[ramman434]

Originally Posted by doug_dantas

Nice result! Does your car come originally with the 4300k xenon? In the first picture they looked way too yellow! Haha it can be the camera emphasizing the blue led tone…

Yes my car originally came with the 4300k xenon. The car is a ‘13 that I bought last year. For all I know, they may have been the original Philips bulbs that I pulled out.

The new LED bulbs were a total plug ‘n play and have had no codes thrown. A lot of ppl take the front wheels off to get to the bulb. I simply just jacked up the car enough to take the full weight off the front wheel (one side at a time).

Here’s the Amazon link for the bulbs I used. So far I’m very happy, and look forward to night time drives:

SUPAREE D1S D1R LED Headlight Bulbs, 6000K White 70W 12000LM Bright LED Conversion Kits, High Low Beam Plug and Play to Original HID Ballat, Pack of 2 https://a.co/d/2M5QaYt

[rcaso26]

Originally Posted by djacinto

Ordered the Koni special active kit from FCP today along with eibach pro kit springs

Had to chat with service about swapping out top hats cause the kit comes with the 5 bolt while I'm a 3. Also ordered the f8x bump stops since mine are destroyed.

Super excited to see how it turns out!


Found a decent deal for the orange m performance brake kit, not as good as toxik 's kit but it's lower than ecs or fcp by a long shot, so that might be ordered soon as well

I installed Koni Special Active and Eibach pro kit springs on my 2015 328i. The ride is the perfect balance of comfort and stiffness for a daily driver. You may want to add shortened bump stops. See part numbers below. I had some issues with bottoming out and the shortened bump stops completely fixed the problem.

Front: 31331138814
Rear: 33536762722

[BWbimmer]

Originally Posted by toxik

i picked up the ECS cf strut bar during the black friday sale, after looking at it a bunch, I thought a center logo would make it look better than just pure CF. i don’t know why but something unbranded, as a performance part, doesn’t look as official to me. i picked up some of their window decal stickers, and made my own ecs logo. applied it last night. weird mod, but came out good i think.

That's really nice

Let me know how the clearance towards the fuse box is. Bought one from Rolls performance and although it was meant for the 340 is touches the fuse box. I am not happy

[toxik]

Originally Posted by BWbimmer

That's really nice

Let me know how the clearance towards the fuse box is. Bought one from Rolls performance and although it was meant for the 340 is touches the fuse box. I am not happy

will do, it was one of my concerns as well... i reached out to ECS prior to buying it and they told me one of their sales guys has it on his b58, with no issues. but im taking it with a grain of salt until I actually test fit it myself!

[disintegrator66]

Originally Posted by toxik

i picked up the ECS cf strut bar during the black friday sale, after looking at it a bunch, I thought a center logo would make it look better than just pure CF. i don’t know why but something unbranded, as a performance part, doesn’t look as official to me. i picked up some of their window decal stickers, and made my own ecs logo. applied it last night. weird mod, but came out good i think.

Looks better than the original Wiechers sticker for sure. I de-stickered mine as I felt there was enough writing in the engine bay already…

[BWbimmer]

Are you saying that ECS and Wichers are the same? Or did I misunderstand?

[toxik]

Originally Posted by BWbimmer

Are you saying that ECS and Wichers are the same? Or did I misunderstand?

they look the same, even the description for ECS strut bar says it was “developed with their partners from europe”

i only went with the ECS one because it was $200 off for black friday. not because it’s different in any way to the weichers one that’s been out for a while now. it seems for carbon fiber bars the only other option is the F80 retrofit oem bar.

[disintegrator66]

Originally Posted by BWbimmer

Are you saying that ECS and Wichers are the same? Or did I misunderstand?

Appears to be identical in every aspect to my Wiechers bar…

[The Airman]

Originally Posted by toxik

installed these CF ABS door trim covers on Friday. Still on the fence on how I feel about them, a part of me didn’t like the huge silver blades that didn’t connect to the center dash trim anymore, since the OEM carbon fiber M3 trim has dark chrome blades and not silver like our F3X OEM trim.

Anyways, they don’t look too bad I don’t think, any thoughts?

I like. Where did you find them?

[toxik]

Originally Posted by The Airman

I like. Where did you find them?

here you go: https://www.ebay.com/itm/293108465073

although it's about to be lunar new year so ordering stuff from china might take a while.

[Runner340]

Originally Posted by rcaso26

I installed Koni Special Active and Eibach pro kit springs on my 2015 328i. The ride is the perfect balance of comfort and stiffness for a daily driver. You may want to add shortened bump stops. See part numbers below. I had some issues with bottoming out and the shortened bump stops completely fixed the problem.

Front: 31331138814
Rear: 33536762722

I DIY'd the same suspension setup but should have replaced the OEM bump stops. Did you need to take the front struts out completely to install the shorter bump stops? I was thinking with the shorter eibach springs it maybe possible to simply unscrew the upper shock bolt without unbolting the upper strut mount, raise the car high enough to gap the spring from the strut mount, slide the old bump stop off and install the new bump stop. Then slowly lower the car to align the spring and shock back into the upper strut mount.

[freakystyly]

Don't do half ass work with car springs, whole ass it.

[aardate]

Originally Posted by disintegrator66

Looks better than the original Wiechers sticker for sure. I de-stickered mine as I felt there was enough writing in the engine bay already…

Can you get to the oil filter without removing or does it need to be removed for that?

[zrile]

Today i went through city in the morning, something like rush hour and reset avg consumption. Got 6.5 l/100 km, made 80 km route. 😄😄😄 dorve my parents with me, so i was easy on pedal. Average is 8.5.🤣🤣🤣 2.0xd 135kw automatic.😄😄😄

[rcaso26]

Originally Posted by Runner340

I DIY'd the same suspension setup but should have replaced the OEM bump stops. Did you need to take the front struts out completely to install the shorter bump stops? I was thinking with the shorter eibach springs it maybe possible to simply unscrew the upper shock bolt without unbolting the upper strut mount, raise the car high enough to gap the spring from the strut mount, slide the old bump stop off and install the new bump stop. Then slowly lower the car to align the spring and shock back into the upper strut mount.

Honestly, I brought my car back to the same shop that installed the suspension and they swapped the bump stops fairly easily.

[thatgarrett]

Finished up repairing the damage from running over a tire the other week.

The other day I had replaced the undertray and one of the side under trays in front of the wheel, along with the plastic grill part behind the lower bumper and the black gloss trim piece on the lower lip. During that I discovered 2 things: getting to the radiator support (plastic) was harder than I thought, and that also the lower air duct was destroyed and needed to be replaced.

So tonight I took the bumper off again (really smart design by BMW I must say, the way those long screws pull the bumper into tight alignment on the sides makes it so easy to put everything back together) and took over the lower crash bar(or whatever that metal piece is called at the bottom) and the upper radiator guard where the hood clips mount. Took off the v brace and upper duct and got to the lower, where I finally managed to remove the radiator support on the passenger side and replace it. I had been so careful so I wouldn’t have to drain or disconnect any hoses, but when I went to unscrew the fan shroud on the passenger side, I lightly tapped the plastic coolant hose that went to the expansion tank and it crumbled right off. So everything from the original incident is all fixed, but now the car is out of commission until I can get a new hose, hopefully the dealer has one in stock! It was on my list to replace soon anyways, so not the worst thing in the world. I was hoping to wait until it was time for the water pump or thermostat (I’m at 75k now), when I would also replace the Mickey Mouse flange with an aluminum one and a few other hoses. Didn’t loose very much coolant so I’ll hold off on the flange until I need to drain the system. ATF fluid change is next on my list, with new front brake rotors and pads the month after that.

Still no regrets though!

[disintegrator66]

Originally Posted by aardate

Can you get to the oil filter without removing or does it need to be removed for that?

If you’re running the engine cover then yes, the bar must be removed. It’s easy-peazy requiring removal of two bolts.

[disintegrator66]

Nothing exciting…. Final wheels off wash-detail of the season followed by a brake fluid flush. Back on the road in April…

[zrile]

Washed my car again....😄 forecast says rain, and i got myself washing again, rain must never fall on a dirty car!🤣

[rehot420]

Today I played with bimmercode.:fajny!:

I turned off the side marker lights because they can't shine in Poland.

I did something wrong with AUTO START STOP, I want to turn it off completely, how can I turn it off?

[archerz]

Originally Posted by rehot420

Today I played with bimmercode.:fajny!:

I turned off the side marker lights because they can't shine in Poland.

I did something wrong with AUTO START STOP, I want to turn it off completely, how can I turn it off?

aren't there 3 options with auto stop start? default, off, and remember last?

[alexonahurry]

Originally Posted by rehot420

Today I played with bimmercode.:fajny!:

I turned off the side marker lights because they can't shine in Poland.

I did something wrong with AUTO START STOP, I want to turn it off completely, how can I turn it off?

Bimmercode gives you the option to keep or remember the latest AUTO START OFF setting. It will remember the last setting after you have switched off the car - it's technically not coded off but it does what you want :-)