What have you done with or to your M3 today?

Wet track day... got two almost dry sessions in early then the heavens opened. Was a lot of fun. Re71s in the wet performed surprisingly well.

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.

Damn.. Making me want to grab one of these wheels and do the same now.

Space Fox wrote

Damn.. Making me want to grab one of these wheels and do the same now.

Gonna be selling mine soon if you’re interested. It’s Dyed Fox Red

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!

it was my daily for over 6 years; I literally visit the pump 2-3xs per week ....I just swipe my cc and pump till it stop and keep going.... now I have my F85 X5M to help out when winter comes.

Vedubin01 wrote

Finished up the powder coating of the subframe and arms. Went a bit wild I guess as it will match the brakes. No one will see it unless it's up on a lift, flip it, or crash it. But since it was out for a full rebuild why not. Now the fun part… rebuilding it.

I would be concerned that they powder coated the inside of the bushing holes, those things are already super tight tolerance.

tbuck wrote

Vedubin01 wrote

Finished up the powder coating of the subframe and arms. Went a bit wild I guess as it will match the brakes. No one will see it unless it's up on a lift, flip it, or crash it. But since it was out for a full rebuild why not. Now the fun part… rebuilding it.

I would be concerned that they powder coated the inside of the bushing holes, those things are already super tight tolerance.

I did the work 😜 and plan on honing the holes. I had to strip it in acid to powder coat it so rather have some coating in there than bare metal. I already know though it's going to be a PIA! 😂

eBay carbon spoiler did NOT disappoint! So damn sexy.
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EJT86 wrote

Gonna be selling mine soon if you’re interested. It’s Dyed Fox Red

Mind PM'ing me pictures and price?

JP10 wrote

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

Got it, that makes sense. I swapped them, myself, for coil overs about 4 years ago and completely forgot about it lol. Thanks man

No prob, there is a harness to unplug them so you don't have to tuck. I can't recall if it's behind the trunk side finisher or under the rear seat but you can get rid of them without cutting.

x3sm wrote

Another angle!

would caution driving without a bumper too long, those wheel well plastics will be rubbing into the tires at high speeds and you probably won't hear it.

jd501 wrote

Did you see any $18 seatbelt butlers by any chance?

there's tons of parts for these cars on aliexpress, mostly tacky ///M stuff that the 335i guys love, but there's also useful stuff like this and replacement POWER, EDC, and DSC buttons for the 3 button array on the trans tunnel.

But if you're in need of some seatbelt butlers, I actually have a second set that I could probably sell you, depending on what you need. They're not the most useful things to begin with though.....

DM me

chocstraw wrote

there's tons of parts for these cars on aliexpress, mostly tacky ///M stuff that the 335i guys love, but there's also useful stuff like this and replacement POWER, EDC, and DSC buttons for the 3 button array on the trans tunnel.

But if you're in need of some seatbelt butlers, I actually have a second set that I could probably sell you, depending on what you need. They're not the most useful things to begin with though.....

DM me

I had my seatbelt butlers coded-out. I am able to reach back and grab the seatbelt on my own. The butlers seemed flimsy even when new. Passengers unfamiliar with the M3 were often confused by the contraption. The coding can be changed to reactivate if necessary.

Studs and Spacers

Three Pedal Steve wrote

I had my seatbelt butlers coded-out. I am able to reach back and grab the seatbelt on my own. The butlers seemed flimsy even when new. Passengers unfamiliar with the M3 were often confused by the contraption. The coding can be changed to reactivate if necessary.

Yeah, that was kind of my point - that I'd only pay maybe $20 to replace them. Don't mind reaching back at all.

I've bought two used, relatively low millage, good condition E92s, and both had both seatbelt butlers broken on arrival. Implication is even brand new OEM ones are a flawed design that will eventually break (like TAs!).

Although, given the OEM ones suck, it would be interesting to see how bad (or not) cheap knock offs are.

Hit 70k today 🥲

I left the car seat in my car for 2-3 weeks and it deff left an imprint. Used a steamer, a rag, and leather cleaner/conditioner. It’s better but I will give it another go in a couple weeks

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asma123 wrote

I left the car seat in my car for 2-3 weeks and it deff left an imprint. Used a steamer, a rag, and leather cleaner/conditioner. It’s better but I will give it another go in a couple weeks

Leave it sit in the sun for a couple days and keep working it with conditioner and it should come out. Leather is generally forgiving of most things like that. Just be sure to use a towel or something next time.

tbuck wrote

Leave it sit in the sun for a couple days and keep working it with conditioner and it should come out. Leather is generally forgiving of most things like that. Just be sure to use a towel or something next time.

I think there was a DIY somewhere here about ways to get leather wrinkles out, but I couldn't find it last time I looked. I need to fix the usual wrinkles in the door cards, along with a butt print in my seat.

Installed Penske double-adjustable monotube shocks. Also new bump stops, dust covers, and rear shock mounts. The fronts ride on the bump stops a lot and those were shredded after 90k miles. Rear bump stops and shock mounts looked in great condition and probably didn't need replacing.

The fronts are actually inserts where you send Penske a set of OEM struts and they convert them.

So far they feel great. I'll be playing around with the adjustments but the middle settings for compression and rebound are firm but still supple and compliant on the street.

Vedubin01 wrote

Been busting my ass trying to get all the bushings into that subframe. I hope to never ever have to do that again. After finally getting things pressed in we began the rebuild process. Hopefully tomorrow she will drive out and off to the alignment shop before I got to go back to work.

Wow, your car shines so brightly.

Waiting for some pictures of it sitting on those bushings and that beautiful subframe later.