What did you do to/for your 1er today?

[Afam28]

Finally was able to perform some maintenance...
Cars been on jack stands for 3 weeks...
Work is starting to ramp up heavily for me...
Anyway:
Power steering drain/refill
Oil change
New filters
Brake pads front/rear

Nice long drive...
No leaks!

[WDE82]

Originally Posted by dtla1

I've always read that there was an automated bleeding procedure like you mentioned you had for the E46. I've never tried it before but might be useful to try a bit more searching around the forums including e90post to double check?

Nah that's all there is. You're supposed to have it hooked up to a pressure and fluid source so when you open that blows valve and activate the pump, it works the air out of the DSC unit. Then you pretty much just let it flow like normal.

[bmw1racer]

Changed out all the coils (Delphi) and plugs (NGK) to (hopefully) correct my intermittent and random engine stumbling.

So far, so good.

[Gray_Panther]

Took my parent's E88 out for fun drive, with the top down of course!

[..Rush..]

Your parents have great taste in cars

Originally Posted by Gray_Panther

Took my parent's E88 out for fun drive, with the top down of course!

[Gray_Panther]

Originally Posted by ..Rush..

Your parents have great taste in cars

Thanks! I have to get it from somewhere

[Gray_Panther]

Oops I did it again.

[b1aze]

Bought AliExpress headers. For $350 shipped with all the hardware, I’m willing to gamble.

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/400087...3dd86075mX0A6J

[Ric in RVA]

Originally Posted by b1aze

Bought AliExpress headers. For $350 shipped with all the hardware, I’m willing to gamble.

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/400087...3dd86075mX0A6J

Please do a thread once they arrive and let us know!!!

[krhodes1]

Originally Posted by Gray_Panther

Took my parent's E88 out for fun drive, with the top down of course!

Is the GTI yours? My '17 Sport, also in white, says HI!

And if it's a 3dr (can't quite tell), I'm jealous!

[WDE82]

Got my 135i/E90 master cylinder installed and DSC bled. Take up is back to normal and maybe slightly better. I will leave SPBR coded to the car. Feels great.

Ready for Barber MP

[Gray_Panther]

Originally Posted by krhodes1

Is the GTI yours? My '17 Sport, also in white, says HI!

And if it's a 3dr (can't quite tell), I'm jealous!

Yes and yes!
It's a 2016 3-door S, and I have the Clubsport S muffler on the way too!

What trim you have on yours?
Mine says hi

[chris_flies]

Originally Posted by Gray_Panther

Yes and yes!
It's a 2016 3-door S, and I have the Clubsport S muffler on the way too!

What trim you have on yours?
Mine says hi

This is funny. My dad has a '17 Sport, manual of course. The Mk7 is such a great platform. Well made, fantastic to drive, lightweight, and easy to work on. And, the 2.0 is easy to get good power out of. He has a Cobb tune and a sport-catted downpipe on his car, and a Stage 2 clutch (his went at just 24k miles).

[Gray_Panther]

Originally Posted by chris_flies

This is funny. My dad has a '17 Sport, manual of course. The Mk7 is such a great platform. Well made, fantastic to drive, lightweight, and easy to work on. And, the 2.0 is easy to get good power out of. He has a Cobb tune and a sport-catted downpipe on his car, and a Stage 2 clutch (his went at just 24k miles).

As soon as I read Cobb tune, my mind went immediately to hoping he upgraded the clutch!

When I was shopping around for either deleting the muffler or going for CSS exhaust, one muffler shop guy asked if I powered it up with a tune. I told him I didnt want to upgrade the clutch so no.

He nodded in full agreement and then proceeded to tell me about his setup needing a southbend stage III clutch!

Crazy that the GTI and Golf R use the same clutch.

MK7 GTI and our 1ers are fun platforms!!

[chris_flies]

Originally Posted by Gray_Panther

As soon as I read Cobb tune, my mind went immediately to hoping he upgraded the clutch!

When I was shopping around for either deleting the muffler or going for CSS exhaust, one muffler shop guy asked if I powered it up with a tune. I told him I didnt want to upgrade the clutch so no.

He nodded in full agreement and then proceeded to tell me about his setup needing a southbend stage III clutch!

Crazy that the GTI and Golf R use the same clutch.

MK7 GTI and our 1ers are fun platforms!!

Yeah, he killed his clutch before he even tuned it. Just started slipping on the highway in 6th. Now he has a South Bend Stage 2 and a single-mass flywheel. It's a VAST improvement over the feel of the stock unit.

[BMWCCA1]

This morning I replaced the trunk lid switch/handle in the trunk on my wife's '08 128i. She had been putting up with the sticky-handle syndrome for a while. I should have done it when I replaced the third-brake-light several months ago but just forgot.

It's so easy I urge anyone getting that sticky black goo on your hands to just replace it. I work at a BMW dealership and didn't even bother to order the OE part but went instead with the 5-star rated FEXON from Amazon for around $25, shipped. It was cheaper, appears to be exactly the same part, even down to the cast-in BMW part number. I mean this did not appear to be a clone, but an OEM part simply without the BMW emblem. Installation is as easy as popping the old one out from the top edge with a plastic trim tool, and snapping the new one in.

It took me longer to remove all the grime from a dozen years of being a daily driver than it did to install the part. But after nearly 50-years of BMW ownership I know they never seem to learn from the rust-prone areas of previous generations and all of that starts with a collection of dirt. I took out the license plate lights to clean around them, too, and now I feel sooo much better!

Hmm, do you suppose a trunk spoiler would prevent the deposit of dirt in the license-light area? Might be justification for an upgrade.

[schmidtp]

Got everything dialed in with alignment and tune. New RB turbos, full bolt ons from ARM, axle back, and M3 control arms. Car feels great. Tried to keep it as clean looking as possible.

[Gray_Panther]

Originally Posted by schmidtp

Got everything dialed in with alignment and tune. New RB turbos, full bolt ons from ARM, axle back, and M3 control arms. Car feels great. Tried to keep it as clean looking as possible.

That is one cool silver 1er!

[c0bra]

Finally installed CP/BOV. I've been flirting with stock CP disaster running MHD 1+, now I can finally load up 2+.

Also tried my hand at coding: digital speedo without correction, key fob eject and auto door unlock with start/stop button. Felt like a boss afterwards! Then I realized you need to have auto door lock enabled for auto unlock to work. Searched on how to code that... wow, a whole other subset of BC menus?! I've been manually locking my doors for months! From boss to n00b in a matter of minutes!

BC settings updated: auto door lock triggered by motion, unlock all doors with fob instead of just driver side, DRL off, and 3 blinks with half turn signal press instead of just 1! Mind blown! Always something new to learn about this platform!

[krhodes1]

Originally Posted by Gray_Panther

Yes and yes!
It's a 2016 3-door S, and I have the Clubsport S muffler on the way too!

What trim you have on yours?
Mine says hi

Nice! It's a Sport. Stock other than power-folding mirrors, trailer hitch, and some interior goodies. Also a 6spd.

IMG_20170126_121115833_TOP by kevinr1916, on Flickr

That was before the new mirrors - they are white now. I hated the black mirrors. I would have preferred a 3dr too - my back seat is mostly decorative being a single middle-aged duffer.

[krhodes1]

Originally Posted by chris_flies

This is funny. My dad has a '17 Sport, manual of course. The Mk7 is such a great platform. Well made, fantastic to drive, lightweight, and easy to work on. And, the 2.0 is easy to get good power out of. He has a Cobb tune and a sport-catted downpipe on his car, and a Stage 2 clutch (his went at just 24k miles).

Couldn't agree more, though mine is completely stock mechanically. Much as I LOVE BMWs, the GTI is 90% as good for half the price (but if I could have bought an M135i, I would have). I traded a '16 M235i for the GTI because I needed something more practical when I bought my place in FL. But it should make a nice pairing with my 128i convertible when I get the 128i down there.

[cjb762]

A stupid rodent made a nest under my intake manifold and chewed up the wires to my oil temperature sensor a while back, and I’m just getting around to fixing it. The little bastard also chewed up most of the foam in my engine compartment. What a pain in the ass - the rear subframe bushings were a snap compared to this. I guess I'll knock out my spark plugs a few thousand miles early while I'm at it...

Pics provided for your enjoyment…

One question for you smart guys and gals though - is that yellow plug (with the red circle around it) supposed to be pulled out like that? It seems like it should be pushed in, but I can’t get it to budge.

Thanks!