What have you done with or to your M3 today?

Mimmer wrote

Finally worked up doing the gasket covers …
Probably took me 4 hours to do but I also removed front bumper to clean and install some so air scoops and figure out this soudn whenever I hit my lip to see if anything got stuck and of course it was a huge rock??! Idk how it's possible but it's there …

These the same parts for each side or different part numbers ? For the oil separators

I got one new one and forgot check before install of which it matched…

Also I started her up and it make a sound like a clunk sound 1 time. semi concerned and let her run a minute. Turned off and ran again for 2-3 minutes no issues. But I am noticing a sound from like passenger side … I don't think from doing gasket covers … I guess I'll run her again tomorrow and record something. Semi burnt smell … idk if it's from my cleaner I used on the covers or could be something more concerning ?

nah dude wrote

did you do the install? what lenses did you use?

Kowalski2011 wrote

Well, I did it, I painted my calipers


While I had the wheels off for a polish I also painted the barrels black


I'm happy with how they turned out.

tbuck wrote

Well this seems to be a recurring frigging theme.... Not sure how you DD guys do it. Granted, mine is a fairly long commute so it would literally kill me with a visit to the pumps twice a week. Just taking it out for a spin on the weekends brings me here far too often. It sure is fun though!

CamasM3e93 wrote

Santa came early this year….Autosolutions short shift kit

wyatth wrote

I've had the M Performance Wheel for 4 years now. When the car was otherwise stock, the blue stripe was fine. But once I added the red brakes, I wanted to tie the red together with a red start button and red stripe. I used red 10mm gaffers tape for the last 2 years which was a simple solution - fit perfectly, fine texture, did the trick. But in my head I knew it was tape, and I didn't like how it covered the stitching underneath. I'd been waiting for my alcantara to wear out to justify a rewrap with a dyed red leather stripe, but despite some people's aversion to alcantara, it's surprisingly durable and cleans up well. So I recently removed my wheel to both give it a thorough cleaning and to paint the stripe. The alcantara was in good shape since I regularly use the Sonax cleaner/brush on it, but I wanted a deeper clean, and it was hard to reach parts of it with the brush when the paddles were on.

So, off the came the wheel... a deep clean ... and I painted the stripe with Angelus products. I went with their red acrylic leather paint and matte finisher. Removing the gaffers tape pulled up some of the factory blue paint, but I had no plans to return to the blue anyway. I figured, worst case, I just clean the wheel and put more red gaffers tape back on. I tied dental floss around the edges and then taped it off for a smooth edge. The Angelus paint and brushes are incredible, I actually think doing it again would be easier without floss/tape, if you have a steady hand. I did 2-3 coats of the red paint, which goes on smoothly and deeply, then 2 coats of the finisher. When I removed the floss/tape, the edge was okay but not perfect. Then I had the idea of wrapping some black thread along the edges, and think it cleaned it up nicely. Painting along the stitches on the bottom was easy as well with the fine brushes. Overall very happy with how it came out. Though maybe I would have gone with the flat finisher vs the matte. Should hold up well, we'll see!













Even iND paints the stitching on the bottom, and uses a higher gloss finish, for reference.

JP10 wrote

Can someone tell me what this is and where it goes? Not sure why it's loose

SAMM3Y wrote

JP10 wrote

Can someone tell me what this is and where it goes? Not sure why it's loose

EDC cap for your rear shock

Mimmer wrote

Is this same oem sizing or smaller or thicker handles?
Been interest for a long time but go back n forth

Scharbag wrote

tbuck wrote

Well this seems to be a recurring frigging theme.... Not sure how you DD guys do it. Granted, mine is a fairly long commute so it would literally kill me with a visit to the pumps twice a week. Just taking it out for a spin on the weekends brings me here far too often. It sure is fun though!

I average 300KM per full tank. Always fun but this car is a thirsty pig.

Ajolives wrote

Scharbag wrote

tbuck wrote

Well this seems to be a recurring frigging theme.... Not sure how you DD guys do it. Granted, mine is a fairly long commute so it would literally kill me with a visit to the pumps twice a week. Just taking it out for a spin on the weekends brings me here far too often. It sure is fun though!

I average 300KM per full tank. Always fun but this car is a thirsty pig.

I don't look at the price lol.