2013 135is owners discussion and photos thread!

[Chunner]

Originally Posted by 3002 tii

I smell group buy...

hell yeah...

[CAVU]

Originally Posted by gs135is

It's been a busy winter.. I finished my full E93 suspension. I added all the bmw performance carbon and side skirts. Still haven't made it to a track in the last year. GRRRR..

Absolutely beautiful!!! It is cars like this that make me think of going Alpine White next time around. Great mechanical upgrades!

If there was ever a car that would look great with a CF wrap on the roof, this is it!

[Greg FEightytwo]

Thanks Rick and everyone else who complimented on my car.. I appreciate it.. I would like to do a carbon roof.. Rumors that rezosport is creating a carbon roof that replaces the current one sun roof and all. I'm sure it will be expensive but I want to see how that turns out before I wrap all though I do like to wrap to try it before I buy it for a feel on the look.

Originally Posted by RickMsport

Absolutely beautiful!!! It is cars like this that make me think of going Alpine White next time around. Great mechanical upgrades!

If there was ever a car that would look great with a CF wrap on the roof, this is it!

[PopsnBurbles]

Originally Posted by gs135is

Thanks Rick and everyone else who complimented on my car.. I appreciate it.. I would like to do a carbon roof.. Rumors that rezosport is creating a carbon roof that replaces the current one sun roof and all. I'm sure it will be expensive but I want to see how that turns out before I wrap all though I do like to wrap to try it before I buy it for a feel on the look.

Isn't that roof (by Revozport) already released? Also, IND has CF roof too. One of the problems that might prove a bit of a hassle would be getting a new headliner.

[Greg FEightytwo]

Not sure I only heard about it last weekend at a meet. If you have the info I'd like to see it. The liner is cake I'll have one made.

[PopsnBurbles]

Originally Posted by gs135is

Not sure I only heard about it last weekend at a meet. If you have the info I'd like to see it. The liner is cake I'll have one made.

http://1m-raze.revozport.com/1mroof.html

and

http://ind-distribution.com/ind/cate...ber-roof-panel

The installation, I'm sure they're all over or they probably have a manual.

[AGAV13]

Originally Posted by gs135is

I have the wiring diagram and will confirm once the harness is fabbed up if they work. Another forum member with a 3 series dct has completed the swap.

Super excited and hoping that this works. If it does I'm definitely in.

[Worra]

Car is filthy..but I had to take in the sights

[morningscifi]

Originally Posted by Worra

Car is filthy..but I had to take in the sights

beautiful.

oh, and a really nice view behind it. lol. I don't have anything like that so I have to resort to close up shots (obligatory car washing shot included)

[motorchimp]

Ok well here's an after wash shot.
It stayed that clean for all of a few hours before it was covered in filthy yellow pollen.

[gregthegr8]

Originally Posted by morningscifi

beautiful.

oh, and a really nice view behind it. lol. I don't have anything like that so I have to resort to close up shots (obligatory car washing shot included)

Oooh, someone has a foam cannon?

[morningscifi]

Originally Posted by motorchimp

Ok well here's an after wash shot.
It stayed that clean for all of a few hours before it was covered in filthy yellow pollen.

Yep. Same here. "Them's the breaks" I guess. =(

WORTH IT

Originally Posted by gregthegr8

Oooh, someone has a foam cannon?

Absolutely. I'll take a picture of my arsenal tonight for you.

[morningscifi]

Originally Posted by gregthegr8

Oooh, someone has a foam cannon?

Don't have any of my numerous microfiber towels in the shot since they're being washed but normally the plastic bin is full with another small stack on top of it. I'll need a larger cabinet to store stuff in soon though.



aaaand an interior shot.

[gregthegr8]

Originally Posted by morningscifi

Don't have any of my numerous microfiber towels in the shot since they're being washed but normally the plastic bin is full with another small stack on top of it. I'll need a larger cabinet to store stuff in soon though.



aaaand an interior shot.

Can I move in? Or maybe I'll just get a place nearby in the neighborhood. So jealous since I'm stuck in the concrete jungle of LA with no garage or real ability to wash my car myself. My options are take it to a car wash or a ghetto self-serve wash where cars are often 2-3 deep in line pressuring you to hurry up and get out of there, while blowing $8 in quarters and defeating the entire purpose compared to taking it to a car wash.

How are the ammo products by the way? Which you got? I'm now looking at your various products - griots garage, sonax, etc. I got a whole slate of sonax stuff for my spring detailing coming up in a few weeks that I'll have feedback on.

[morningscifi]

Originally Posted by gregthegr8

Can I move in? Or maybe I'll just get a place nearby in the neighborhood. So jealous since I'm stuck in the concrete jungle of LA with no garage or real ability to wash my car myself. My options are take it to a car wash or a ghetto self-serve wash where cars are often 2-3 deep in line pressuring you to hurry up and get out of there, while blowing $8 in quarters and defeating the entire purpose compared to taking it to a car wash.

How are the ammo products by the way? Which you got? I'm now looking at your various products - griots garage, sonax, etc. I got a whole slate of sonax stuff for my spring detailing coming up in a few weeks that I'll have feedback on.

That blows big time. Nobody washes it but me. Feel free to come on by north atlanta anytime and we'll go through the whole thing! A friend and I have gotten into the serious hobby of car detailing strictly for personal pleasure. We try products from everywhere and figure out what is best for certain applications

Stuff:

The foam cannon / pressure washer is a huge step up.

Love the griots clay and spray wax, as well as some of their leather care stuff. I have some chemical guys leather stuff but I have yet to use it.

Chemical guys car wash soap is awesome (honeydew I think) and I doubt I'll be changing to anything else anytime soon.

Sonax wheel cleaner is hands down the best. I have yet to try their other products but they have an interior cleaner that looks interesting to me for sure.

From ammo I have the tire gel which is absolutely great and the shag / alcantara cleaner (also seems to do a pretty good job - I dunno, I'm not really a dirty anyways and always wash the hands before driving). I'm skeptical of it since it tends to be on the pricey side but the dude seems to really know his stuff in his youtube videos and I've been impressed with what I have so far. I may branch out into some more of his stuff soon.

Oh, and as far as wax / sealants go - Tried the griots one step sealant but we couldn't get it to not look streaky. Possibly a human error application issue but it seems like a straightforward process. Polished that off and ended up just using collonite 845. I can't stress enough how excellent the collonite is as a protective wax. The last application was in October and i can still feel it on the car. Granted, I do very very little bad weather driving and it is garaged.

[gregthegr8]

Originally Posted by morningscifi

That blows big time. Nobody washes it but me. Feel free to come on by north atlanta anytime and we'll go through the whole thing! A friend and I have gotten into the serious hobby of car detailing strictly for personal pleasure. We try products from everywhere and figure out what is best for certain applications

Stuff:

The foam cannon / pressure washer is a huge step up.

Love the griots clay and spray wax, as well as some of their leather care stuff. I have some chemical guys leather stuff but I have yet to use it.

Chemical guys car wash soap is awesome (honeydew I think) and I doubt I'll be changing to anything else anytime soon.

Sonax wheel cleaner is hands down the best. I have yet to try their other products but they have an interior cleaner that looks interesting to me for sure.

From ammo I have the tire gel which is absolutely great and the shag / alcantara cleaner (also seems to do a pretty good job - I dunno, I'm not really a dirty anyways and always wash the hands before driving). I'm skeptical of it since it tends to be on the pricey side but the dude seems to really know his stuff in his youtube videos and I've been impressed with what I have so far. I may branch out into some more of his stuff soon.

Oh, and as far as wax / sealants go - Tried the griots one step sealant but we couldn't get it to not look streaky. Possibly a human error application issue but it seems like a straightforward process. Polished that off and ended up just using collonite 845. I can't stress enough how excellent the collonite is as a protective wax. The last application was in October and i can still feel it on the car. Granted, I do very very little bad weather driving and it is garaged.

I'll have to send you my griot's clay. I HATED IT! Not sure if I just got a bad batch or maybe should have paid more attention to the directions/video, but the clay was sticking really badly to my hands no matter how much lube I sprayed, and was also transferring to the towels then from my hand I think and turning them yellow, which wasn't good and I ended up using 2x the towels to make sure I didn't get the clay from the towel back on teh car. Afterwards I saw it recommended wearing gloves. The meguiar's over the counter clay sucks, the mother's is okay, but I've always used and really liked the first clay ever here - claymagic.

If I had a driveway and hose, I'd be all over the sonax wheel cleaner. But, I recently got a nice package of stuff from detailers domain of their fancy clay with an auto finesse clay lubricant spray, sonax paint cleaner which has carnuba wax in it as well, and the sonax polymer net shield, which I'm eager to try and apply with a fancy hex sponge. I used collinite 845 with 2 coats back in early november and still looks great. So, will be an interesting comparison to see how the sonax polymer net shield compares, though very different products of course. I put the collinite on the wheels, too and people say the polymer net shield on the rims is amazing, too.

I watch that ammo guy's drive clean videos and always been intrigued by his tire "mud" but never known anyone who used it. I just got a huge bottle of optimum tire gel, which I like a lot, though it leaves a very matte/satin finish but seems to last a really long time and goes on quick and easy, dries fast, no sling at all. Now I want to go detail my car up a bit. Gonna try some auto finesse glass cleaner later today or tomorrow, too, which has the best damn spray nozzle I've ever seen. I normally use the stoner's you have though, but without some really good microfiber towels and major work, I still get streaking with it sometimes.

[mb135is]

+1 for the Collinite 845 - been using it for a long time, and I've yet to find something that is all around better.

There are times when I use it as a base for something shinier or deeper as a topper, but it's just too good to leave off the car!

[gregthegr8]

Originally Posted by mb135is

+1 for the Collinite 845 - been using it for a long time, and I've yet to find something that is all around better.

There are times when I use it as a base for something shinier or deeper as a topper, but it's just too good to leave off the car!

Just gotta be careful around a few spots, namely the tow hook covers and rear sensors if you got 'em, cause it really cakes up there. You should have seen how much excess caked on collinite I had when I took the tow hook cover off the front the other day. Oops!

[Kouper]

+1 for Stoner's aerosol spray for glass. I haven't found anything that sprays on better or cleans as well. And it's so easy to pick up at Target...

[gregthegr8]

Originally Posted by Kouper

+1 for Stoner's aerosol spray for glass. I haven't found anything that sprays on better or cleans as well. And it's so easy to pick up at Target...

I've used the Stoner's Invisible GLass for years as it's the best I've found, so will see if this auto finesse glass cleaner is any good tomorrow. Tried the stoner's spray (non-aerosol) bottle once thinking it'd be the same as the aerosol, but it was AWFUL. Griot's glass cleaner was similarly bad and hated it.

[AGAV13]

For the griots clay you need to use A LOT of speedshine with it. I highly recommend speedshine by the way, great product have been using it for years. I also recommend their carnauba wax, just ordered some a month ago and it is fantastic.

[morningscifi]

Originally Posted by gregthegr8

Just gotta be careful around a few spots, namely the tow hook covers and rear sensors if you got 'em, cause it really cakes up there. You should have seen how much excess caked on collinite I had when I took the tow hook cover off the front the other day. Oops!

We do a lot a areas like that by hand to avoid issues - and hard to reach areas (at least with an orbital)

Originally Posted by Kouper

+1 for Stoner's aerosol spray for glass. I haven't found anything that sprays on better or cleans as well. And it's so easy to pick up at Target...

I have another can for inside use as well!

Originally Posted by AGAV13

For the griots clay you need to use A LOT of speedshine with it. I highly recommend speedshine by the way, great product have been using it for years. I also recommend their carnauba wax, just ordered some a month ago and it is fantastic.

Also a good product but we've had good luck with meguiars quick detailer for the same applications. Forgot to mention that earlier.