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

hunginator · 07-26-2018, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by HyeWarrior

Finally set an appointment in a couple weeks to get my subframe bushings, catless downpipe, MHD tune, and a fresh battery installed lol.

Also will be installing koni yellows + dinan springs, along with a fresh set of coil packs and spark plugs myself.

Should be an interesting couple of weeks

While you're changing up your damper and springs, will you also refresh the rubber bits, mounts, bump stops, etc. since you're already going to be under there?

I'm in the same situation but haven't decided which dampers and springs to go with yet and not sure if I should actually spend the extra $ to 'refresh' those little bits. I'm at 130,000 kms or 80,000 miles.

Esteban · 07-26-2018, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by HyeWarrior

Finally set an appointment in a couple weeks to get my subframe bushings, catless downpipe, MHD tune, and a fresh battery installed lol.

Also will be installing koni yellows + dinan springs, along with a fresh set of coil packs and spark plugs myself.

Should be an interesting couple of weeks

Where did you find Dinan springs, if you don't mind me asking?

HyeWarrior · 07-26-2018, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by hunginator

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Originally Posted by HyeWarrior

Finally set an appointment in a couple weeks to get my subframe bushings, catless downpipe, MHD tune, and a fresh battery installed lol.

Also will be installing koni yellows + dinan springs, along with a fresh set of coil packs and spark plugs myself.

Should be an interesting couple of weeks

While you're changing up your damper and springs, will you also refresh the rubber bits, mounts, bump stops, etc. since you're already going to be under there?

I'm in the same situation but haven't decided which dampers and springs to go with yet and not sure if I should actually spend the extra $ to 'refresh' those little bits. I'm at 130,000 kms or 80,000 miles.

Yes I will. Ordered those as well. Just went with the generic OEM rear set for the shock mounts/bushings and new top hats for the front struts. I'm at 80k miles and I'm sure they're gonna need replacing. I didn't see the point in investing a lot of money into aftermarket bits for those parts since most people say the subframe bushings are the most apparent improvement

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Originally Posted by HyeWarrior

Finally set an appointment in a couple weeks to get my subframe bushings, catless downpipe, MHD tune, and a fresh battery installed lol.

Also will be installing koni yellows + dinan springs, along with a fresh set of coil packs and spark plugs myself.

Should be an interesting couple of weeks

Where did you find Dinan springs, if you don't mind me asking?

Scooped them up off someone from the classifieds a couple months ago. From what I've seen, the drop is very mild, which is what I wanted.

low135 · 07-26-2018, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by HyeWarrior

Finally set an appointment in a couple weeks to get my subframe bushings, catless downpipe, MHD tune, and a fresh battery installed lol.

Also will be installing koni yellows + dinan springs, along with a fresh set of coil packs and spark plugs myself.

Should be an interesting couple of weeks

Thank you for reminding me to buy the whiteline inserts. I knew there was something I was missing before doing a a big install and tune day. Good luck with yours!

desertman123 · 07-26-2018, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by low135

Thank you for reminding me to buy the whiteline inserts. I knew there was something I was missing before doing a a big install and tune day. Good luck with yours!

They make a nice difference for the price.

Also I found a decent deal on this locally lol

low135 · 07-26-2018, 03:04 PM

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Thank you for reminding me to buy the whiteline inserts. I knew there was something I was missing before doing a a big install and tune day. Good luck with yours!

They make a nice difference for the price.

Also I found a decent deal on this locally lol

Nice! how much do those go for? I've got a front and rear I'm gonna sell soon but not sure what they're going for. I just wanna get rid of them cheap

Also, my headlights came in. Gonna go take off my bumper and remove my oem lights to see if these work. There's a bunch of wires underneath the lights that are just loose ends? it has a plug for the harness so I'm kind of wondering what these loose ends are for. Guess I'll find out soon

xQx · 07-26-2018, 04:12 PM

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So, I was wanting to do a power dome hood but hate the look of pins or latches. I finally found a separate weld on dome so that I can modify my OEM hood and not worry about adding latches or the hood flying up. Best of both worlds for people that want that look

Where'd you find that, I'm interested.

The cost of shipping makes a Seibon rather expensive in Australia; that and the legality of a CF hood is questionable. ... I'd love to get a weld-on powerdome.

low135 · 07-26-2018, 04:50 PM

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So, I was wanting to do a power dome hood but hate the look of pins or latches. I finally found a separate weld on dome so that I can modify my OEM hood and not worry about adding latches or the hood flying up. Best of both worlds for people that want that look

Where'd you find that, I'm interested.

The cost of shipping makes a Seibon rather expensive in Australia; that and the legality of a CF hood is questionable. ... I'd love to get a weld-on powerdome.

Sent you a PM

YearOneOne · 07-26-2018, 05:42 PM

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Thank you for reminding me to buy the whiteline inserts. I knew there was something I was missing before doing a a big install and tune day. Good luck with yours!

They make a nice difference for the price.

Also I found a decent deal on this locally lol

Nice! how much do those go for? I've got a front and rear I'm gonna sell soon but not sure what they're going for. I just wanna get rid of them cheap

Also, my headlights came in. Gonna go take off my bumper and remove my oem lights to see if these work. There's a bunch of wires underneath the lights that are just loose ends? it has a plug for the harness so I'm kind of wondering what these loose ends are for. Guess I'll find out soon

I assume those loose wires are for the adaptive headlight module

Also those looks really good like oe good

low135 · 07-26-2018, 06:05 PM

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Thank you for reminding me to buy the whiteline inserts. I knew there was something I was missing before doing a a big install and tune day. Good luck with yours!

They make a nice difference for the price.

Also I found a decent deal on this locally lol

Nice! how much do those go for? I've got a front and rear I'm gonna sell soon but not sure what they're going for. I just wanna get rid of them cheap

Also, my headlights came in. Gonna go take off my bumper and remove my oem lights to see if these work. There's a bunch of wires underneath the lights that are just loose ends? it has a plug for the harness so I'm kind of wondering what these loose ends are for. Guess I'll find out soon

I assume those loose wires are for the adaptive headlight module

Also those looks really good like oe good

So, this is where the experimentation begins lol these lights are listed for halogen models only. I've been told from someone else that they we're plug and play for his US 135i. So, I'm going to try it and see what the results are. The seller provides free returns up to 60 days so I figured it was worth trying

desertman123 · 07-26-2018, 06:46 PM

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Nice! how much do those go for? I've got a front and rear I'm gonna sell soon but not sure what they're going for. I just wanna get rid of them cheap

Also, my headlights came in. Gonna go take off my bumper and remove my oem lights to see if these work. There's a bunch of wires underneath the lights that are just loose ends? it has a plug for the harness so I'm kind of wondering what these loose ends are for. Guess I'll find out soon

I got mine for 275 in good condition, a few scratches but nothing that'll make the paint guy hate me. I've seen them listed anywhere from 300-600 for the rear w valence

minirips2 · 07-26-2018, 07:27 PM

I finally got around to wrapping the dull aluminum window trim with dry weave carbon 3M Di Noc vinyl. It's a huge difference visually. I honestly don't know why I waited so long..

varoadking · 07-26-2018, 08:39 PM

Well done ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

asiflicious · 07-26-2018, 08:53 PM

Sad news. Had to cancel my order and get a refun on the Koni Yellows since it was starting to seem like I'd have to wait several months to receive them. Oh well, I guess I'll just wait until they're in stock and reorder them at a later point

JimVonBaden · 07-26-2018, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by low135

Nice! how much do those go for? I've got a front and rear I'm gonna sell soon but not sure what they're going for. I just wanna get rid of them cheap

Also, my headlights came in. Gonna go take off my bumper and remove my oem lights to see if these work. There's a bunch of wires underneath the lights that are just loose ends? it has a plug for the harness so I'm kind of wondering what these loose ends are for. Guess I'll find out soon

Those look great. Now I want them.

The wires are for the Halogen lights so you can make the halos work, like the uglier ones I installed. You can unplug your old headlight and plug in the new ones just sitting on the inner fender above them.

Mine:

low135 · 07-26-2018, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by low135

Nice! how much do those go for? I've got a front and rear I'm gonna sell soon but not sure what they're going for. I just wanna get rid of them cheap

Also, my headlights came in. Gonna go take off my bumper and remove my oem lights to see if these work. There's a bunch of wires underneath the lights that are just loose ends? it has a plug for the harness so I'm kind of wondering what these loose ends are for. Guess I'll find out soon

Those look great. Now I want them.

The wires are for the Halogen lights so you can make the halos work, like the uglier ones I installed. You can unplug your old headlight and plug in the new ones just sitting on the inner fender above them.

Mine:

Thanks, I'll have to mess with the wires. I'm awful with electrical. Didn't realize the harness would reach the lights like that. I'll have to try that and make sure everything works first

JimVonBaden · 07-26-2018, 09:22 PM

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Thanks, I'll have to mess with the wires. I'm awful with electrical. Didn't realize the harness would reach the lights like that. I'll have to try that and make sure everything works first

I would. My first left light was defective. I had to pull it all apart to replace it.

low135 · 07-26-2018, 09:24 PM

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Thanks, I'll have to mess with the wires. I'm awful with electrical. Didn't realize the harness would reach the lights like that. I'll have to try that and make sure everything works first

I would. My first left light was defective. I had to pull it all apart to replace it.

I realized the tools I had didn't fit into some of the recessed bolt locations to get the lights out so I put my bumper back on. I'll try that first now that I know the harness will reach

HyeWarrior · 07-26-2018, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by asiflicious

Sad news. Had to cancel my order and get a refun on the Koni Yellows since it was starting to seem like I'd have to wait several months to receive them. Oh well, I guess I'll just wait until they're in stock and reorder them at a later point

I ordered my set in late May and finally received them last week

asiflicious · 07-26-2018, 10:20 PM

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Sad news. Had to cancel my order and get a refun on the Koni Yellows since it was starting to seem like I'd have to wait several months to receive them. Oh well, I guess I'll just wait until they're in stock and reorder them at a later point

I ordered my set in late May and finally received them last week

Ouch, yeah I don't want to wait that long. Probably for the better though, since I need to do pads and rotors and I should probably get a CP and BOV before my stock CP blows

1and1 · 07-26-2018, 11:51 PM

Upgraded from Beltronics Pro200 to Uniden R1

The Pro200 has served me well, but I just can't deal with the K band static any longer. Could have gone for the R3, but just don't need the GPS around here...

xQx · 07-27-2018, 04:56 AM

Some time ago I removed the fins from my m-sport bumper to give it a more 'open' look, earlier this week I removed a ///M badge and replaced it with a splash of color, and today I removed a month of dirt from my car so I could take these photos.

It's very due for a clay, polish and wax... but that won't be this weekend.

Before & after pictures as follows:

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