[eljay]

Originally Posted by Buug959

I took mine for the last blast of the season before tucking it away in the barn for the winter.

I'm just waiting for the right time to put on winters!! We're getting close here in NS!

[RealJ22]

Originally Posted by bmw335ie90

Replaced the gaskets on the corner windows, they were totally crumbling apart. Window guy said it was a terrible job, he basicaly had to take the back doors completely apart to get to the gasket without damaging anything.

Mine are non existent because arizona.

I also really like the look of that black trim. I was trying to find chrome for mine (Hate all you want). In the mean time I'll just paint it black lol.

My rear passanger regulator was absolutely shot. Cleaned off most of the super glue the previous owner used. Put a bolt through it just to keep it planted. I've never used rear windows anyways. Someone has regulators locally for like $20 new.

[DBShiznit]

After doing the engine mounts I thought it was time to turn on the xDrive as I was afraid the shot mounts were putting excessive force on the axle in ways it shouldn't. The right front still doesn't feel good for me. I'm not sure what could be the issue. Sometimes the car is as smooth as but other times I feel the drivetrain, almost like a bad bearing on the right front. Mind you this has been replaced. Not sure if this could be the bearing in the housing of the axle coming off the oil pan towards the passenger side. I'm bummed

[Hoody007]

Reunited at last! Inspecting it now. Still has the SuperSports we put on it 10 years ago. And definitely needs control arms. SES on too, will scan with ISTA (and the Bluetooth module is dead). But good bones. And God does the E46 drive really well! Not bad for 200K. Oh, and the DISA valve kit has already been ordered.

[Seattlesquash]

Originally Posted by evensis

Yep, it is still in development and almost everything in the kit. As its low boost and the centrifugal output is on the cooler side compared to a roots, their base package has a charge pipe directly from the supercharger to the throttle body, but they'd recommend an inter-cooler as can tone the boost back for the same horsepower. They're saying no more than 10psi without being fully built, but I would suspect that will come down a bit once they start testing on the rolling road based on my research around the ESS kit. A chap on Reddit has gone old school and used meth injection to bring down temps and kill off detonation for his SC build, claiming just over 400hp at the pavement (426 being the number in my mind for some reason) on a stock motor.

Only bits you need are a vacuum hose, boost gauge, AFR gauge ideally, air filter and bypass valve (quiet or as noisy as you like) and importantly, a rolling road and a competent tuner. That will be initially however which needs to be budgeted for, but if you give it a bit once the kits are getting into customers hands and cars, i can't see why the subsequent tuning won't become available which should bring that down to remote tunable. But won't have the pre order discount, which said funds can be redirected at the tuning costs at the moment.

Their lead engineer did a YT vid here, gives a lot more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Oxf9JZjUUE

Nice kit and seem legit and power sounds right. I been on ESS kit with modtification for past 3-4 years in my n52 (charger on last 8 years) and at 11 or so PSI with meth. I am right at 400 whp. Note thought, that clutch on my 6 speed only held to 350 whp. It’s out daily and almost 200k and runs better than ever. If you no meth go aquamist, one regret with snow performance but function and reability been good just not as refined/amount of fail safes avail.

[Hoody007]

Ordered a new valve cover (Elring, seems to be highly regarded), as well as a new Valvetronic oil squirter and miscellaneous bolts. About $225 in parts.

And washed the E46 - the deeper cosmetic restoration will happen this weekend. Though the hood does need to be repainted.

Interesting to see the differences between space gray and silver gray - the latter is a bit blueish. Beautiful color.

[Karlos20945]

Two new Michelin CrossClimate 2s fitted today, courtesy of Costco. The previous pair lasted nearly four years and 36000 miles. Not bad going I feel.

[lowrydr310]

I replaced both plastic headlight lenses and the projector assemblies.






I bought adapter brackets and G5-BRT projectors from Lightwerkz. The brackets were listed as confirmed fitment on pre-LCI E92/E93 (and E90 M3) however they were definitely NOT plug and play. I had to trim the bracket itself to clear a few spots of the projector, and had to grind some aluminum away from the projector. I also had to do some careful grinding of the plastic adaptive bracket mounted on the light assembly but I eventually got it to fit. There's no room for the lights to swivel so I have to disable the adaptive function. Not an issue though since the beam width is insanely wide, even fixed it's probably better coverage than what the old adaptive lights could do. Removing the old plastic lens and installing the new one was ridiculously easy. Highly recommended. But the projector replacement was a pain, and now I understand why most companies charge $1000+ for this service.

The reason I wanted to swap projectors is the light output was horrible. I assumed the reflector bowls were burned out but after opening them up I realized the bowls were fine, but the lenses had some kind of cloudy residue on the inside of them. I was able to wipe this off easily but decided to go ahead with replacing the projectors anyway. Light output is amazing! I'll post some photos once I get the bumper installed and aim them.

[StradaRedlands]

Originally Posted by lowrydr310

I replaced both plastic headlight lenses and the projector assemblies.

Dodger-town!

[colorado.e9x]

Originally Posted by bmw335ie90

Replaced the gaskets on the corner windows

Would you happen to have a part number for those gaskets?

Originally Posted by Scotty1988

Full underside and inside arch seal applied using bilthamber dynaxUC, dynac s50, and ACF50! Another big job ticked off!

Andd would you happen to have a part number for the splash guard that goes over the transmission?

TIA to both!

First snow has landed here. Flashed Snow Mode on the 328 and scheduled a winter wheel swap at the tire shop

[Onizukachan]

Originally Posted by lowrydr310

I replaced both plastic headlight lenses

If you are happy with them suggestion of source and cost would be appreciated.


Bought a Sirius extension cable and 5m of 22awg 4 conductor wire, a most bypass loop and an e90 CiC aux jack with harness so I can retrofit the aux back in to combox now and convert from original 2006 external SDARS to the CiC’s internal SDARs module.

[colorado.e9x]

Battle mode

[DBShiznit]

Originally Posted by colorado.e9x

Battle mode

Getting snow already?

[colorado.e9x]

Originally Posted by DBShiznit

Getting snow already?

Yep, first of the season. Started dumping last night for a few hours and resumed early this morning

[lowrydr310]

Originally Posted by Onizukachan

If you are happy with them suggestion of source and cost would be appreciated.

I purchased the cheapest ones I could find on eBay, around $50 or $60. They're all the same.

All of the retrofitting services strongly recommend applying headlight protective film, I'm guessing it's because these aftermarket lenses aren't anywhere nearly as good as OEM plastic.

The outer lens replacement was easier than I thought. Bake for 10 minutes at 200 and they separate easily. I used one of these tools:


Cleaning the old butyl wasn't difficult, just took some time.

[sowbmw]

Originally Posted by DBShiznit

After doing the engine mounts I thought it was time to turn on the xDrive as I was afraid the shot mounts were putting excessive force on the axle in ways it shouldn't. The right front still doesn't feel good for me. I'm not sure what could be the issue. Sometimes the car is as smooth as but other times I feel the drivetrain, almost like a bad bearing on the right front. Mind you this has been replaced. Not sure if this could be the bearing in the housing of the axle coming off the oil pan towards the passenger side. I'm bummed

I have the same issue. I can feel the drivetrain( I think). Replaced both bearings, did not resolve. The feeling increases with speed up to a certain speed then remains constant. Kind of annoying at low speeds, however. Not to sure what it could be. I’ll have to check the fluid level in the differential.

[DBShiznit]

Originally Posted by sowbmw

I have the same issue. I can feel the drivetrain( I think). Replaced both bearings, did not resolve. The feeling increases with speed up to a certain speed then remains constant. Kind of annoying at low speeds, however. Not to sure what it could be. I’ll have to check the fluid level in the differential.

Check the bearing for the passenger side axle support. It’s the casing that comes out of the oil pan where the axle goes through. That bearing could be making the noise.

[DBShiznit]

Originally Posted by colorado.e9x

Yep, first of the season. Started dumping last night for a few hours and resumed early this morning

Dang. We’re still at 77 degrees here thankfully.

[colorado.e9x]

Originally Posted by DBShiznit

Dang. We’re still at 77 degrees here thankfully.

In Philly??

[DBShiznit]

Originally Posted by colorado.e9x

In Philly??

Yessir! We also haven’t had rain in over a month and are breaking a record every additional day we don’t get rain. This weather is nuts!

[eljay]

Originally Posted by DBShiznit

Yessir! We also haven’t had rain in over a month and are breaking a record every additional day we don’t get rain. This weather is nuts!

70F here up the coast in Canada.
Feels like a good day to put on winter tires as I hate cleaning the summer wheels in cold weather later in November!

[Scotty1988]

Originally Posted by colorado.e9x

Andd would you happen to have a part number for the splash guard that goes over the transmission?

TIA to both!

First snow has landed here. Flashed Snow Mode on the 328 and scheduled a winter wheel swap at the tire shop

Sorry I don’t, I could probably get you it next time I have it on the ramp though