01-27-2014, 12:59 PM | #24 |
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Years ago I didn't latch the hood right on my wifes Pinto and it took out the windshield with me driving on the highway. I had driven our other car from Philadelphia to Kansas City and then driven a friends 911C from Kansas City to Philadelphia. The Pinto was the third leg and I guess I must have been tired. Fortunately I could see enough under the hood to get to the shoulder. I then tied the hood down and drove the rest of the way with a busted windshield. Gave me a heck of a headache. There wasn't even 1 square inch of windshield intact.
The hood was my fault but that was a terrible car. I fixed it up enough it looked OK and we got rid of it. The oil filter would vibrate on tight enough to bust a filter wrench. The shifter came off in the wife's hand while she was pregnant. Muffler fell off repeatedly. Terrible car.
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04-12-2014, 10:50 AM | #25 |
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This seems like an issue only on the right side of the hood, take a look at this 1M:
At 0:47 sec, look at the hood, no gap at all on the left side from the M6! But, take a look on the right side of the car at 0:49 when the M6 passes, good amount of gap. The speed is about 150-160 mph at this point! I want a 1M and have tried to read as much as possible about the car and so far, this is the most annoying issue! |
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04-13-2014, 06:41 AM | #26 |
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If you don't have hood lift your not driving fast enough lol.
I was at the track this past weekend and took a video of one of my sessions. The video captured some of the hood and on the straights I had hood lift. |
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04-13-2014, 04:08 PM | #29 |
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Seems like its only on the right side of the car. I´ve tried to look up some other videos and so far, I´ve seen the same thing for 135i as with 1M, its only the right side that opens up.
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04-13-2014, 05:30 PM | #30 |
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So other than lifting a bit at speed... does anyone know of any actual 135i / 1M hood flying open occurrences?
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04-14-2014, 12:16 PM | #31 |
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I had few times on my car that the hood lock unlocks from vibration or some other reason but applying wd40 on the lock solved the problem. Somewhere was thread about it. Anyway it looks that it is not the strongest point on the car.
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04-15-2014, 06:21 AM | #32 | |
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Our cars arent very aerodynamic.. cheers Jamie
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04-15-2014, 08:21 AM | #33 |
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Do you think, you could get BMW to replace your hood? I've seen photos of my car going vmax with the hood looking like it was about to lift off too.
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04-15-2014, 10:19 AM | #34 | |
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What blows my mind away even more is the owners...you have car which you know has a design flaw and never asked BMW about it? If you did, what did they tell you? I´ve been searching for a 1M for a long time now but this hood problem can pretty much be a deal breaker for me. |
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04-15-2014, 10:38 AM | #35 |
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Ain't no big thing...
I've driven my car at 160+ on the high banking at Daytona and haven't given the very slight hood lift a moment's concern. Is anyone aware of the hood latch mechanism ever having failed? Neil |
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04-15-2014, 10:57 AM | #36 | |
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Dackel once wrote that BMW engineers think it is fine up to 280 km/h which is above the stock 1M's capabilities and probably is the real vmax of the car if governor would not be in place (fifth gear seems to have a theoretical max speed at 280 km/h). Tuned cars which can reach over 280 km/h speeds, even over 300km/h, should be concerned imo. But I agree that this is a kind of a weak design from BMW, especially so for an M car which they build knowing well that most will be tuned sooner or later. But 'dealbreaker'? Not worse than lack of colors like a nice blue or front parking aids
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It only happens once, and that one time will be enough for the car to possibly, end your life. I´m also bummed about this: Jamie, do you mean that the parts have been moved out of line/place? For real? |
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04-15-2014, 11:02 AM | #38 | |
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04-15-2014, 11:04 AM | #39 | |
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Just don't make this kill your enthusiasm for purchasing a 1M, otherwise you can never be too careful, that's for sure.
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It´s a terrible design and for me this is a problem as I visit Germany often but also do airfield runs, and my plan is/was to run atleast 500 hp in the 1M which will push the car over 186 mph. I don´t wanna sit there in the car doing 186+ mph and waiting for the hood to fly open... Is there any way of fixing this? |
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04-15-2014, 11:08 AM | #41 |
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As there are no accounts of 1-Series hoods flying open, I think this is an entirely bogus issue.
I'd be far more concerned about a tire blow-out or some other driver doing something stupid causing an incident. However, if you're really concerned, it's very simple to install hood pins. Neil |
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With your plans in perspective, you might be right to make this sure first since there are no OEM related solutions that I am aware of. This car is not designed/intended as a (very) high speed weapon on straights, that's for sure, just sayin.
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Oh well, hood pins it is because I really love this car! I´ve been in Porsches, Ferraris, Lambos etc etc but this little pocket rocket sure is special! |
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