Sockets 335i build

Socket · 01-16-2015, 10:18 PM

Thought I'd document my build over the last few months and add to it as the project progresses...

2008 335i E92

Current mods
TFT charge pipe
GFB SV50 BOV
VRSF catless DPs
PSP 900ic 7" FMIC
PSP Front Mounted Oil Cooler
Mosselman OFH thermostat unit
CFS 7045 radiator
Borg Warner EFR 7670 ST
Fuel it Stage 3 LPFP
Spool Performance Helix HPFP overdrive unit
Oil pan baffle
Motiv flex fuel
Intake manifold 1/4" vac line mod
MSD81 DME
Index 12 fuel injectors
B58 ignition coils
3.5 T map boost sensor
Brake booster vac line delete
Custom ST air intake
M3 Cowl
M3 strut brace
TBT E85 flex fuel tune
Auto to Manual conversion
BMW Performance Short Shifter Kit
Spec stage 2+ clutch and Single Mass Flywheel
Vac Motorsports Harmonic Damper
1M Diff, prop shaft and axles
Vanguard SS performance exhaust
KW3 coilovers
Dinan camber plates
Front and rear M3 sway bars
M3 front and rear control arms
German Auto Solutions monoball joints for M3 front control arms
Lemforder monoball joints for M3 rear control arms
M3 diff bushings
Precision Works billet aluminum rear sub-frame bushings
Megan Racing rear toe arms
M3 steering rack
Servotronic steering mod
Turner MS engine mounts
Rolled rear guards
19" GTC AFF01 hyper silver rims wrapped in Yokohama Advans 235 front and 265 rear
19" GT-CS matte black rims wrapped in Yokohama AD08R 235 front and 265 rear
19" 230 style OEM rims wrapped in Yokohama AE50s 235 front and 265 rear
BMS wheel spacers - 10mm front, 5mm rear
Motorsports Hardware black 82 mm wheel studs
Kics Leggdura Racing CL53 black 2 piece shell race nuts
AP racing Big Brake Kit
M3 master brake cylinder
BMW black air valve caps
M3 bonnet
M3 front bumper with fog light delete and M3 air ducts
M3 side skirts
M3 fenders
CSL CF trunk
Mtech rear bumper
EuroDivision CF dual diffuser
Maxton Design front lip and side skirt extensions
Black Kidney grills
Blacked out window trim
Black window tint
M3 mirrors
CF mirror caps
CF roof spoiler wing
Luminance Autowerkes custom headlights with Bavgruppe DTM RGBW 3/4 Rings and RGB demon eyes
Depot LCI tail lights
Lux LED reversing lights
Ziza LED interior lighting
Blackvue front and rear dash cam
CCD HD reversing camera
CF interior trim
Two tone custom interior
Brodit phone holders
Black M3 Novillo leather seats
M door sills
M3 front and rear consoles
M3 DCT instrument cluster
P3 vent boost gauge
Android HU retrofit
Competition level full body sound treatment
Helix C One amp
2 x Helix C Four amps
Zapco Z1100.1 AP amp
Helix Ultra DSP and BT HD module
Helix Commander Unit
Focal TBe tweaters
Hybrid Audio LE4 SE mid range
Focal 6 W3Be midbass
2 x Acoustic Elegance IB15 subs in trunk IB
Focal 3" utopia mid range rear fills
SB Acoustics SW26DAC76-4 10" Front Sub
PSSOUND audio tune
CF performance gear knob
BMW performance handbrake
Custom stitched floor mats
Alcantara BMWP flat bottom steering wheel
Custom plates with Lakin plate frames
YinLong Lithium LTO battery

Future mods
Custom boot trim panels

Socket · 01-16-2015, 10:23 PM

New car

Came off driving a 987 boxster for 5 years before deciding it was time to trade in
Wanted a forced induction car and came across the 335i which I had no idea at the time had such modding potential or such a great local community

Pics 1-5 from carsales advert
Pic 6 - Got the keys and took the first pic
Pic 7 - 1st day home

Socket · 01-16-2015, 10:35 PM

Mods part 1
Pretty broke after shelling out for the car so mods started small
Upgraded angle eyes to get rid of the brown stock look
Also purchased some black kidney grills from Ady (thanks mate) to replace the chrome stock grills. When fitted the front mesh looked odd, so got out some metal paint and blacked them out

Pics 1 Black kidney grills
Pic 2 -3 Before and after (including blacked out front mesh)

Pics 4 - 5 New BMR angel eyes
Pics 6 - 7 Before and after fitting

Looking better already

Socket · 01-16-2015, 10:39 PM

Mods part 2

Fossil spotted a set of lowering springs for sale on Gumtree and was nice enough to let me know.... $200 bucks later and the car got a nice new stance

Pic 1 New springs (H&R sports)
Pics 2-5 Springs being fitted
Pic 6 After lowering

koches · 01-16-2015, 10:42 PM

Clean

Socket · 01-16-2015, 10:51 PM

Mods part 3

Saved a few dollars and decided to get a JB4 and Alpina flash
While at it got sparks and coils replaced and a new CP and BOV, thanks to the guys at Active. Very happy with transformation... drives like a completely different car with plenty of extra powarrrr !!!!

Pic 1 - 2 Guys at Active, fitting JB4 and new parts
Pic 3 - 5 New ER change pipe and Tial BOV
Pic 6 Alpina flash, dash display

Socket · 01-16-2015, 10:55 PM

Mods part 4

Decided to get a set of custom plates and Lankin plate brackets (original owner just drilled straight through the rego plates and into the car body

)

Love the 335i in space gray so I decided to get plates to match

Pic 1 new plates
Pics 2 -3 Front and rear

ParmSingh · 01-16-2015, 10:57 PM

nice progress

Socket · 01-16-2015, 10:58 PM

Mods part 5

Still working towards FBO so had a set of aFe DCIs installed
With the stock airbox removed, engine and turbo sound is much better in the cabin

Pics 1-2 New DCIs

Socket · 01-16-2015, 11:03 PM

Pics from today

Such a nice day today decide to take some pics...
Still looking pretty stock but I hope to be doing some changes in the next few weeks if fossils GB works out ..... more pics to come

woosh · 01-16-2015, 11:04 PM

Add 10mm spacers all round, you'll be happy with the stance and won't worry about new wheels lol

Socket · 01-16-2015, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woosh

Add 10mm spacers all round, you'll be happy with the stance and won't worry about new wheels lol

Was thinking of replacing the style 230 rims and getting rims with the right offset to avoid spacers altogether,, otherwise might end up like this guy

woosh · 01-16-2015, 11:27 PM

Pretty sure there's also youtube videos of exposed intake filters catching on fire

harms · 01-16-2015, 11:32 PM

I think I remember your car on Carsales! I was looking around the same time but I wanted a M-Sport.

woosh · 01-16-2015, 11:48 PM

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/penri...5-r/1067835182

You'd fit right in at princess highway meets with these wheels!

lemonpark · 01-17-2015, 12:56 AM

nice! future mods sounds good man! dat plate tho haha

Mayuri Krab · 01-17-2015, 03:00 AM

How loud is the bov?

Socket · 01-17-2015, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mayuri Krab

How loud is the bov?

Very quite mate.... for extra stealth

Socket · 01-17-2015, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woosh

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/penri...5-r/1067835182

You'd fit right in at princess highway meets with these wheels!

Dem wheels

CashedUpBogan · 01-17-2015, 07:53 AM

Why didn't you do the DCI, JB4 and charge pipe yourself? They're super easy

Socket · 01-17-2015, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CashedUpBogan

Why didn't you do the DCI, JB4 and charge pipe yourself? They're super easy

Because I have the mechanical aptitude of house brick

fo55il · 01-17-2015, 10:23 AM

i thought socks poring noods here haha. whip looks tight brah!

01-16-2015, 10:18 PM	#1
Socket Lieutenant General 4682 Rep 11,956 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Australia iTrader: (4) Garage List 2008 BMW E92 [0.00]	Sockets 335i build Thought I'd document my build over the last few months and add to it as the project progresses... 2008 335i E92 Current mods TFT charge pipe GFB SV50 BOV VRSF catless DPs PSP 900ic 7" FMIC PSP Front Mounted Oil Cooler Mosselman OFH thermostat unit CFS 7045 radiator Borg Warner EFR 7670 ST Fuel it Stage 3 LPFP Spool Performance Helix HPFP overdrive unit Oil pan baffle Motiv flex fuel Intake manifold 1/4" vac line mod MSD81 DME Index 12 fuel injectors B58 ignition coils 3.5 T map boost sensor Brake booster vac line delete Custom ST air intake M3 Cowl M3 strut brace TBT E85 flex fuel tune Auto to Manual conversion BMW Performance Short Shifter Kit Spec stage 2+ clutch and Single Mass Flywheel Vac Motorsports Harmonic Damper 1M Diff, prop shaft and axles Vanguard SS performance exhaust KW3 coilovers Dinan camber plates Front and rear M3 sway bars M3 front and rear control arms German Auto Solutions monoball joints for M3 front control arms Lemforder monoball joints for M3 rear control arms M3 diff bushings Precision Works billet aluminum rear sub-frame bushings Megan Racing rear toe arms M3 steering rack Servotronic steering mod Turner MS engine mounts Rolled rear guards 19" GTC AFF01 hyper silver rims wrapped in Yokohama Advans 235 front and 265 rear 19" GT-CS matte black rims wrapped in Yokohama AD08R 235 front and 265 rear 19" 230 style OEM rims wrapped in Yokohama AE50s 235 front and 265 rear BMS wheel spacers - 10mm front, 5mm rear Motorsports Hardware black 82 mm wheel studs Kics Leggdura Racing CL53 black 2 piece shell race nuts AP racing Big Brake Kit M3 master brake cylinder BMW black air valve caps M3 bonnet M3 front bumper with fog light delete and M3 air ducts M3 side skirts M3 fenders CSL CF trunk Mtech rear bumper EuroDivision CF dual diffuser Maxton Design front lip and side skirt extensions Black Kidney grills Blacked out window trim Black window tint M3 mirrors CF mirror caps CF roof spoiler wing Luminance Autowerkes custom headlights with Bavgruppe DTM RGBW 3/4 Rings and RGB demon eyes Depot LCI tail lights Lux LED reversing lights Ziza LED interior lighting Blackvue front and rear dash cam CCD HD reversing camera CF interior trim Two tone custom interior Brodit phone holders Black M3 Novillo leather seats M door sills M3 front and rear consoles M3 DCT instrument cluster P3 vent boost gauge Android HU retrofit Competition level full body sound treatment Helix C One amp 2 x Helix C Four amps Zapco Z1100.1 AP amp Helix Ultra DSP and BT HD module Helix Commander Unit Focal TBe tweaters Hybrid Audio LE4 SE mid range Focal 6 W3Be midbass 2 x Acoustic Elegance IB15 subs in trunk IB Focal 3" utopia mid range rear fills SB Acoustics SW26DAC76-4 10" Front Sub PSSOUND audio tune CF performance gear knob BMW performance handbrake Custom stitched floor mats Alcantara BMWP flat bottom steering wheel Custom plates with Lakin plate frames YinLong Lithium LTO battery Future mods Custom boot trim panels Last edited by Socket; 01-19-2024 at 07:40 PM..
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Socket Lieutenant General 4682 Rep 11,956 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Australia iTrader: (4) Garage List 2008 BMW E92 [0.00]	New car Came off driving a 987 boxster for 5 years before deciding it was time to trade in Wanted a forced induction car and came across the 335i which I had no idea at the time had such modding potential or such a great local community Pics 1-5 from carsales advert Pic 6 - Got the keys and took the first pic Pic 7 - 1st day home Attached Images
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01-16-2015, 10:35 PM	#3
Socket Lieutenant General 4682 Rep 11,956 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Australia iTrader: (4) Garage List 2008 BMW E92 [0.00]	Mods part 1 Pretty broke after shelling out for the car so mods started small Upgraded angle eyes to get rid of the brown stock look Also purchased some black kidney grills from Ady (thanks mate) to replace the chrome stock grills. When fitted the front mesh looked odd, so got out some metal paint and blacked them out Pics 1 Black kidney grills Pic 2 -3 Before and after (including blacked out front mesh) Pics 4 - 5 New BMR angel eyes Pics 6 - 7 Before and after fitting Looking better already Attached Images Last edited by Socket; 01-17-2015 at 06:44 AM..
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01-16-2015, 10:39 PM	#4
Socket Lieutenant General 4682 Rep 11,956 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Australia iTrader: (4) Garage List 2008 BMW E92 [0.00]	Mods part 2 Fossil spotted a set of lowering springs for sale on Gumtree and was nice enough to let me know.... $200 bucks later and the car got a nice new stance Pic 1 New springs (H&R sports) Pics 2-5 Springs being fitted Pic 6 After lowering Attached Images
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Socket Lieutenant General 4682 Rep 11,956 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Australia iTrader: (4) Garage List 2008 BMW E92 [0.00]	Mods part 3 Saved a few dollars and decided to get a JB4 and Alpina flash While at it got sparks and coils replaced and a new CP and BOV, thanks to the guys at Active. Very happy with transformation... drives like a completely different car with plenty of extra powarrrr !!!! Pic 1 - 2 Guys at Active, fitting JB4 and new parts Pic 3 - 5 New ER change pipe and Tial BOV Pic 6 Alpina flash, dash display Attached Images
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Socket Lieutenant General 4682 Rep 11,956 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Australia iTrader: (4) Garage List 2008 BMW E92 [0.00]	Mods part 4 Decided to get a set of custom plates and Lankin plate brackets (original owner just drilled straight through the rego plates and into the car body ) Love the 335i in space gray so I decided to get plates to match Pic 1 new plates Pics 2 -3 Front and rear Attached Images Last edited by Socket; 01-17-2015 at 06:46 AM..
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Socket Lieutenant General 4682 Rep 11,956 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Australia iTrader: (4) Garage List 2008 BMW E92 [0.00]	Mods part 5 Still working towards FBO so had a set of aFe DCIs installed With the stock airbox removed, engine and turbo sound is much better in the cabin Pics 1-2 New DCIs Attached Images
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Socket Lieutenant General 4682 Rep 11,956 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Australia iTrader: (4) Garage List 2008 BMW E92 [0.00]	Pics from today Such a nice day today decide to take some pics... Still looking pretty stock but I hope to be doing some changes in the next few weeks if fossils GB works out ..... more pics to come Attached Images
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