[Welcome to NBA Jam]

Originally Posted by Karlos20945

Fitted new spring-loaded gas struts today. Now the boot opens itself with the key fob.

Very cool! They're all sold out for the E90 but I'll totally pick one up later. That's an awesome quality-of-life improvement.

[Karlos20945]

Originally Posted by Welcome to NBA Jam

Very cool! They're all sold out for the E90 but I'll totally pick one up later. That's an awesome quality-of-life improvement.

That's what I thought when I first saw them! They sell out quite quickly, but keep checking and they'll be back in stock soon. International posting too

[colorado.e9x]

Originally Posted by Karlos20945

That's what I thought when I first saw them! They sell out quite quickly, but keep checking and they'll be back in stock soon. International posting too

Sweet. I've always wanted auto open but have feared going DIY with springs would damage my stock struts. How much were they?

[Karlos20945]

Originally Posted by colorado.e9x

Sweet. I've always wanted auto open but have feared going DIY with springs would damage my stock struts. How much were they?

They were £54.95 for the E90, plus postage. I did find a discount code too: "MLITES". Got another 10% off.

[Soden82]

Originally Posted by david in germany

I have been battling a cylinder 5 misfire, new plugs, new coils and new injector a couple of weeks ago. Misfire still present. I was starting to think my o2 sensor on bank 2. Had my Downpipes installed, bumped up the tune to stage 2 fmic aggressive and same misfire, ordered a new bank 2 o2 sensor yesterday for pick up today. On the way to pick up the sensor engine throws misfire cylinder 5 AND Finally, lambda sensor bank 2 upstream bad! Wooohoooo! Swapped the sensor out and and on the test drive no fault codes and tires breaking loose in 3 gears! I need to order the bank 2 sensor now just in case. Oh and o2 sensor swap is a pita!

Was hoping that I had an o2 issue so I could finally solve my misfire problem and all the voltages checked out fine

[david in germany]

Originally Posted by Soden82

Was hoping that I had an o2 issue so I could finally solve my misfire problem and all the voltages checked out fine

How many miles on your sensors?

[E92William]

There was a guy that did a homemade version of this with his own spring but it supposedly tended to blow out the struts over time and kept them too loaded when closed. Wonder what the expectancy for those is, I'm sure it's been engineered better.

[freakystyly]

Eastern European auto wrecker special with a light coat of dye. Terra is impossible to find.

And.. a little late to the start button party, it got lost in China...

Edit: Added finished color match test

[Soden82]

Originally Posted by david in germany

How many miles on your sensors?

I'm assuming they're stock, so 53k

[ky0u]

Some goodies for this weekend

[tlow98]

Originally Posted by freakystyly

Eastern European auto wrecker special with a light coat of dye. Terra is impossible to find.

And.. a little late to the start button party, it got lost in China...

That start button looks great - details on it?

[bluewater328]

Originally Posted by stewbets

Bummer. When my giubo went bad, it only vibrated on moderate to hard acceleration. I took a video of my driveshaft before and after replacing the giubo to show the difference in movement. It was pretty obvious.

Before:

After:

Great capture. I was going to see if removing the exhaust was completely necessary, but I see you had a Xi. From the looks of my E90, I think I can get away with doing it in the crack between the panels (without taking down the exhaust).

[IllSic_Design]

Originally Posted by bluewater328

Great capture. I was going to see if removing the exhaust was completely necessary, but I see you had a Xi. From the looks of my E90, I think I can get away with doing it in the crack between the panels (without taking down the exhaust).

You need to pull the exhaust just to get to the aluminum shields covering up the driveshaft to be able to view it, at least on a 335 E92

[bluewater328]

Originally Posted by IllSic_Design

You need to pull the exhaust just to get to the aluminum shields covering up the driveshaft to be able to view it, at least on a 335 E92

Let me go get it up on the lift again. I could have sworn I could see it when I was doing the ATF gasket/filter change. The fill bolt for the transmission (that soft rounded POS) was right in front of the transmission mounts.

[IllSic_Design]

Originally Posted by bluewater328

Let me go get it up on the lift again. I could have sworn I could see it when I was doing the ATF gasket/filter change. The fill bolt for the transmission (that soft rounded POS) was right in front of the transmission mounts.

I think you can see the end of the transmission/guibo, but you definitely can't see the center bearing if the 325/28/30 have the same paneling underneath. I have had mine apart a few times

[CDMACC]

Finished one headlight and installed to see how it looked. Now to finish the other one and sort out wiring. Also did my inlets all I can say is the rear inlet is a pain on jack stands.

[david in germany]

Originally Posted by Soden82

I'm assuming they're stock, so 53k

Strange, mine were at about 140k.

[nsjames]

Originally Posted by ky0u

Some goodies for this weekend

I've had my nelson racing paddles installed since 2017.

they're excellent.

[E92William]

Trying out this A2Z wheel cleaner I bought at advance auto. Pretty good for 64oz. Only did one in the front (roughest one) gonna finish all tonight.

Also does everyone here clean the inside of the wheel? I usually just go over the outer face and spokes as it'd be a pain to do inside on my style 342.

[Emilime75]

I get as far as I can at every wash, my wheels are much more open that yours. About every 3 months they come off the car for a deep clean and sealant.

[ky0u]

Right so, I said I was gonna do this this weekend. I lied

[unixnerd]

Same here, almost. New car had a fairly worn steering wheel so I got a nice one on ebay and swapped it. Airbag came out easily this time, took my ages on my Z4 a few years ago.