What did you do to your car today?

Silnismo · 07-23-2020, 02:23 PM

Installed ECS air scoops and changed the cabin filter.

Soden82 · 07-23-2020, 02:40 PM

After new Index 12 install, car is still experiencing rough cold starts and misfires on 5 and 6. Time to swap coils and plugs around again to rule them out again.

Swapped coils and plugs a few weeks ago and misfires didn't move so not expecting anything to change.

Back to the drawing board. Sigh

335IE90 · 07-23-2020, 03:20 PM

Replaced my rear o2 sensor with a used one about 2 months after cat less down pipe install started blowing a fuse and melted the wire to the dme

unixnerd · 07-23-2020, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Silnismo

Installed ECS air scoops and changed the cabin filter.

You want to be careful of water ingestion with those scoops. Any kind of standing water could really get forced in. First thing I do with any car is drill a few 12mm holes in the base of the airbox to let water out. It saved me once in a storm when I hit a flood at night.

E92William · 07-23-2020, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by unixnerd

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Originally Posted by Silnismo

Installed ECS air scoops and changed the cabin filter.

You want to be careful of water ingestion with those scoops. Any kind of standing water could really get forced in. First thing I do with any car is drill a few 12mm holes in the base of the airbox to let water out. It saved me once in a storm when I hit a flood at night.

I recently cleaned my kn drop in in the 328 and saw the airbox already has from the factory a couple 1-2mm diameter holes at the bottom to drain water out

PourBoi-Jay · 07-23-2020, 08:59 PM

Replaced Inner & Outer Traiking Arm Bushing, Wheel Carrier Ball Joint, and Lower Control Arm Bushings in the rear with Whiteline products. Absolute pig of a job, but well worth it already. Alignment and new tires to follow. Can’t wait.

nsjames · 07-24-2020, 07:05 AM

SSD installed and working in my CIC swap.

and this

E92William · 07-24-2020, 02:57 PM

You painted the little mustaches body color? If I had a pre lci e90 that'd be the first thing I'd do it makes the car look more aggressive too

tlow98 · 07-24-2020, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by nsjames

SSD installed and working in my CIC swap.

and this

Show us a before/after of all your hard work. looks shiny here tho, nice work

Welcome to NBA Jam · 07-24-2020, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by nsjames

SSD installed and working in my CIC swap.

and this

What SSD did you go with? I had bad luck with a PATA one and gave up.

nsjames · 07-24-2020, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by tlow98

Show us a before/after of all your hard work. looks shiny here tho, nice work

I haven't paint corrected the hood yet.

it's been 90 here with about 80% relative humidty

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What SSD did you go with? I had bad luck with a PATA one and gave up.

Used a PATA to M.SATA adapter and put a 240gb kingston card in it.

nsjames · 07-24-2020, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by E92William

You painted the little mustaches body color? If I had a pre lci e90 that'd be the first thing I'd do it makes the car look more aggressive too

the mustaches and the outer grill shell.

sk1939 · 07-24-2020, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by nsjames

Used a PATA to M.SATA adapter and put a 240gb kingston card in it.

How difficult was it to access and flash the drive?

imperix1 · 07-24-2020, 08:34 PM

Just bought it last week so i figured i would change the charge tube and put a BOV on. sure easy enough i get to it have everything apart in no time. BAM stupid vacuum tube snaps off the intake yay me lol. ya it was a great day lol.

nsjames · 07-25-2020, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by sk1939

How difficult was it to access and flash the drive?

it's not, but I'm a career nerd.

excellent thread here:
https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1426773

I have not expanded the partition table yet.

I've been busy moving a piano.

335IE90 · 07-25-2020, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by sk1939

How difficult was it to access and flash the drive?

it's not, but I'm a career nerd.

excellent thread here:
https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1426773

I have not expanded the partition table yet.

I've been busy moving a piano.

Does the UI become faster from this or is it just more so for music saved loading faster?

ryan stewart · 07-25-2020, 08:38 AM

Put in a new non squeaky blower motor. Yay!

335xirookie · 07-25-2020, 08:21 PM

so fresh so clean...

E92William · 07-26-2020, 12:19 AM

After busting my ass all day replacing the front guibo at the trans output shaft and the center support bearing the car still vibrates over 70

Maybe the guibo at the differential is bad? Idek it looked soft but good

najericam · 07-26-2020, 03:33 PM

After some time hesitating, I finally installed LED interior bulbs. Had to play a bit with the one at the back, as it's E93, but found solution to stick one W5W instead of two W2,3W.

SSW · 07-26-2020, 04:56 PM

Installed a new pair of OEM hood struts in my 2008 E90 that I bought for about $36 (after installing a new pair of OEM trunk struts in the same car a few days ago.

Well worth the $ and both the hood and trunk open effortlessly now.

E92William · 07-26-2020, 06:28 PM

Changed out upper radiator hose and funny enough the nipple on top broke off removing it so I was barely ahead of the curve.

Also just realized my coolant cap has a crack by the plastic that holds the o ring

07-23-2020, 02:23 PM	#12519
Silnismo Second Lieutenant 226 Rep 290 Posts Drives: BMW 325i Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: NJ iTrader: (1)	Installed ECS air scoops and changed the cabin filter. Attached Images
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07-23-2020, 02:40 PM	#12520
Soden82 Major 479 Rep 1,196 Posts Drives: 2011 BMW M3 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Boston iTrader: (1) Garage List 2011 BMW M3 [0.00]	After new Index 12 install, car is still experiencing rough cold starts and misfires on 5 and 6. Time to swap coils and plugs around again to rule them out again. Swapped coils and plugs a few weeks ago and misfires didn't move so not expecting anything to change. Back to the drawing board. Sigh __________________ 2009 BMW 335i 6MT big single (eventually) For now... MHD tuned VRSF Race IC DCI ATM exhaust
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07-23-2020, 03:20 PM	#12521
335IE90 First Lieutenant 307 Rep 289 Posts Drives: Bmw 335i Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Philadelphia iTrader: (0)	Replaced my rear o2 sensor with a used one about 2 months after cat less down pipe install started blowing a fuse and melted the wire to the dme Attached Images
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07-23-2020, 08:59 PM	#12524
PourBoi-Jay Captain 326 Rep 613 Posts Drives: 2009 335i M-Sport Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Central CT iTrader: (3)	Replaced Inner & Outer Traiking Arm Bushing, Wheel Carrier Ball Joint, and Lower Control Arm Bushings in the rear with Whiteline products. Absolute pig of a job, but well worth it already. Alignment and new tires to follow. Can’t wait. __________________ 2009 E90 335i Black Sapphire \|\| Oyster \|\| M-Sport \|\| 6spd BMW-Performance\|\|OEM+\|\|Cobb\|\|Wagner\|\|CP-e\|\|AFE\|\|Forge\|\|ER\|\|BMS\|\|Lux\|\|RB\|\|Bridgestone\|\|Manz o\|\|Bilstein\|\|Eibach\|\|Whiteline
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07-24-2020, 07:05 AM	#12525
nsjames Brigadier General 2440 Rep 4,330 Posts Drives: 08 328xi Touring Join Date: May 2017 Location: ohio iTrader: (0)	SSD installed and working in my CIC swap. and this
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07-24-2020, 02:57 PM	#12526
E92William Banned 1998 Rep 2,026 Posts Drives: 2008 E92 328xi Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Miami iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 BMW 328xi [0.00]	You painted the little mustaches body color? If I had a pre lci e90 that'd be the first thing I'd do it makes the car look more aggressive too
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07-24-2020, 08:34 PM	#12532
imperix1 New Member 8 Rep 19 Posts Drives: 2009 BMW 335I Vert Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: South Florida iTrader: (0)	Just bought it last week so i figured i would change the charge tube and put a BOV on. sure easy enough i get to it have everything apart in no time. BAM stupid vacuum tube snaps off the intake yay me lol. ya it was a great day lol.
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07-25-2020, 08:38 AM	#12535
ryan stewart Major 2197 Rep 1,322 Posts Drives: 2008 328it Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (0)	Put in a new non squeaky blower motor. Yay!
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07-25-2020, 08:21 PM	#12536
335xirookie Private 12 Rep 83 Posts Drives: 08 335xi E92 Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: 06010 iTrader: (0)	so fresh so clean... Attached Images
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07-26-2020, 12:19 AM	#12537
E92William Banned 1998 Rep 2,026 Posts Drives: 2008 E92 328xi Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Miami iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 BMW 328xi [0.00]	After busting my ass all day replacing the front guibo at the trans output shaft and the center support bearing the car still vibrates over 70 Maybe the guibo at the differential is bad? Idek it looked soft but good Attached Images
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07-26-2020, 03:33 PM	#12538
najericam Private 7 Rep 67 Posts Drives: 320D - E93 Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Malta iTrader: (0)	After some time hesitating, I finally installed LED interior bulbs. Had to play a bit with the one at the back, as it's E93, but found solution to stick one W5W instead of two W2,3W. Attached Images
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07-26-2020, 04:56 PM	#12539
SSW I Can't Drive 55 129 Rep 883 Posts Drives: 2008 BMW 335i (E90) Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: SF Bay Area iTrader: (4) Garage List 2023 VW ID4 Pro [0.00] 2002 Ford F250 7.3L ... [9.50] 2008 BMW 335i [0.00] 2012 Mercedes ML350 [0.00] 2002 Toyota MR2 Spyder [0.00]	Installed a new pair of OEM hood struts in my 2008 E90 that I bought for about $36 (after installing a new pair of OEM trunk struts in the same car a few days ago. Well worth the $ and both the hood and trunk open effortlessly now. __________________ 2008 Black Sapphire 335i E90 Sport & Premium Pkgs - Cobb Stage 1+FMIC Sport map, Mishimoto FMIC & Alpina B3 AT Flash. See: My Build Thread.
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07-26-2020, 06:28 PM	#12540
E92William Banned 1998 Rep 2,026 Posts Drives: 2008 E92 328xi Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Miami iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 BMW 328xi [0.00]	Changed out upper radiator hose and funny enough the nipple on top broke off removing it so I was barely ahead of the curve. Also just realized my coolant cap has a crack by the plastic that holds the o ring Attached Images
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