What have you done with or to your M3 today?

[wfdeacon88]

Got to hear my exhaust setup for the first time outside of the car... Totally different than I expected. Way louder, but way better than I expected. (Corsa + Rogue resonated TPs).

[Grip Addict]

Originally Posted by revengeismine

She got detailed.

What size tires are those?

They very subtly give off a meaty off road tire vibe and I like it.

[simt]

Originally Posted by Grip Addict

What size tires are those?

They very subtly give off a meaty off road tire vibe and I like it.

Yeah agreed, those tyres look cool, give the car a certain... ruggedness, on top of that clean white sleekness.

[Grip Addict]

Originally Posted by wfdeacon88

Got to hear my exhaust setup for the first time outside of the car... Totally different than I expected. Way louder, but way better than I expected. (Corsa + Rogue resonated TPs).

First time I heard my exhaust recorded on video I yelled at my co-workers the next time I saw them like "why didn't you tell me my car sounds so good?!"

They said "we have".

It's just a Borla ATAK, everything else stock.

[Drifter2090]

Originally Posted by 6ixSpd

Got her a stablemate (sold the E90 328i).

Nice! 6mt? and is that the n55 or the n54?

[GRUESOM3]

Originally Posted by 6ixSpd

Got her a stablemate (sold the E90 328i).

How do you like the change? Always followed your posts on the e90 n52 side. I love mine and can't see myself getting rid of it still only 70k miles

[BeaterM3]

Originally Posted by Grip Addict

What size tires are those?

They very subtly give off a meaty off road tire vibe and I like it.

Thanks!

They are BF Goodrich Comp-2 A/S - 245/45 Fronts and 275/40 Rears. Might go 275/40 square in the Spring.

The wheels are 17x9 ET30 ARC8s with 18mm spacers in the rear. 15mm will be going in the front soon.

[BeaterM3]

Originally Posted by GRUESOM3

How do you like the change? Always followed your posts on the e90 n52 side. I love mine and can't see myself getting rid of it still only 70k miles

Not a 135i owner here, but have a 335i Sport and I can't wait to sell the damn thing lol.

My old E36 had better handling and a better planted feel than the 335i. Granted, it's AWD, so I didn't get the benefit of the lighter more balanced sport suspension the RWD 335i's M-Sports come with. Even putting in Bilstein B4 Sports and Eibach Pros, still didn't even match how good the E36 chassis performed.

And then since getting the E92 M3, I don't even want to sit in my 335i LOL.

[wfdeacon88]

expecting big gains on the Dyno from these.

[sterile stork]

Originally Posted by revengeismine

Thanks!

They are BF Goodrich Comp-2 A/S - 245/45 Fronts and 275/40 Rears. Might go 275/40 square in the Spring.

The wheels are 17x9 ET30 ARC8s with 18mm spacers in the rear. 15mm will be going in the front soon.

How would you remark the vehicle handles with 17" wheel setup? Very intrigued!

[BeaterM3]

Originally Posted by sterile stork

How would you remark the vehicle handles with 17" wheel setup? Very intrigued!

Fronts: My ARC8s 17x9 w/ 245/45 are 43.5lbs while my 220Ms 19x8.5 with Kumho 245/35s are 49.59lbs.

Rears: My ARC8s 17x9 w/ 275/40 are 45.5lbs while my 220Ms 19x9.5 with Kumho 265/35s are 54.13lbs.

The steering is noticeably lighter compared to the 19" 220s. The rears also want to break loose quicker with the 17s.

In some scenarios, the larger sidewall of the rear 17s seem a little bit bouncier over certain bumps compared to how the rear 19s feel. I figured that might have to do with the rear 220s being an 0.50" taller compared to the front 220s (the 17s are the same diameter front and rear), so the bumps might be distributed differently between the front and rear compared to how the 17 ARC8s distributes the force of the bumps.

Overall, the 17s have been a much smoother and nimbler ride. I have been using them for the last 3 years...first on my 335 and now on the M3.

[Grip Addict]

Originally Posted by revengeismine

Replaced clock spring and now my paddles work again!

what does your clock spring have anything to do with gear selection?

[Dr. Dre]

Made my last payment

[Grip Addict]

Originally Posted by Freiheit

I have the same issue with glass cleaning, whether its my car windows, house windows, glass shelves, sunglasses - if its transparent, it'll look like crap if I clean it.

The best part is everyone who comes up with "solutions" that they swear will work. They never work. Cleaning with newsprint, microfiber cloth, chamois, sponges, and unicorn down. I use Invisible Glass, Griot's GC, Simple Green, Windex, and organic cleaners made from the sweat off the balls of free trade gorillas. Nothing short of a rubber mallet and a vacuum can make my glass disappear.

The best results I've gotten comes from cleaning the outside with a white Scotchbrite pad (it gets every bit of contamination off, so the streaks can really have a clean canvas) and Invisible Glass. Then I use RainX, mainly because I really like the artsy-looking smears and streaks I can get out of it without a lot of effort. If I feel energetic I'll spend 10-15 minutes "buffing" it with a variety of cloths and wipes, just so I can really go for those subtle holographic streaks.

Inside... no matter what I use my results range from "didn't have time to finish cleaning, huh?" all the way to "did you blow a meth addict's brains out all over this windshield?". I'm thinking that I'll just have the windshield replaced eventually.

Because we chatted glass cleaning.

I yesterday bought a can of Invisible Glass versus the normal squeeze bottles of glass cleaner I buy.

I can only tell you how my clean job was in the early morning sun tomorrow to cars and coffee, but regarding ease of use. First off it seemed like the solution comes out more even instead of all of the solution shot in the middle while overspraying out in a circle.

Also, seemed like my glass towels weren't getting "stuck" on the glass, they smoothly glided across it.

Like I said, I won't know what it looks like until tomorrow morning in the sun, but at least the compressed can made it easier to potentially look like an idiot later.

[E90M3velocity]

Engine light went on again and the engine died before the cold start finished. Hopefully it would be easy to figure it out, I pretty much went through the list of "common" problems since 20k of ownership...

[wyatth]

Originally Posted by Grip Addict

what does your clock spring have anything to do with gear selection?

The clock spring in the steering wheel’s purpose is to maintain electronic connections for steering wheel functions ... My guess is he could have still shifted with the stick or driven in D.

[Grip Addict]

Originally Posted by wyatth

The clock spring in the steering wheel’s purpose is to maintain electronic connections for steering wheel functions ... My guess is he could have still shifted with the stick or driven in D.

A connection may go through it, but I wouldn't say a clock springs purpose is to maintain electronic connections.

Its purpose is more that click/spring you feel which unselects a turn signal.

[wyatth]

LMGTFY.

[BeaterM3]

Originally Posted by Grip Addict

A connection may go through it, but I wouldn't say a clock springs purpose is to maintain electronic connections.

Its purpose is more that click/spring you feel which unselects a turn signal.

The clock spring holds a ribbon cable that allows the steering wheel to turn and not rip any of the wiring for the components of the steering wheel; air bag, m button, paddle shifters etc.

The wiring for the paddle shifters must have worn out within the ribbon cable of the clock spring or one of the connectors did...replaced it, issue fixed. Shifting still worked with the stick and in D mode.

[Grip Addict]

Originally Posted by wyatth

LMGTFY.

I appreciate that, but I could go on wikipedia and completely change all of that to say whatever I wanted lol

[Grip Addict]

Drove to and from cars and coffee.

[wyatth]

Okay, believe whatever you want. I wasn’t trying to argue or convince you of anything - you asked the Q. If you don’t believe it, you can google “car clock spring” for yourself. Or you can continue to believe that it’s purpose is to spring the turn signals stalk, all good.