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

[carscatscoffee15]

Originally Posted by Afam28

Got all the supporting parts for my m performance bumper that arrives tomorrow...
Didn't realize I needed them...
Thought the bumper was just a one for one swap...
Glad I had time to research!

BMW performance rotors arrive today along with eldor coil plugs...
Rotors go on as soon as they arrive...
Eldor coils along with 2 step colder ngk's go on as soon as I get 6 index 12 injectors and dinan stage 3...

All these mods I've been doing and yet I haven't had time to really enjoy the car...
After I put on my rotors I think I'll just take a small break from upgrades and just drive the car more...

Small rant, end rant!

The M Performance bumper is listed on some sites to be up to cars produced to 9/12

my vehicle was produced 7/13.. will the kit still fit?

Does anyone know if I could put the 135 cooling ducts in there as well or would that be pointless on a 128 unless I got the 135 wheel/fender liners for the ducting..

[Afam28]

Originally Posted by carscatscoffee15

The M Performance bumper is listed on some sites to be up to cars produced to 9/12

my vehicle was produced 7/13.. will the kit still fit?

Does anyone know if I could put the 135 cooling ducts in there as well or would that be pointless on a 128 unless I got the 135 wheel/fender liners for the ducting..

I honestly don't know...
My gut says yes, as long as you have all the supporting pieces...
My financial side says that's a lot of money to spend and not know lol...
Hopefully someone more knowledgeable can chip in!

[carscatscoffee15]

You and I are alike with that sentiment

I'm just curious what would make every subsequent production model after 9/12 different that it is a disclaimer on product pages

[Afam28]

Originally Posted by carscatscoffee15

You and I are alike with that sentiment

I'm just curious what would make every subsequent production model after 9/12 different that it is a disclaimer on product pages

There could be small variations between production years...
I'm sure all they know is it fits specific production years...
It could possibly fit your year car...
And I don't see why it wouldn't(with all the supporting parts that come in the kit)...
Hopefully someone can help here soon!

[Ric in RVA]

Originally Posted by Jeb_

Can confirm. The bolt circle for the 135i e-brake backing plates is about a half inch larger than the one for the 128i and there is not enough material to drill the smaller pattern on the 135i plates.

Red loctite a non hardened bolt in there and cut it down and file flat. Once filled redrill hole.

That work?

[Jeb_]

Originally Posted by Ric in RVA

Red loctite a non hardened bolt in there and cut it down and file flat. Once filled redrill hole.

That work?

I was originally thinking to re-drill the backing plate and not the hub, so I hadn't thought of it from that angle, but I don't think that's an option. The faces of the knuckle that have the bolt circle on drop off pretty much right outside of the bolt head diameter. I haven't measured, but I don't think there'd be enough room to re-drill the larger bolt circle on them. Plus I'd be worried about not getting the holes concentric around the hub.

[chris_flies]

Originally Posted by carscatscoffee15

The M Performance bumper is listed on some sites to be up to cars produced to 9/12

my vehicle was produced 7/13.. will the kit still fit?

Does anyone know if I could put the 135 cooling ducts in there as well or would that be pointless on a 128 unless I got the 135 wheel/fender liners for the ducting..

It should fit, there weren't any changes behind the bumper for the US cars over the production of the car. You can do the 135i brake ducts, I did. If you want an OEM fit, you'll need the 135i lower wheel well liners, otherwise you can easily just cut the 128i liners to make them work. Doing a 135i oil cooler retrofit is pretty easy, too. It's much easier to find the ducting for that, than to find the blocked-off ones for the 128i.

[chris_flies]

Tried wiring in the sport seats I swapped into my car, but they weren't working. Now I need to figure out how to deflate the passenger side bolster without power, preferably without having to puncture them.

[Jeb_]

Originally Posted by chris_flies

Tried wiring in the sport seats I swapped into my car, but they weren't working. Now I need to figure out how to deflate the passenger side bolster without power, preferably without having to puncture them.

Are the sport seats manual except for the bolster adjustments? And are they heated and/or were the original seats in your car heated?

When I swapped manual sport seats into my car I just re-pinned the seat connector so that the power and ground from the car that had been going to the PWM module for the original heated seats went to the bolsters instead.

[519.E82]

I bought some Track wheels - 17x8 ET34, going to try running 235/45/17 RE-71R

[1and1]

Drove it again!
Been ~3 weeks since installing new tie rods & control arms, and I finally got out for a bit to go driving around

soooo nnnniiiiiicccccceeeeeeeeee!

[ShocknAwe]

Hey guys. The 1er mutt is back on the ground with the new custom 3DM Prototype Ohlins installed. Test drive was... Sublime.

Even with the alignment eyeballed crappily.

[BMWWorld]

I took the seats out, vacuumed the carpet & conditioned the leather. Still have a few other things to clean out, but I'm happy with how it's turning out.

[Petro135]

Bored as hell and I have a whole roll of carbon wrap laying around. CF'ing everything, my wife just rolls her eyes and walks away Lol.

[chris_flies]

Originally Posted by Jeb_

Are the sport seats manual except for the bolster adjustments? And are they heated and/or were the original seats in your car heated?

When I swapped manual sport seats into my car I just re-pinned the seat connector so that the power and ground from the car that had been going to the PWM module for the original heated seats went to the bolsters instead.

They're manual, as were my original seats. Also heated like my originals. I tried just splicing into the main power and ground wires. Wasn't sure which pin was what, and didn't want to go through that much effort.

[christofis135i]

Driver side done! Ripped a dust boot on the passenger rear, should have that in a couple days to finish her up!

[Jeb_]

I don't remember where I found it, but this is the driver's side pinout I used when I did my swap. If the sport seats you got are out of an e90, I'm not sure if they have the same pinout.


I think on the seat side I moved the Pin 8 wire to Pin 13 and the Pin 4 wire to Pin 7, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

I'd imagine you could run both power wires to one pin and both grounds to the other and as long as you didn't try to adjust the bolsters with the heated seats on it wouldn't be an issue. But I'm not exactly an electrical guy so don't quote me on that.

[Soterios]

Originally Posted by Soterios

Never planned on putting anything other than the drop in filter, but I found a local one for really cheap. Cleaned and oiled the filter and threw it on. At least 69 more wooshpower. Engine bay lookin....dirty....

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAND it's already off the car. Went into limp mode throwing a tone of misfire codes. (apparently common)

Put the stock unit back on, cleared the codes, and it runs fine. Oh well.

[Suprgnat]

Originally Posted by Ric in RVA

Red loctite a non hardened bolt in there and cut it down and file flat. Once filled redrill hole.

That work?

FFS, this is something that doesn't have to be kludged together, it's a bolt on with factory parts. Buy the parts from the wrecking yard. BOLT IT ON. Drive off in to the sunset.

[Afam28]

The good:
P3 vent gauge installed...
Rear BMW Performance rotors installed(front/rear installed)
Dedicated iPad to house all my car related(BMW) info and apps...

The bad:
Drivers side head light is on its way out, daytime run light doesn't work, fiddlesticks...
Sheered a guide bolt off completely while installing rear caliper, was hard to get a good angle while torquing the bottom bolt to spec, more fiddlesticks...

The expensive:
Bought a new drivers side headlight(was on my to do list anyway) complete assembly...
Scheduled installation, coding and guide pin bolt extraction for Wednesday...

[Ric in RVA]

Originally Posted by Suprgnat

FFS, this is something that doesn't have to be kludged together, it's a bolt on with factory parts. Buy the parts from the wrecking yard. BOLT IT ON. Drive off in to the sunset.

Your no fun...what would I do with my milling machine and lathe then????

#gotallthecooltools

[Suprgnat]

Originally Posted by Ric in RVA

Your no fun...what would I do with my milling machine and lathe then????

#gotallthecooltools

Not reinvent the wheel?

Seriously though, if you need something to make I'm sure I could whip something up. How big a chunk of metal can you handle? Designed a mounting bracket for the amp today. Do you do sheet metal as well?