What have you done with or to your M3 today?

MBimmer2011 wrote

2272 Euro on the group buy. Still waiting to get hit with a bill for the tariffs.

Looking beautiful, looking forward to the report on sound.

Early mornin wash

I drove to cars and coffee, then made a pit stop on the way home to buy some candles for the home office. (I have this new love of candles, don't ask)

Pitstop photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/B3hdBIOpZre/

Then went home.

BTW - launch control worked today, same exact spot too.

PTRAN wrote

Early mornin wash

WTF...don't wash it yourself?? Shouldn't deny the natural exercise bro.

PTRAN wrote

Early mornin wash

Your shit would get keyed in California with that plate.. Karen would have none of it..

Grip Addict wrote

I drove to cars and coffee, then made a pit stop on the way home to buy some candles for the home office. (I have this new love of candles, don't ask)

Pitstop photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/B3hdBIOpZre/

Never mind the candles. That parking lot, OTOH, looks like it would be a great place to drift if I ever decided that I would need to get new tires soon. Ever give it a run there?

Freiheit wrote

Never mind the candles. That parking lot, OTOH, looks like it would be a great place to drift if I ever decided that I would need to get new tires soon. Ever give it a run there?

Well the spot you see is an abandoned grocery store, behind me taking the picture is still a used part of the stripmall.

So no, never used a populated area like that, but I understand why you asked from seeing that imagine.

Finished up about a month of downtime

• Sparta Saturn front BBK
• Color matched stock rear calipers + Hawk PC pads
• Zimmerman rear rotors + all the sensor goodies
• Powdercoated my BC Forged RS43's "Twilight Black"
• Wrapped them in Michelin PS4S tires
• Bimmerworld solid subframe bushings
• Bimmerworld solid diff bushings
• F A G rear wheel bearings
• TRW rear trailing arms refresh
• eBay rear knuckles + refreshed axles since my old ones where apparently installed by Thor's hammer
• RTD shifter
• Revshift Polyurethane Transmission mounts
• 1 very sore back

Had a buddy help tack together this bushing removal tool using Home Depot steel for only a few bucks. This plus a torch worked great.




Thought I'd be clever and freeze the bushings with dry ice + isopropanol, but this did not work...at all. Ended up using a press and they went in like butter.

eM3e wrote

Finished up about a month of downtime

• Sparta Saturn front BBK
• Color matched stock rear calipers + Hawk PC pads
• Zimmerman rear rotors + all the sensor goodies
• Powdercoated my BC Forged RS43's "Twilight Black"
• Wrapped them in Michelin PS4S tires
• Bimmerworld solid subframe bushings
• Bimmerworld solid diff bushings
• F A G rear wheel bearings
• TRW rear trailing arms refresh
• eBay rear knuckles + refreshed axles since my old ones where apparently installed by Thor's hammer
• RTD shifter
• Revshift Polyurethane Transmission mounts
• 1 very sore back

Had a buddy help tack together this bushing removal tool using Home Depot steel for only a few bucks. This plus a torch worked great.




Thought I'd be clever and freeze the bushings with dry ice + isopropanol, but this did not work...at all. Ended up using a press and they went in like butter.

How's the rear end feel now with the solid bushings?

akkando wrote

How's the rear end feel now with the solid bushings?

akkando I changed a bunch of things so it would be hard to attribute the new ride performance to the subframe bushings alone, but the car is extremely planted now. Before the rear end refresh, when I left hard from a stop the back end would swap side to side pretty noticeably. It now tracks straight.

There is a considerable amount of gear whine transferred into the body now, but that's because I hard mounted everything. It's a weekend/track car so I'm good with that.

What an overhaul! Front BBK and color matched rear looks nice.

Drove to the office, then back home. Simple day.

Put a battery maintainer on it. Headed over the pond to Romania for a drive on the Transfagarasan highway, Jeremy Clarkston 's favorite road.

Went for a wee rip with the older sibling. Great afternoon for a drive.

Looks great! Reminds me of this

Drove it outside to the garage so I can bring my GFs Lancer inside to do an oil change.

Tossed together a video of my quickest lap at Summit Point last week, was able to shave 4 seconds off my old best lap time. Down to a 1.24:28

eM3e wrote

akkando I changed a bunch of things so it would be hard to attribute the new ride performance to the subframe bushings alone, but the car is extremely planted now. Before the rear end refresh, when I left hard from a stop the back end would swap side to side pretty noticeably. It now tracks straight.

There is a considerable amount of gear whine transferred into the body now, but that's because I hard mounted everything. It's a weekend/track car so I'm good with that.

Also, how many miles are on your car and how did the stock parts look?
I’m tempted to upgrade to solid subframe but torn on what else is worth replacing “while I’m in there” at only 50K. Costs can runaway fast, and I suspect a lot is in fine shape.

wyatth wrote

Also, how many miles are on your car and how did the stock parts look?
I’m tempted to upgrade to solid subframe but torn on what else is worth replacing “while I’m in there” at only 50K. Costs can runaway fast, and I suspect a lot is in fine shape.

stainless brake lines on subframe, diff bushings, sway bar bushings. thats about it for while yer in there doing the subframe bushings. The control arms can be done with the subframe in the car, so no urgent need to replace at that time.

That’s the shortlist I’ve come up with as well. Thanks!

turbo_joe wrote

Tossed together a video of my quickest lap at Summit Point last week, was able to shave 4 seconds off my old best lap time. Down to a 1.24:28

what is the cheapest way to play on Summit Point main?

Summit Point is the closest track to me, but I have never driven on Main because any track day I have done always uses Jefferson or Shenandoah

The M3 led the BMWCCCA tour group of 14 vintage bimmers today from Greenville SC to the mountains of western NC and made some new friends; 507, a trio of 2000CS, two Alpinas, 1800 TI, several e9 coupes plus 2002's and e30 M3s.