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The engine bay hadn't been detailed by the second owner at all. There was grime in a lot of places and during the PPI we realized that the morons at the BMW dealer who changed the oil right before i bought it ended up dumping about a half quart of oil all over the engine bay when they changed the oil filter. Oil was all over the belly pans and fan shroud as seen in some of the pictures below.
also note the seeping valve cover gaskets and bubbling/cracked paint... a common issue on these motors as I've read? Since I won't be daily driving the car, it was well worth the effort to do a thorough cleaning while I had her on jack stands. I decided to special order this from home depot. It is safe for aluminium and ok for use on CF and clear coat. I filled up my foam cannon with the concentrated degreaser and thoroughly bathed the engine and the entire undercarriage. I have to admit it was VERY satisfying. ///M V8... what a beautiful engine bay layout Picked up this little guy from HD to rinse the undercarriage. I spent about 2 hours in the engine bay with various brushes and also scrubbed all the oil from the oil pan and some of suspension components as well. all 4 wheel wells as well as belly pans were cleaned as best as I could. I coated the splash guards with concentrated CarPro PERL. I used it on the brake calipers too which brought out the shine to the finish. I really like the coating BMW used on the calipers ! Cleaned up the rust and painted them in all 4 corners. all 4 wheel barrels were thoroughly cleaned and coated with ceramic coating for now. This wheel looks to be in good condition but the other 3 have a lot of curb rashes on them and that is honestly my only major complaint about the car. I got a quote to refinish them for $165 each, which I think is very expensive. But it is a local shop that guarantees very close to OEM finish. They operate out of a local HUGE warehouse here in Detroit and work with dodge/chevy/ford to supply/refinish OEM wheels. Sounds promising on paper but $700 is a lot to refinish wheels and ultimately a perfect color may be a subjective. I think it is best to sell these in the future and get brand new OE wheels
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Looks good! everything you did, is exactly what I would do when getting a car like this. Changing all the fluids is always first on my list.
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Very nice update! I thought your name looked familiar, I read your build thread on m3f when that was still up. Love that car. PY is such a cool color. Don't think I've seen a blue and yellow M3 combo in a garage before, very cool!
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still working on her. more to come does anyone else prefer the tint-less look? I am thinking about taking off the tint. it is taking away from the color of the car and not letting it speak to me.
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Looking great man! How does the shifter feel wit the new fluid? Also did you use Inpa to bleed thee brakes?
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Great car, and welcome to the forum. It would make a terrific companion piece to my IB DCT car.
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They look very nice ! I don't want to start modding this one too. Im already broke lol
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Thanks, great looking IB there ! I got tired of wrenching and scrubbing myself and took a break. Hopefully the weather will be nice this weekend to finish up a couple other things.
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I had some experiencing removing some stubborn tints, like my previous S2000 factory hardtop or crazy brittle purple tint films that flaked no matter what you do.
Best way for me was to have a friend pre-heat the window with a heat gun from outside, and then another person from within start peeling from the edge. With enough heat focusing on the area you work on, slowly but surely it will come off in one piece with little to almost glue residue left behind. |
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Are they lighter then 359s?
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I really like the tintless looks but living in South Carolina, the tint really does make a huge difference in the summer. I also like that I'm preserving my interior, as well as being able to ignore people when they try to race.
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