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10-07-2019, 05:58 PM | #1124 |
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Great to see this thread enjoying a return.
I've had my UK 330i M Sport manual for nearly 2 years now and it's been fab. Bar the cursed water pump going, it's been mega reliable from the 72k miles at which I bought it, to the 103k it's on now. As it's been well behaved, it's had a few upgrades along the way... On the outside I ditched the cheesy M Power number plate trims straight away - see 3 pages back. I bought a good rear wheel to replace one which had previously cracked and been welded, then had all 4 refurbished and freshened up with new centre caps, M logos, and even original BMW tyre valves. A huge 'Thanks for being reliable. Have a treat!' to the car was the M Performance brake kit. The last little things outside - for now, anyway! - are Darkline rear lights, black kidney grilles, and yellow 'Euro' style front fogs. While it was generally really good inside, a few things needed some TLC. The kick plates had delaminated, the rear air vent surround was scuffed, and there were a load of marks on the driver's storage box. So, they were all replaced. Hidden away inside is the Alpine Audio kit, along with Logic7 subs and Logic7 parcel shelf speakers I picked up from the States. I put some cheapo beige mats in too, which will definitely be replaced early next year once winter's out the way. A few weeks ago the old CCC nav started playing up. Much like the one in my old 535d, it's started to stick in a boot loop and generally didn't work. While the nav itself wasn't up to much, a 140 mile commute with no music grated a bit! That was a good opportunity to upgrade to CIC. That was coded ready to go, and amazingly for me, I managed to fit it myself without breaking anything, electrocuting myself, or setting the car on fire! To freshen things up a little bit more, I bought an LCI climate control unit to bag some shiny silver knobs (oo-er!) and fitted a silver start button too. Waiting on the cover panel for the CIC but I'm not in a rush, as I'd like to fit an LCI glovebox so I can properly route the USB connection through, wihout having to guess at where to drill holes for cable routing! From an upgrades perspective, it's having a set of Koni FSD's fitted tomorrow. Having crossed the 100k mark, and with M Sports notoriously running pretty hard, the FSD's should be a tasty update. After that, as long as it carries on behaving, wheels and Xenon's are my next thoughts. |
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10-07-2019, 06:07 PM | #1127 |
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10-09-2019, 06:53 AM | #1128 |
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10-10-2019, 05:44 AM | #1129 | |
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After some reading around I'm happy to +1 the Koni FSDs. Haven't done that many miles on them yet, but so far they've been a nice upgrade. They're not cheap, but as this has been so so reliable it gets a treat every so often! |
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03-08-2020, 12:25 PM | #1134 |
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04-19-2020, 11:00 PM | #1135 |
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Any more Sparkling Graphites out there? Im looking to vinyl my roof black and and do a black dove tail spoiler but still pondering the accent coloring combo.
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04-20-2020, 03:43 AM | #1136 |
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Here's my SGM with a black vinyl roof. Not an E90, but you get the idea. TBH from most angles it's difficult to tell the roof is black. Unlike on a white car for example...
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04-20-2020, 09:54 PM | #1137 | |
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04-21-2020, 07:50 AM | #1138 |
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If it's protection you want, why not just go for clear wrap?
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04-27-2020, 09:52 PM | #1140 |
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I already have a couple of spots i'm not a fan of on my roof, that I don't like.
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05-14-2020, 02:27 AM | #1141 | |
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Here's a few of the new wheel/diffuser setup.
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05-22-2020, 09:04 PM | #1142 |
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05-31-2020, 10:51 PM | #1143 |
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Thanks! Congrats on the new ride! Cheers to keeping the 330 name!
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06-01-2020, 07:04 AM | #1144 |
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I have got an E90 325i Sparkling Graphite. Really love how the color of the car matches with the black kidney grille and tinted rear window. Will probably chrome-delete the window trim soon as well!
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