Sparkling Graphite E90 M3

Richsocal12 · 07-14-2015, 11:49 PM

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this shot is awesome! is there way you can shoot my ride one of these days???

Matt@AUTOcouture · 07-15-2015, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by checkmate

I'm in love with that car. Just STUNNING!

Any plans to do the Updated Nav Retrofit?

Yes, absolutely on the list!

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Originally Posted by Richsocal12

this shot is awesome! is there way you can shoot my ride one of these days???

Thank you! Yeah definitely, PM me.

Jsantos · 07-15-2015, 08:07 PM

4 doors and 3 pedals all the way. I originally looked for a SG E90 M3 to match my daily driven E90 330i

My wife convinced me to get another color. Sometimes i think it was weird but this color really does it for me. I ended up getting a SSII E90 M3 6MT instead. But everytime i see one it still makes me drool. Great pickup. The SG color adds more rarity on it.

Here's my daily

Matt@AUTOcouture · 07-21-2015, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Jsantos

4 doors and 3 pedals all the way. I originally looked for a SG E90 M3 to match my daily driven E90 330i

My wife convinced me to get another color. Sometimes i think it was weird but this color really does it for me. I ended up getting a SSII E90 M3 6MT instead. But everytime i see one it still makes me drool. Great pickup. The SG color adds more rarity on it.

Here's my daily

Thanks! Your car looks great, I see so many more SG 330's out here than I did back east!

Matterhorn · 07-21-2015, 06:05 PM

Great color combo! Sparkling graphite is pretty rare too.

Matt@AUTOcouture · 08-04-2015, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Matterhorn

Great color combo! Sparkling graphite is pretty rare too.

Thanks yeah they're pretty uncommon

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Where da spoiler at

Ha my bad! Thanks to Sam and Nick at Mode Carbon for the sweet E90 OEM style trunk spoiler

Matt@AUTOcouture · 08-24-2015, 02:22 PM

I had my car flashed with the Gintani NA tune and Steering Servotronics upgrade late last week and then went out to Buttonwillow Raceway on Saturday to play with it (Thanks Josh @SpeedDistrict). Absolutely love the way the car drives on the street and on the track. The car is faster and more responsive even with my stock cats. The steering is such an improvement as well. At high speed there is way more confidence turning in and just an all around better performing car. Highly recommend doing this to your E9x, if you have any questions feel free to ask or PM.

tlav17 · 08-24-2015, 09:37 PM

lookin' good Matt!! Probably my favorite e90. That night shot is epic!

Matt@AUTOcouture · 08-25-2015, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by tlav17

lookin' good Matt!! Probably my favorite e90. That night shot is epic!

Thanks dude! Appreciate it! I'm jealous of your stable over there!

Also popped in a Rogue Engineering SSK and F10 M5 knob. Had to modify the SSK to fit the the F10 knob.

Upgrade+ · 08-26-2015, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt@AUTOcouture

I had my car flashed with the Gintani NA tune and Steering Servotronics upgrade late last week and then went out to Buttonwillow Raceway on Saturday to play with it (Thanks Josh @SpeedDistrict). Absolutely love the way the car drives on the street and on the track. The car is faster and more responsive even with my stock cats. The steering is such an improvement as well. At high speed there is way more confidence turning in and just an all around better performing car. Highly recommend doing this to your E9x, if you have any questions feel free to ask or PM.

Can you elaborate on the NA tune and servotronic update? Curious as to what these do exactly

Exclusivs · 08-26-2015, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt@AUTOcouture

Thanks dude! Appreciate it! I'm jealous of your stable over there!

Also popped in a Rogue Engineering SSK and F10 M5 knob. Had to modify the SSK to fit the the F10 knob.

Nice clean mods! I too had a blip w/ ZHP knob and Rouge SSK not staying connected. F10 ZHP weighted knob looks great.

Matt@AUTOcouture · 08-26-2015, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Upgrade+

Can you elaborate on the NA tune and servotronic update? Curious as to what these do exactly

For my NA tune, it changes the timing, fuel, vanos, torque limits, top speed limiter removed, and slight throttle changes as dyno tested and perfected by Alex at Gintani. That base tune he created and dyno'd then gets flashed into the car..unless the customer wants other specific items modified to their desire.

There's also cold start delete, increased rev limiter (8500,8700,9000, or anywhere to your preference), burble (for cat deleted cars only), and CEL removal for being catless.

The steering servotronics raises the parameters of the steering sensitivity through the computer increasing stiffness in regular and M mode.

The throttle sensitivity is the tricky one, because more responsive throttle is often misinterpreted as more power. This tune does both - increase power and throttle, but it is more conservative on the throttle sensitivity. Some choose to raise the sensitivity of the throttle response beyond where this tune is set.

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Nice clean mods! I too had a blip w/ ZHP knob and Rouge SSK not staying connected. F10 ZHP weighted knob looks great.

Thanks! Yeah the base of the RE SSK where the shifter slides on to is too fat and hinders the knob from locking onto the rod. I ground it away to allow the shift knob sit lower and reach the tooth on top. I mentioned it to Ben so he'll look into it when they make their next batch. Not a huge demand for them anymore as mostly everything is DCT now.

Matt@AUTOcouture · 09-16-2015, 06:01 PM

Took an extended weekend and went up to San Francisco with a bunch of friends then took Highway 1 all the way back down to Los Angeles for the scenic route. Here's a few photos of the car and a couple of locations. I haven't gone through all of my photos yet so it's just a few. I'm pretty sure Big Sur is the most beautiful place I've seen in the country yet.

San Francisco

Monterey

Bixby Bridge on the way into Big Sur

Bizzle23 · 09-16-2015, 07:32 PM

Awesome pics and ride sir!

W/// · 09-17-2015, 09:06 AM

Honestly one of my favorite E90's ever. It's so perfect. Jealous of the scenery you guys out West have, beautiful.

Amirsm3 · 09-17-2015, 09:50 AM

Absolutely gorgeous. I miss the California coast, haha. You never know how much you appreciate something until it's almost inaccessible.

Great pics, Matt!

BimmerRookie · 09-17-2015, 10:04 AM

Is sparkling graphite to space gray/grey as mineral white is to alpine white?

Amirsm3 · 09-17-2015, 10:13 AM

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Is sparkling graphite to space gray/grey as mineral white is to alpine white?

The shades of grey are much lighter with space grey.

Bimmerchop · 09-17-2015, 12:02 PM

Great shots as always brotha. Loving the scenery and car of course

Matt@AUTOcouture · 09-17-2015, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bizzle23

Awesome pics and ride sir!

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by W///

Honestly one of my favorite E90's ever. It's so perfect. Jealous of the scenery you guys out West have, beautiful.

Thanks, appreciate it! Yea exploration is a must out here.

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Originally Posted by Amirsm3

Absolutely gorgeous. I miss the California coast, haha. You never know how much you appreciate something until it's almost inaccessible.

Great pics, Matt!

Thanks. It is so beautiful out there. Nice to get out and away from the craziness of LA haha.

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Is sparkling graphite to space gray/grey as mineral white is to alpine white?

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Originally Posted by Amirsm3

The shades of grey are much lighter with space grey.

Yea they're two very different colors, different than AW vs MW.

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Great shots as always brotha. Loving the scenery and car of course

Thanks Rich!

Richsocal12 · 09-17-2015, 06:07 PM

great shots bro!

STooK · 09-17-2015, 10:01 PM

What tips do you have on now? They look great!

07-14-2015, 11:49 PM	#45
Richsocal12 Major 429 Rep 1,024 Posts Drives: E90 M3 Alpine Weiss - Slicktop Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (5)	[/QUOTE] this shot is awesome! is there way you can shoot my ride one of these days??? __________________ https://www.instagram.com/motorsport.grg/?hl=en Personal IG: rrichmondd
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07-15-2015, 08:07 PM	#47
Jsantos Private First Class 35 Rep 144 Posts Drives: E90 M3 SSII 6MT Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: San Francisco CA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 E90 M3 [0.00] 2006 E90 330i [0.00]	4 doors and 3 pedals all the way. I originally looked for a SG E90 M3 to match my daily driven E90 330i My wife convinced me to get another color. Sometimes i think it was weird but this color really does it for me. I ended up getting a SSII E90 M3 6MT instead. But everytime i see one it still makes me drool. Great pickup. The SG color adds more rarity on it. Here's my daily Attached Images
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07-21-2015, 06:05 PM	#49
Matterhorn Private First Class 23 Rep 132 Posts Drives: 2011 MR E90 M3 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Denver, CO iTrader: (0)	Great color combo! Sparkling graphite is pretty rare too.
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08-24-2015, 02:22 PM	#51
Matt@AUTOcouture BimmerPost Supporting Vendor 4163 Rep 2,319 Posts Drives: V8 tricycle Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Fair Lawn, NJ iTrader: (0)	I had my car flashed with the Gintani NA tune and Steering Servotronics upgrade late last week and then went out to Buttonwillow Raceway on Saturday to play with it (Thanks Josh @SpeedDistrict). Absolutely love the way the car drives on the street and on the track. The car is faster and more responsive even with my stock cats. The steering is such an improvement as well. At high speed there is way more confidence turning in and just an all around better performing car. Highly recommend doing this to your E9x, if you have any questions feel free to ask or PM.
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08-24-2015, 09:37 PM	#52
tlav17 Lieutenant 25 Rep 409 Posts Drives: F15 X5 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Jersey iTrader: (0)	lookin' good Matt!! Probably my favorite e90. That night shot is epic! __________________ 2015 F15 X5 Past: '08 Alpine White M3, '07 Titanium Silver Z4 M Coupe, '04 Imola Red M3 Coupe
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09-16-2015, 06:01 PM	#57
Matt@AUTOcouture BimmerPost Supporting Vendor 4163 Rep 2,319 Posts Drives: V8 tricycle Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Fair Lawn, NJ iTrader: (0)	Took an extended weekend and went up to San Francisco with a bunch of friends then took Highway 1 all the way back down to Los Angeles for the scenic route. Here's a few photos of the car and a couple of locations. I haven't gone through all of my photos yet so it's just a few. I'm pretty sure Big Sur is the most beautiful place I've seen in the country yet. San Francisco Monterey Bixby Bridge on the way into Big Sur
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09-16-2015, 07:32 PM	#58
Bizzle23 Enlisted Member 13 Rep 38 Posts Drives: 2016 F16 X6 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA iTrader: (0)	Awesome pics and ride sir!
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09-17-2015, 09:06 AM	#59
W/// Lieutenant General 7484 Rep 12,305 Posts Drives: F82GTS, E36/E92M3, Z4M Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: SC iTrader: (13)	Honestly one of my favorite E90's ever. It's so perfect. Jealous of the scenery you guys out West have, beautiful. __________________ Current: 16 F82 M4 GTS, Black Sapphire/Black, DCT 08 E92 M3, Sparkling Graphite/Bamboo Beige, 6MT 07 E85 Z4M Roadster, Alpine White/Red, 6MT 99 E36 M3, Techno Violet/Dove Grey, 6MT
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09-17-2015, 09:50 AM	#60
Amirsm3 Brigadier General 514 Rep 3,482 Posts Drives: 2011 Space Grey e90 M3 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Williams/Flagstaff, AZ iTrader: (3)	Absolutely gorgeous. I miss the California coast, haha. You never know how much you appreciate something until it's almost inaccessible. Great pics, Matt! __________________ 2011 e90 M3 Space Grey DCT ZCP- eAs, BMW Performance, Agency Power, Macht Schnell, iND, Milltek, Volk, Challenge, Stoptech, Ohlins BMWCCA:518970
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09-17-2015, 10:04 AM	#61
BimmerRookie Major 469 Rep 1,320 Posts Drives: E93 Cavalier Z24 M3 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Austin, TX iTrader: (0)	Is sparkling graphite to space gray/grey as mineral white is to alpine white?
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09-17-2015, 12:02 PM	#63
Bimmerchop First Lieutenant 28 Rep 313 Posts Drives: AW/IR/6MT E46 M3 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CT iTrader: (0)	Great shots as always brotha. Loving the scenery and car of course __________________ Rich \| Euro.Technics \| Flickr \| Instagram
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09-17-2015, 06:07 PM	#65
Richsocal12 Major 429 Rep 1,024 Posts Drives: E90 M3 Alpine Weiss - Slicktop Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (5)	great shots bro! __________________ https://www.instagram.com/motorsport.grg/?hl=en Personal IG: rrichmondd
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09-17-2015, 10:01 PM	#66
STooK Lieutenant Colonel 726 Rep 1,973 Posts Drives: 2013 E92 M3 ZCP Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: NY iTrader: (6)	What tips do you have on now? They look great! __________________ 2013 BMW E92 ///M3 AW/BLK ZCP CF Roof 6 Speed - Perfection 2011 BMW E90 328i xDrive Space Grey/Black - Daily 2011 BMW E93 ///M3 MW/FR/BLK 6 Speed - Gone but not forgotten
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