[Welcome to NBA Jam]

The more I drive my car the less I want to get rid of it. I feel like I understand the pain points and expected issues on it, as well as the issues that I'd get rid of it for. It's really fun to see how far it'll go.

There's something to be said about having an understanding of how your car behaves and what you'll expect.

[2one3E90]

Last canyon drive with the stock sport suspension. What a great ride and good handling from factory. Gonna keep the springs for another e90 when i find a red 325i or 328i manual

[Welcome to NBA Jam]

Originally Posted by 2one3E90

Last canyon drive with the stock sport suspension. What a great ride and good handling from factory. Gonna keep the springs for another e90 when i find a red 325i or 328i manual

I see you've turned fun mode on

[BSM n54iS]

Originally Posted by Welcome to NBA Jam

I see you've turned fun mode on

You talking about this button?

[Welcome to NBA Jam]

Originally Posted by BdSM n54iS

You talking about this button?

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[19jdog]

Originally Posted by BdSM n54iS

You talking about this button?

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some of us noobs call that the o shit button...

[3PedalJake]

Originally Posted by ky0u

Installed a set of eibach pros to complete my B12 set up. Despite encountering some typical "are you fucking serious" obstacles that you'd expect from tinkering on German, I'm super pleased with the end result.

It might be just another cookie cutter build, but between the B12, my m3 CAs and my engine/trans tunes, this car has become an incredibly satisfying DD from when I bought it bone stock

You've done a lot, it's way more than cookie cutter if you look at like most ppl buy their cookies from elves and have no idea what a "cutter" is. It's beautiful bro, great from the gitgo and getting better with every turn or the wrench.

[3PedalJake]

Originally Posted by nsjames

I'm very surprised.
this is what my mother in laws garage kept 38K mile 2003 silverado looked like and my crude lifting apparatus with a winch and a snatch block in a tree.

worked a treat. Welding a receiver in the front of tractor was one of my best ideas ever. I use that winch all the time.

That looks like it was garage kept after driving on salted roads and put away wet repeatedly, it's worse than my '93 F-350 that lived on the Jersey shore. I'd like to see some pics of your lifting apparatus, altho I like the term "primitive technology" better than "crude", sounds more diverse. I wish I had a tractor

I finished my dually conversion on the F-250, decided to run without the hubcaps (wheel simulators?) since they're all new and shiny and the caps keep falling off with the HD suspension every time I hit one of the many potholes around here.

This old stuff whatever it is it's worth the effort to save it, you'll be glad you did because there won't be anything like these again. The future may be better and more powerful, but it's much too sterile. (thats my rant for the day)

[ky0u]

Originally Posted by 3PedalJake

You've done a lot, it's way more than cookie cutter if you look at like most ppl buy their cookies from elves and have no idea what a "cutter" is. It's beautiful bro, great from the gitgo and getting better with every turn or the wrench.

Thanks a lot man, really appreciate that

[Wolf 335]

Originally Posted by Welcome to NBA Jam

I've seen Ironx before and it seems really popular in detailing. When and why would I use an iron remover, and are there any downsides to using it?

Originally Posted by BdSM n54iS

Only downside to using it would be if you used it improperly, just let it sit on the paint for more than 5 min and out in the sun, it could then stain your paint in that case (and it smells bad).

I use it about once a year, after snow season or if I've left the car dirty for a long period of time over and over in between washes. Recommended like every 12-18 months I guess for detailing. Iron X is a chemical decontamination (iron remover) vs. clay lube which removes embedded particles in the clear coat. It makes clay lubing that much easier so you don't have to use a medium or heavy clay bar and really get after it to remove all the contaminants and potentially marring the paint. So say if you think about it like tree removal, clay lube removes the stump and roots from the ground (clear coat) then the Ironx is coming in first and chopping the tree down. Otherwise you're trying to remove an entire tree from the ground by it's roots just using clay bar by itself.

Guys I'm just gonna put my two cents in here.

I always used iron x. It's great but the price not so much. This season i purchased Meguiar's Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner and tried it on my wheels. It is pH balanced and non acidic. It reacted with metallic particles just like iron x. I was super impressed and bought another bottle and used it on my paint for metal decontamination. It worked amazing at half the cost of iron x. It has a bit of a gel-like feel when sprayed so it doesn't run off but rather clings. I let it sit for 5 mins, as i give it a light water mist to prevent drying out.

Regarding clay lube, stop wasting your money on dedicated clay lube. Instead, buy yourself Optimum No Rinse (ONR), dilute it in a spray bottle and use as clay lube.

ONR is one of those products that can be used literally in any application. I use it as a interior cleaner, i add it to my wash bucket, i use it as a window cleaner. It's AMZAING as a window cleaner, literally zero streaks.
Product is highly concentrated so a 1L bottle lasts forever!

[Silnismo]

Oil change and cleaned up my wheels.

[Wolf 335]

Originally Posted by Silnismo

Oil change and cleaned up my wheels.

Can we see a pic of the cleaned wheels?

[2one3E90]

EHEHHEHE WHERES MY BERGER. I do BILSTEIN

[E92inNC]

Wash yesterday and a layer of Meguiars Hybrid Ceramic wax today. We normally get a week or two of 110+ degrees in late July but we have a week of it now with that heatwave rolling thru. Looked at the bottle and the first line is apply in shaded area to a cool dry surface. I chuckled thinking “well at least I got shade and the car’s dry”

[macloren]

I cleaned the engine bay and removed the plastidip on my wheels.

[nsjames]

Originally Posted by 3PedalJake

That looks like it was garage kept after driving on salted roads and put away wet repeatedly, it's worse than my '93 F-350 that lived on the Jersey shore. I'd like to see some pics of your lifting apparatus, altho I like the term "primitive technology" better than "crude", sounds more diverse. I wish I had a tractor

I finished my dually conversion on the F-250, decided to run without the hubcaps (wheel simulators?) since they're all new and shiny and the caps keep falling off with the HD suspension every time I hit one of the many potholes around here.

This old stuff whatever it is it's worth the effort to save it, you'll be glad you did because there won't be anything like these again. The future may be better and more powerful, but it's much too sterile. (thats my rant for the day)

hasn't been driven in the winter in at least ten years. Sits on a battery tender for 6 months out of the year. It's a 2wd farm truck.
The frame rust was all superficial, the cab and bedsides are perfect. GM just chose to use bare steel lines in the 2000's and they all rot. Especially above the fuel tank, where all the nasty collects and is pretty impossible to wash, which is where the rear brake line circuit failed on this one.
The fuel filter right next to the ABS unit still had factory paint on it.

Lifting apparatus was a 20k "not for lifting" snatch block hung in the tree with a 10K lb strap and shackle, with a 9K lb winch attached to the front of a tractor, that was strapped to my e91 cause it didn't weigh enough.
Attach 4 straps to bed, push button, fly a truck bed into the air.

[Slim415]

Did a few things-

Crystal start button
CF steering wheel trim
CF front lip
CF side skirts
CF rear fins
Spacers- 15 front/ 17.5 rear

All came out well and really bring the look of the car together I think.

[Mosaud1998]

Washed, clay barred, (one coat of Mothers CMX), and cleaned/condition the Nappa leather on my mom Mercedes.

Going to add another coat of CMX tomorrow after work and then add a layer of meguiar's liquid wax for better shine and protection.

Thing looks like a damn mirror. Love the brown metallic paint.

[tcphoto]

Should I have filled up earlier and had 13 across the board? On the positive side, I received confirmation that the windshield will be paid for by the contractors insurance so it will be replaced next week.

[Clammy]

Didn't "do" anything to her today, but this was delivered the other day. Just waiting on AA headers, and some other parts to arrive, to get started on the swap. Should be getting started in a few weeks (yay covid supply delays... )

Cheers!

[mook1178]

Changed the ignition coils today and the spark plugs last week. The child fixed the issue I had with it missing. Never had any codes though.

[feuer]

Originally Posted by 2one3E90

EHEHHEHE WHERES MY BERGER. I do BILSTEIN

Can’t believe shop remove the trunk liner to work on the rear shocks.