New 135i Owner Intro

SkullV · 06-27-2016, 11:28 PM

Hey everyone, just wanted to introduce myself and my new (to me) 2011 135i M-sport. My name is Ted, I live in Gilbert, AZ (near Phoenix), and I have been a car enthusiast since before I could drive. Ihave owned several enthusiast based cars since then. This is my first BMW though and I'm enjoying it quite a bit!

I do have quite a few hours of seat time on both road courses and drag strips with my old 2005 CTS-V (full bolt-ons + nitrous) and 88 Camaro (supercharged 383 stroker). Also have a lot of off road experience with my old 2003 Wrangler Rubicon (all aftermarket down to the frame). There have been 20+ other cars (Audi, Mercedes, Ford, Chrysler, Jeep, Honda, etc., etc., etc.) in there too, but no time today to run through my photo bucket and post them all!

Not much in the way of plans for modifying the 1er. If anything it'll get a BMW PPK tune and a quad tip exhaust with fairing. It will definitely get some wheels when the rear rubber on there wears out. At some point I would also like to replace the plastidipped front grilles (previous owner) with some OEM black grilles. This car is going to be a DD while I build out so no need to go "overboard" with this one.

The car has 65k on the clock and has had all recalls, campaigns, and common issues already worked over. The previous owner was a tech at the local BMW dealer and the car has an extended warranty on it that has thus far covered everything. I'm also very handy in the garage so if there is anything they won't cover, I should be able to take care of it.

This is a photo of the 135i right after bringing it home:

and one that I took right after detailing:

Looking forward to spending some time on here and hopefully learning some new info about this BMW!

Esteban · 06-27-2016, 11:45 PM

Looks great! Welcome to 1ADDICTS!

Mach1er · 06-28-2016, 12:19 AM

Welcome, looking good!

SkullV · 06-28-2016, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Looks great! Welcome to 1ADDICTS!

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Originally Posted by Mach1er

Welcome, looking good!

Thanks!

Tenspeed · 06-28-2016, 05:20 AM

Great looking car!

HOGGLIFE · 06-28-2016, 08:13 AM

Aw your plans are so cute. You'll have $5k sunk into it within a few months. Enjoy!

SkullV · 06-28-2016, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by HOGGLIFE

Aw your plans are so cute. You'll have $5k sunk into it within a few months. Enjoy!

Haha maybe in repairs and/or reworking the previous owners appearance changes. I'm currently looking at getting the dash wrapped in Alcantra (dash has lifted at the crease), dealing with a warped piece of shadowline trim, and a couple other little odds and ends. I also noticed a strong fuel smell in the garage today after filling the tank to "full" yesterday. Warranty should handle that though.

All in all a fun little car!

Gregoriovv · 06-29-2016, 04:38 AM

Welcome fellow Phoenician! Nice and clean looking ride. Your gonna love her and not want to let go! I belong to the local Road Runner chapter of BMW Car Club and we get together for some pretty nice drives and whatnot if your interested in meeting up with us. Good group of people. The 135 makes a decent little track day car if you want to continue with your road course racing. I do all the track days with Pro Autosport at the local tracks and it's a hoot! Anyway, welcome to the club and let's see how long you can hold off the mod bug!!

wetzelgw · 06-29-2016, 07:25 PM

Looks great! Welcome!

i_love_cars · 06-30-2016, 09:13 AM

great color. not that i'm biased.

TexSquirrel · 06-30-2016, 10:34 AM

Congrats!
Before spending money on the PPK, take a look at MHD.

SkullV · 06-30-2016, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Gregoriovv

Welcome fellow Phoenician! Nice and clean looking ride. Your gonna love her and not want to let go! I belong to the local Road Runner chapter of BMW Car Club and we get together for some pretty nice drives and whatnot if your interested in meeting up with us. Good group of people. The 135 makes a decent little track day car if you want to continue with your road course racing. I do all the track days with Pro Autosport at the local tracks and it's a hoot! Anyway, welcome to the club and let's see how long you can hold off the mod bug!!

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Originally Posted by wetzelgw

Looks great! Welcome!

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Originally Posted by i_love_cars

great color. not that i'm biased.

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Originally Posted by TexSquirrel

Congrats!
Before spending money on the PPK, take a look at MHD.

Thanks guys! I really like the idea of the PPK just to improve the few shortcomings in throttle lag more than even adding more power/tq. It's just a DD so doesn't need to be any quicker than it already is. Still waiting to feel the car without 100+* ambient temp too. Heat soak is a killer here!

Schalldampfer1 · 07-01-2016, 11:39 AM

Welcome!

VMRWheels · 07-01-2016, 06:08 PM

Welcome! Good luck fighting off the mod bug!

SkullV · 07-02-2016, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Schalldampfer1

Welcome!

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Originally Posted by VMRWheels

Welcome! Good luck fighting off the mod bug!

Thanks! Spent some time today (way too much time) cleaning all the plastidip off the wheels. I like the OEM silver look WAY better. Also did the "golf tee" mod. It's better but at under $750 I'm strongly considering a magnaflow cat back. I have had Magnaflow on all my late model cars and love the sound. I'd much rather have quad tip but not sure I want to deal with cutting the bumper.

Gregoriovv · 07-03-2016, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SkullV

Thanks! Spent some time today (way too much time) cleaning all the plastidip off the wheels. I like the OEM silver look WAY better. Also did the "golf tee" mod. It's better but at under $750 I'm strongly considering a magnaflow cat back. I have had Magnaflow on all my late model cars and love the sound. I'd much rather have quad tip but not sure I want to deal with cutting the bumper.

I agree that the silver wheels on red looks better, much cleaner. I'm not really a fan of painted factory wheels anyway...

DrivingTime · 07-03-2016, 11:43 PM

Hey Ted! Welcome to the party - I'm in Phoenix, and it's always good to have more 1ers around!

SkullV · 07-04-2016, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DrivingTime

Hey Ted! Welcome to the party - I'm in Phoenix, and it's always good to have more 1ers around!

Thanks! Looking forward to a meet/drive once it gets a little cooler out! Right now I'm just trying to find someone to borrow a DCAN cable from so I can flash the PPK. Back when I was in the VW world there were always locals willing to help with VagCom for a beer or two.

Matticus91 · 07-06-2016, 10:48 AM

Welcome, car looks great!

SkullV · 07-14-2016, 08:54 PM

Flashed the PPK today. All of the N55s definitely should have come like this from the factory. Throttle response is fantastic now and the little added power is nice as well.

Also added a BMS intake for some added sound. Just need to get an intercooler and magnaflow cat-back and the car will be just right.

Esteban · 07-15-2016, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by SkullV

Flashed the PPK today. All of the N55s definitely should have come like this from the factory. Throttle response is fantastic now and the little added power is nice as well.

Also added a BMS intake for some added sound. Just need to get an intercooler and magnaflow cat-back and the car will be just right.

How about that great PPK sound? Pretty cool, huh? It'll sound even better with a nice aftermarket exhaust!

SkullV · 07-15-2016, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

How about that great PPK sound? Pretty cool, huh? It'll sound even better with a nice aftermarket exhaust!

The sound is OK. I'm actually not the biggest fan of the popping on decel but it does sound more "exotic" on the I6 motor. When I used to tune GM cars (I did full ECU tuning with HPtuners) I actually used to tune the popping out. Fuel mileage suffered and cats didn't like it a whole lot, but on a V8 it just sounded off to me.

To be honest, if I had to guess, when they leaned out the fuel mixture a bit to make more power the popping on decel was an unintended side effect. BMW just took advantage of it and added it to the marketing program for the PPK. Just a guess though.

I'm definitely looking forward to the difference in sound with a new exhaust. I love the new sound with the BMS intake.

06-27-2016, 11:28 PM	#1
SkullV Private 19 Rep 91 Posts Drives: 2011 135i Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Gilbert, AZ iTrader: (0)	New 135i Owner Intro Hey everyone, just wanted to introduce myself and my new (to me) 2011 135i M-sport. My name is Ted, I live in Gilbert, AZ (near Phoenix), and I have been a car enthusiast since before I could drive. Ihave owned several enthusiast based cars since then. This is my first BMW though and I'm enjoying it quite a bit! I do have quite a few hours of seat time on both road courses and drag strips with my old 2005 CTS-V (full bolt-ons + nitrous) and 88 Camaro (supercharged 383 stroker). Also have a lot of off road experience with my old 2003 Wrangler Rubicon (all aftermarket down to the frame). There have been 20+ other cars (Audi, Mercedes, Ford, Chrysler, Jeep, Honda, etc., etc., etc.) in there too, but no time today to run through my photo bucket and post them all! Not much in the way of plans for modifying the 1er. If anything it'll get a BMW PPK tune and a quad tip exhaust with fairing. It will definitely get some wheels when the rear rubber on there wears out. At some point I would also like to replace the plastidipped front grilles (previous owner) with some OEM black grilles. This car is going to be a DD while I build out so no need to go "overboard" with this one. The car has 65k on the clock and has had all recalls, campaigns, and common issues already worked over. The previous owner was a tech at the local BMW dealer and the car has an extended warranty on it that has thus far covered everything. I'm also very handy in the garage so if there is anything they won't cover, I should be able to take care of it. This is a photo of the 135i right after bringing it home: and one that I took right after detailing: Looking forward to spending some time on here and hopefully learning some new info about this BMW! Last edited by SkullV; 06-28-2016 at 12:25 AM..
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06-28-2016, 08:13 AM	#6
HOGGLIFE Second Lieutenant 25 Rep 248 Posts Drives: 2011 AW/CR 135 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Houston, TX iTrader: (5)	Aw your plans are so cute. You'll have $5k sunk into it within a few months. Enjoy!
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06-29-2016, 04:38 AM	#8
Gregoriovv Private First Class 21 Rep 104 Posts Drives: 2010 135 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Phoenix, AZ iTrader: (0)	Welcome fellow Phoenician! Nice and clean looking ride. Your gonna love her and not want to let go! I belong to the local Road Runner chapter of BMW Car Club and we get together for some pretty nice drives and whatnot if your interested in meeting up with us. Good group of people. The 135 makes a decent little track day car if you want to continue with your road course racing. I do all the track days with Pro Autosport at the local tracks and it's a hoot! Anyway, welcome to the club and let's see how long you can hold off the mod bug!! __________________ Mods: Cobb Tuner, Cobb turbo back exhaust (high flow cats), Stett intake, ER Chargepipe, ATM Intercooler, Toyo R888 - 225/255, M3 subframe bushings, Bilstein PSS 10 Coilovers.
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TexSquirrel Enlisted Member 3 Rep 46 Posts Drives: BMW 135i Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Houston Texas iTrader: (0)	Congrats! Before spending money on the PPK, take a look at MHD. __________________ 2009 BMW 135i \| 6AT \| JB4 G5 ISO \| JB4/MHD 3/14 E85 BEF\| Fuel-It Stage 2/ES-1 \| ADE PI \| PR Inlets \| VRSF DP \| aFe \| Cobb FMIC \| ER CP \| Tial BOV \| M4 Plugs & Delphi Coils
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DrivingTime New Member 3 Rep 16 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Phoenix, AZ iTrader: (0)	Hey Ted! Welcome to the party - I'm in Phoenix, and it's always good to have more 1ers around!
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SkullV Private 19 Rep 91 Posts Drives: 2011 135i Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Gilbert, AZ iTrader: (0)	Flashed the PPK today. All of the N55s definitely should have come like this from the factory. Throttle response is fantastic now and the little added power is nice as well. Also added a BMS intake for some added sound. Just need to get an intercooler and magnaflow cat-back and the car will be just right.
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