about 3 weeks to get from Germany.

[Reddevils7]

Originally Posted by Crazypinoy9

The total cost for the reupholstery of both the headliner and the rear deck were about $800. I don't know what the actual breakdown is though because ABS uses a separate company locally to do it.

In terms of the roof install, expect to pay around $2K. You'll also have to factor in the OEM center brace that you'll need to buy. I think it was a couple hundred and took about 3 weeks to get from Germany.

Hey, did you wait a few weeks after respraying the car before you did ppf?

[Crazypinoy9]

Originally Posted by Reddevils7

Hey, did you wait a few weeks after respraying the car before you did ppf?

waited 2 weeks

[Reddevils7]

Originally Posted by Crazypinoy9

waited 2 weeks

I think that should be okay. You're in a warmer climate too. In January I'd say to wait about a month from what I've researched but I'm not a detailer

[Crazypinoy9]

Originally Posted by Reddevils7

I think that should be okay. You're in a warmer climate too. In January I'd say to wait about a month from what I've researched but I'm not a detailer

Gotcha. Sorry for some reason I thought you were referring to only the roof. After getting the roof from IND they added an extra layer of clear, hit it with IR lamps for a bit of time, then waited 2 weeks before the PPF. It actually might have been 3 weeks.

The great thing is that they had the roof PPF'd before all the new moldings were installed. So everything is properly tucked

The paint on the car actually sat for much longer. Almost a month before the full front PPF was installed

[Reddevils7]

Originally Posted by Crazypinoy9

Gotcha. After getting the roof from IND they added an extra layer of clear, hit it with IR lamps for a bit of time, then waited 2 weeks before the PPF. It actually might have been 3 weeks.

The great thing is that they had the roof PPF'd before all the new moldings were installed. So everything is properly tucked

Nicely done. Car looks great. I did something similar on my M2, just picked it up yesterday. Paint correction, ppf and ceramic

[Reddevils7]

Originally Posted by Crazypinoy9

Gotcha. Sorry for some reason I thought you were referring to only the roof. After getting the roof from IND they added an extra layer of clear, hit it with IR lamps for a bit of time, then waited 2 weeks before the PPF. It actually might have been 3 weeks.

The great thing is that they had the roof PPF'd before all the new moldings were installed. So everything is properly tucked

The paint on the car actually sat for much longer. Almost a month before the full front PPF was installed

Oh okay even better. I've read that you need to let paint "gas" before you ppf. Otherwise, it'll bubble the ppf and it won't take well. Also, when you got to remove it, there's higher chances of pulling paint