[nthanos330i]

I'm just curious to see if anyone else cares about their decade old BMW as much as I do lol.

To start things off, I once covered the front end of my then 10 year old 330i with blue painters tape to "protect it from rock chips" on a 9 hour drive from San Diego to Monterey. I've also pulled over just to clean bird poop off of my hood because I couldn't wait until my next stop.

My friends and family make fun of me, but she's my baby. Anyone else this up tight about their ride?

[Bali]

Preventative maintenance. Makes sense to me, but seems crazy to some others.

[Welcome to NBA Jam]

Many years ago I once found bird crap baked onto my headlight. I was about to drive and meet some friends. In 20 minutes I restored the headlight and was late.

I fixed my OCD soon after.

[Doofus]

Originally Posted by Welcome to NBA Jam

Many years ago I once found bird crap baked onto my headlight. I was about to drive and meet some friends. In 20 minutes I restored the headlight and was late.

I fixed my OCD soon after.

How?

[MysticRob]

I'd say it was the recent steering wheel wrap and plastic trim repaint around the airbag. From start to finish it took a good 10hrs, but I'm very happy with the results on both.

The steering wheel had an ugly wear spot at the 2pm position from a previous owner apparently never varying his grip, and the trim had the typical peeling 'paint' problem they're common for near the buttons. I wet sanded the peeling crap off the trim piece then sprayed the same black trim paint that I used for the peeling circular trim ring around the start/stop button because I knew the color match was spot-on. Leather wrap quality is outstanding with a great feel to it. Got it from these peeps:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[n50four]

Detailing the undercarriage . . . a SoCal thang (sickness).

[lnxguy]

I drove to South Carolina for a set of sport seats (14hrs each way, lol)

[Efthreeoh]

Paid $2K out of pocket to repair my totaled, 350,000-mile 12 year old E90 after my 4th deer hit.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by Doofus

How?

By going "CDO"

[Welcome to NBA Jam]

Originally Posted by Doofus

How?

I plan everything so that I have enough time to walk through every door I pass through exactly 3 times. If I don't, I just go insane with rage.

[ewicky]

Originally Posted by MysticRob

ugly wear spot at the 2pm position

as opposed to the 2am position? haha.

Sorry, I had to.

[ewicky]

I put a new engine in mine less than 2 months after buying it. I had never done an engine job on any type of car before. It was intimidating starting my experience on a N54 wrapped in an unbelievable amount of confusing electrical and plumbing for air, water, and oil.

Oh, and the engine was for a different N54 than mine. And I don't have a lift.

I'd say that's pretty crazy for me.

[jdmendo01]

My friends dad owns an after market turbo company, for an entire summer I would drive around California to let my car be used as a show car for his company (The 335i I own used to belong to Lee takagi of Rotora Brakes who took it to SEMA) just to get a free turbo upgrade

[catcher22]

Not this car, but I used metal clothing hangers to hold my full 3" straight pipe exhaust to my old Pontiac.

Of course it didn't last and the entire exhaust fell off 2 miles from my house haha

[nthanos330i]

Originally Posted by Welcome to NBA Jam

Many years ago I once found bird crap baked onto my headlight. I was about to drive and meet some friends. In 20 minutes I restored the headlight and was late.

I fixed my OCD soon after.

Haha that sounds like me!

[nthanos330i]

Originally Posted by MysticRob

I'd say it was the recent steering wheel wrap and plastic trim repaint around the airbag. From start to finish it took a good 10hrs, but I'm very happy with the results on both.

The steering wheel had an ugly wear spot at the 2pm position from a previous owner apparently never varying his grip, and the trim had the typical peeling 'paint' problem they're common for near the buttons. I wet sanded the peeling crap off the trim piece then sprayed the same black trim paint that I used for the peeling circular trim ring around the start/stop button because I knew the color match was spot-on. Leather wrap quality is outstanding with a great feel to it. Got it from these peeps:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...UTF8&psc=1

Awesome. I had the same peeling trim issue, but because of my Dakota beige interior, it was a little harder to paint-match. I ended up popping off a grab handle and having it paint-matched with house paint at Home Depot. Sounds crazy, but it's durable and when applied with a sponge to the leather textured plastic, you can't even tell!

[nthanos330i]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Paid $2K out of pocket to repair my totaled, 350,000-mile 12 year old E90 after my 4th deer hit.

350k! That's crazy.

[S65Hunter]

I used remove my wheels and use Sonax wheel clean, 4 different types of scrub brushes then wax each wheel twice a month. Some times once a week if they got dirty enough.

[320IN54]

dumping as much money on mods as the value of the car knowing that its completely stupid. dont regret my decision and probably never will.

[AllBlackBimmer]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Paid $2K out of pocket to repair my totaled, 350,000-mile 12 year old E90 after my 4th deer hit.

Did you have to buy it back from insurance company or deal with a salvage title or anything?

[Spongeb0bRoundPants]

gave myself a second degree burn

[Spongeb0bRoundPants]

Also spent 11k on repairs in less than 6 months lol