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

[Zombie_Head]

Originally Posted by 1and1

Sorry- I'm old and forgetful...

Your front camber config is stock upper and M3 lower?

Stock arms, m3 bits in jan.

[Esteban]

Got my Michelin PS4S tires mounted and balanced today.

[1and1]

Originally Posted by Zombie_Head

Stock arms, m3 bits in jan.

erm...., what?

Honestly not trying to be a dickhead, just trying to understand what the front end is currently so I can relate the camber to the hardware. And yeah I'm probably a bit senile and slower than your average bear.... At least it makes everyday an entertaining new experience

Originally Posted by Esteban

Got my Michelin PS4S tires mounted and balanced today.

Sah-weeet!

Remember to let the release agents wear out before really figuring out just how good they are...

[chris_flies]

Originally Posted by 1and1

erm...., what?

He's currently stock in the front end–barring the coilovers–and will be installing M3 control arms in January. That explains the relatively poor camber number...

[1and1]

Ahhhh- Thanks! And yes it does explain the camber

[BAN_M2C]

FML havent posted in a while here cause I have been busy with the M2 Competition and the only 135 update I have is that I scratched the fuck out of it loading up some frames while moving office locations.

Got a bunch of pages to catch up here!

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by BAN_M2C

FML havent posted in a while here cause I have been busy with the M2 Competition and the only 135 update I have is that I scratched the fuck out of it loading up some frames while moving office locations.

Got a bunch of pages to catch up here!

Sorry to hear about the scratch, or scratches.

Seen and heard your M2C over on the M2 forum. Pretty awesome!

[Zombie_Head]

Originally Posted by 1and1

erm...., what?

Honestly not trying to be a dickhead, just trying to understand what the front end is currently so I can relate the camber to the hardware. And yeah I'm probably a bit senile and slower than your average bear.... At least it makes everyday an entertaining new experience



Sah-weeet!

Remember to let the release agents wear out before really figuring out just how good they are...

Originally Posted by chris_flies

He's currently stock in the front end–barring the coilovers–and will be installing M3 control arms in January. That explains the relatively poor camber number...

Correct, i tried my best to get the M3 front arms installed before the holidays, sadly not enough time.

[BAN_M2C]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Sorry to hear about the scratch, or scratches.

Seen and heard your M2C over on the M2 forum. Pretty awesome!

One scratch about an inch long.. died a little right after it happened

Don't want to inundate here with M2C so been updating over there!

I got about 4 pages here to catch up

[desertman123]

Fixed my heat!!!! It's literally never worked since I've had the car.

I turned the heater on for like 15 minutes while I drove, then I took the airbox out and felt the lines and they were lukewarm lmao. When I first tried pushing water thru I just sprayed it everywhere, it didn't want to move thru the line. Took about an hour of switching between the inlet and outlet hoses before I got any flow. Once I managed to start pushing water thru then the sand started to come out pretty quickly. A lot of it did, and not in small chunks either. I then just pushed more water thru until the pressure coming out the other end was satisfying. The flush seemed to work best when i pushed water thru the lower hose and out the upper hose (the other way around didn't yield nearly as much sand).

https://www.e90post.com/forums/showp...9&postcount=26

[chris_flies]

Originally Posted by desertman123

Fixed my heat!!!! It's literally never worked since I've had the car.

I turned the heater on for like 15 minutes while I drove, then I took the airbox out and felt the lines and they were lukewarm lmao. When I first tried pushing water thru I just sprayed it everywhere, it didn't want to move thru the line. Took about an hour of switching between the inlet and outlet hoses before I got any flow. Once I managed to start pushing water thru then the sand started to come out pretty quickly. A lot of it did, and not in small chunks either. I then just pushed more water thru until the pressure coming out the other end was satisfying. The flush seemed to work best when i pushed water thru the lower hose and out the upper hose (the other way around didn't yield nearly as much sand).

https://www.e90post.com/forums/showp...9&postcount=26

Was this a result of your beach expedition earlier?

[gjm120]

Updated my maps to NA 2019. Did it by using the FSC code generator and downloaded maps - all for free. I feel a little guilty getting this done for nothing, but, frankly don't find the BMW Nav as good as using something like google maps or waze

[1and1]

begins google searching....

[desertman123]

Originally Posted by chris_flies

Was this a result of your beach expedition earlier?

Wouldn't be surprised - there was sand everywhere

Really though, the heat has never worked in this car lol. At first it was baarely warm, then it stopped completely.

[chris_flies]

Originally Posted by desertman123

Wouldn't be surprised - there was sand everywhere

Really though, the heat has never worked in this car lol. At first it was baarely warm, then it stopped completely.

Ah, that frigid Florida climate

I'm still confused; how on Earth does sand get inside the cooling system? :

[desertman123]

Originally Posted by chris_flies

Ah, that frigid Florida climate

I'm still confused; how on Earth does sand get inside the cooling system? :

The guy whose DIY I followed thinks its leftover from casting

[HyeWarrior]

Might be putting it for sale

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by HyeWarrior

Might be putting it for sale

Didn't you just get a bunch of things done?

What happened?

[1and1]

Neutral day for my 1er.... :|

The downside: After 2.5ish years of ownership today I learned that, for probably as long as I've owned it, the passenger door tweeter cover, the screen section, is dented. ((sigh)) Didn't see it at all for all that time, all the times I've cleaned the interior, the countless hours of driving.... And now, the OCD (that I don't actually have...) freaks out every time I get in the car... M.U.S.T.R.E.P.L.A.C.E. Like, you know..., right freaking now. ((sigh, again))

Also, on a related note, my love/hate relationship with RealOEM grows just a bit more.


And, The upside for today, I ordered a new pipercross drop in air filter. I've always been a fan of foam type filters, for my dirt bikes, trucks and cars. Pleased to be putting one in the 1er


The TL;DR version: Things of massive consequence totally did not happen today. And if it's not part of the audio section, nor part of the door panel section, then where???

[1and1]

Originally Posted by desertman123

The guy whose DIY I followed thinks its leftover from casting

I read that- but wouldn't that introduce sand to the cooling system? Every time the heat is on could be getting the same sand circulated to the rest of the system, right??

[HyeWarrior]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Didn't you just get a bunch of things done?

What happened?

I did lol. Just went stage 2 and did the subframe bushings. Long story short, I'm in grad school and will be starting rotations fairly soon. Financially, if I can get a fair price for my 1'er, it would be best to move into something cheaper until I graduate. In the long run, I'll save a lot more in gas, insurance, tires etc.

Again. All depends if I can get the price I want for it. Gonna sleep on it though.

[rowsdower]

Originally Posted by 1and1

I read that- but wouldn't that introduce sand to the cooling system? Every time the heat is on could be getting the same sand circulated to the rest of the system, right??

The mystery of the failing water pumps solved!

Good work guys.