What have you done with or to your M3 today?

[spazzyfry123]

Originally Posted by LuckiSevens

Would recommend a Lexus SUV

Don't like your GC? We love ours!

[wfdeacon88]

Day 5 without the M... Thursday can't come soon enough.

[Solo_M_Tech]

Originally Posted by XKxRome0ox

nice
i have 513m wheels on my e90 as well
with red front brakes (st60)
no spacer front, 18mm in rear

what size tires are you running?
I have 245/40/18 and 275/35/18 mps4s

255/40-18 front and 275/40-18 rear. 15mm spacers all around.

[firstbimmer]

New battery installed and registered. Car lasted 6 years, 52k miles, with original battery. Discharge warnings and electrical gremlins started about a month ago.

[Siajoon]

Originally Posted by wfdeacon88

Day 5 without the M... Thursday can't come soon enough.

Where the M?

[wfdeacon88]

Originally Posted by Siajoon

Where the M?

in a body shop getting the bumper and fender resprayed and blended and mirror cover replaced/painted.. a lady merged into me last Monday morning on the highway, luckily just some scratches and a missing mirror cap, but damn it's been in since Thursday and driving me insane not having it...

[LuckiSevens]

Originally Posted by spazzyfry123

Don't like your GC? We love ours!

I agree, It's a nice big suv, but we just had to have the main drive shaft replaced and top end of the engine rebuilt under warranty... 😬

[LuckiSevens]

Ran a couple of errands in between trades today. Sorry about the obscured photo but the angle caught my eye 🥴

[Siajoon]

Originally Posted by wfdeacon88

in a body shop getting the bumper and fender resprayed and blended and mirror cover replaced/painted.. a lady merged into me last Monday morning on the highway, luckily just some scratches and a missing mirror cap, but damn it's been in since Thursday and driving me insane not having it...

Ouch.. that's shitty man! But atleast you'll get her back lookin nice and pretty! I've been looking to get my front bumper resprayed... because it's a little dinged up and my OCD is killing me, still been debating pulling the trigger for a euro front bumper which would look damn clean...


If you don't mind me asking, did you go through insurance? I assume you did judging by the size of the job?

[wfdeacon88]

Originally Posted by Siajoon

Ouch.. that's shitty man! But atleast you'll get her back lookin nice and pretty! I've been looking to get my front bumper resprayed... because it's a little dinged up and my OCD is killing me, still been debating pulling the trigger for a euro front bumper which would look damn clean...


If you don't mind me asking, did you go through insurance? I assume you did judging by the size of the job?

Don't mind at all, I did. The person who swiped me didn't offer to pay out of pocket, so I just did the claim through her company. The initial estimate was $1,100, but the body shop I used was clearly more thorough and said $2K. In the end, Geico agreed to everything except a total bumper respray, so I worked it out with the body shop that I would pay the difference to get a complete bumper job (only ~$230) which was pretty fair considering the alternative was just a left side fix, but now I'll get an entirely refinished bumper. it needed it also... Wish I could have gone Euro but I have new painted reflectors.

[Siajoon]

Originally Posted by wfdeacon88

Don't mind at all, I did. The person who swiped me didn't offer to pay out of pocket, so I just did the claim through her company. The initial estimate was $1,100, but the body shop I used was clearly more thorough and said $2K. In the end, Geico agreed to everything except a total bumper respray, so I worked it out with the body shop that I would pay the difference to get a complete bumper job (only ~$230) which was pretty fair considering the alternative was just a left side fix, but now I'll get an entirely refinished bumper. it needed it also... Wish I could have gone Euro but I have new painted reflectors.

Good for you... if I got a respray at no cost basically then I would just skip out on the euro bumper..

[MaximusB]

Originally Posted by wfdeacon88

Don't mind at all, I did. The person who swiped me didn't offer to pay out of pocket, so I just did the claim through her company. The initial estimate was $1,100, but the body shop I used was clearly more thorough and said $2K. In the end, Geico agreed to everything except a total bumper respray, so I worked it out with the body shop that I would pay the difference to get a complete bumper job (only ~$230) which was pretty fair considering the alternative was just a left side fix, but now I'll get an entirely refinished bumper. it needed it also... Wish I could have gone Euro but I have new painted reflectors.

Could you ask the shop to fill in the holes for the reflectors? It is not a big opening to fill, so should be pretty straight forward. It may add about 2 hours of labour, but could be worth it if you want that clean look.

[wfdeacon88]

Originally Posted by MaximusB

Could you ask the shop to fill in the holes for the reflectors? It is not a big opening to fill, so should be pretty straight forward. It may add about 2 hours of labour, but could be worth it if you want that clean look.

I actually already had painted reflectors from IND that were delivered before the fender bender, so I just handed those to the body shop and asked them to put them on.. along with the black grills and side markers I also had from IND. So figured I would just use what I already had.

[BayE30]

Originally Posted by MaximusB

Could you ask the shop to fill in the holes for the reflectors? It is not a big opening to fill, so should be pretty straight forward. It may add about 2 hours of labour, but could be worth it if you want that clean look.

its more than 2hrs to do this properly and make it look seamless...

[LuckiSevens]

Originally Posted by MaximusB

Could you ask the shop to fill in the holes for the reflectors? It is not a big opening to fill, so should be pretty straight forward. It may add about 2 hours of labour, but could be worth it if you want that clean look.

Stupid idea, stop

[MaximusB]

Originally Posted by LuckiSevens

Stupid idea, stop

How so? I've had holes filled on my other car, three 2" holes on the front bumper. That was done 12 years ago and to this day it is still perfect. I was in a similar situation where I had to get my bumper repaired due to a minor accident, and I just paid out of pocket to have the shop filled the holes in prior to painting.

15 years ago when the import car scene was big people cut up and modify urethane bumpers all the time. Just need to find a shop that know how to patch urethane. If the shop just use bondo/fiber glass on urethane bumper, then yes, it'll show over time. But if you use urethane to patch a urethane bumper then you'll never be able to tell.

[ItsGary]

Originally Posted by MaximusB

How so? I've had holes filled on my other car, three 2" holes on the front bumper. That was done 12 years ago and to this day it is still perfect. I was in a similar situation where I had to get my bumper repaired due to a minor accident, and I just paid out of pocket to have the shop filled the holes in prior to painting.

15 years ago when the import car scene was big people cut up and modify urethane bumpers all the time. Just need to find a shop that know how to patch urethane. If the shop just use bondo/fiber glass on urethane bumper, then yes, it'll show over time. But if you use urethane to patch a urethane bumper then you'll never be able to tell.

I'll keep this in mind also. Found a very tiny paint defect on my bumper again. Just don't want to get railed by VPD for something so small.

[SAMM3Y]

If you've got a flat colored car the cheaper route is matching a vinyl and wrapping the reflectors, cost about $10. Metallic matched vinyl is a more expensive costs about $50. IND's painted reflectors are expensive IMO, I'll shave mine when I repaint the bumper in a couple of weeks when it comes off for supercharger install..

[spazzyfry123]

Originally Posted by ItsGary

I'll keep this in mind also. Found a very tiny paint defect on my bumper again. Just don't want to get railed by VPD for something so small.

Vancouver PD getting on your ass for a paint defect...?

[LuckiSevens]

Originally Posted by MaximusB

How so? I've had holes filled on my other car, three 2" holes on the front bumper. That was done 12 years ago and to this day it is still perfect. I was in a similar situation where I had to get my bumper repaired due to a minor accident, and I just paid out of pocket to have the shop filled the holes in prior to painting.

15 years ago when the import car scene was big people cut up and modify urethane bumpers all the time. Just need to find a shop that know how to patch urethane. If the shop just use bondo/fiber glass on urethane bumper, then yes, it'll show over time. But if you use urethane to patch a urethane bumper then you'll never be able to tell.

They're not holes, they're where the reflector fits in

[LuckiSevens]

Burned off some minivans

[LuckiSevens]

Originally Posted by LuckiSevens

Burned off some minivans

This car is focking spectacular