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

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Afam28

Correct...
The picture is while looking up...
Front right wheel...

I can say that I've hit a pothole or two on that side of the car...
But enough to cause a fracture at the weld point...
Idunno!

If it was a pothole that sucks (actually whatever it was sucks). I've ran over my share, who hasn't, but I've been very lucky and never got any damage from one. Have heard of wheel and tire damage, and suspension parts being damaged, but don't think I've ever heard of frame damage from a pothole. Doesn't mean it can't happen.

[ShocknAwe]

Originally Posted by mfindigital

Doing my suspension shopping, does anyone know if koni yellows will fit with the m sport springs? They are under 600$ on turner today on sale. I have had yellows on many of my past cars (240sx with an sr, Mazdaspeed 3, honda s200) and always like the performance. I know the sport springs are slightly lower than base springs, but not sure if they'll work with the sport springs or if they need lowering springs. I'm trying to improve handling without lowering the car (driveway issues).

https://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-3...uts-kit-sport/

It'll work fine! Make sure you replace the spring pads, and if you're over 75k I'd recommend new top hats too.

Have fun!

[Afam28]

Originally Posted by Esteban

If it was a pothole that sucks (actually whatever it was sucks). I've ran over my share, who hasn't, but I've been very lucky and never got any damage from one. Have heard of wheel and tire damage, and suspension parts being damaged, but don't think I've ever heard of frame damage from a pothole. Doesn't mean it can't happen.

I honestly didn't think so either...
I think this was here before I bought the car...
I reviewed the Carfax before I bought it and it doesn't mention it...
Nor the dealer that i bought it from...

[ShocknAwe]

Originally Posted by Afam28

I honestly didn't think so either...
I think this was here before I brought the car...
I reviewed the Carfax before I bought it and it doesn't mention it...
Nor the dealer that i bought it from...

Isn't that weld usually covered up by the belly pan?

[Afam28]

Originally Posted by ShocknAwe

Isn't that weld usually covered up by the belly pan?

My belly pan is missing...
On my list of things to order...
And I assume by belly pan you're referring to the underbody covering?

[kaputt]

Well, I’m still here and still have the car!

The buyer of it backed out after being really flakey while supposedly trying to get shipping lined up. He was in Florida and FaceTimed me this weekend and said he was no longer buying the car. I had already taken it for a PPI for him and everything and was ready to work with his schedule. It’s a weird time for many right now though, so who knows what circumstances may have popped up?

However, I am NOT planning to re-list it at this time. Going to take some time and figure out what I truly want to do. As you can see from the photo, took the car for a drive this evening and it was amazing, as always.

I did make the mistake of driving a 718 Cayman with a manual while looking at cars. And the damn super nice Porsche salesman let me take the car for almost two hours. Unfortunately I’m just not in a place to drop ~$65k on a car right now. But driving that car made me think long and hard about swapping to a BRZ or Miata.

[tjswarbrick]

Originally Posted by mfindigital

Doing my suspension shopping, does anyone know if koni yellows will fit with the m sport springs? They are under 600$ on turner today on sale. I have had yellows on many of my past cars (240sx with an sr, Mazdaspeed 3, honda s200) and always like the performance. I know the sport springs are slightly lower than base springs, but not sure if they'll work with the sport springs or if they need lowering springs. I'm trying to improve handling without lowering the car (driveway issues).

https://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-3...uts-kit-sport/

They’ll fit. Height is fine, but they may not be quite firm enough. Particularly if you’ve ditched the runflats.

On my convertible i tried Swift Spec-R and found them too low, and too stiff. Swapped ‘em out with Eibach‘s spec’d for the E88, and could not be happier. Probably 1/2 inch lower than the M-Sports. YMMV, of course.

[low135]

Not sure how many of you are gamers but I'm commissioning a couple guys to make a mod of my car for GTA V. Will be pretty cool to drive my own car around in the game. It kind of immortalizes it. They told me as long as Rockstar doesn't pull any craziness, I'll be able to bring it into the next game with little effort

[N55135i]

Originally Posted by low135

Not sure how many of you are gamers but I'm commissioning a couple guys to make a mod of my car for GTA V. Will be pretty cool to drive my own car around in the game. It kind of immortalizes it. They told me as long as Rockstar doesn't pull any craziness, I'll be able to bring it into the next game with little effort

I'm legit level 560 at the moment & played GTAO since day 1 launch. Rockstar's updates over the years haven't improved it much, there are lots of fake things that bother me now like the flying crotch rocket bikes, stunt races, orbital cannons etc. These should have never been added. They started catering to children (despite age restriction) & microtransaction focused content IMO. I wish they focused more on realism & giving players the ability to do car meets without getting blown up by RPGs & fake alien guns. I play on PS4 so I wont see modded PC stuff. There's lots of small coupes I would have liked to see added in GTA.

Edit: Staying on topic... attached a picture of my painted performance brake upgrade, still need to do the discs in black but I cant get on a lift because shops are closed, & I need additional steel flex brake lines from somewhere.

[chris_flies]

Changed the oil two days ago at a cool 205,000 miles. Running like a top, as usual.

[bobowar135]

Originally Posted by chris_flies

Changed the oil two days ago at a cool 205,000 miles. Running like a top, as usual.

That's what, 320000 kms, you are a freaking legend!

[Gray_Panther]

Ordered a set of brembo discs and pads for the front. Steering wheel is starting to tremble when braking hard and there is a sound coming from the front.
56k miles and 8 years of very spirited braking has taken its toll!

Also picked up some oil, filter, differential drain plug and BMW brake fluid. Now I need to just get transmission and differential fluid and I can do all my maintenance over the summer.

And since the GTI is put away, I wonder how many miles I will rack up this summer!

[gjm120]

Originally Posted by chris_flies

Changed the oil two days ago at a cool 205,000 miles. Running like a top, as usual.

Cool. There are higher mileage E90's on the forum, but, you must be the highest E82 on here.

PS. Love seeing this - means I got 150k more to run on mine.

[chris_flies]

Originally Posted by bobowar135

That's what, 320000 kms, you are a freaking legend!

I dunno about legend, but thanks!

Originally Posted by gjm120

Cool. There are higher mileage E90's on the forum, but, you must be the highest E82 on here.

PS. Love seeing this - means I got 150k more to run on mine.

There's just something about these cars. They're the right balance of modern manufacturing and technology with old-school, robust German engineering.

[BronkaidBrah]

Today I learned that adjustable swaybar links are more of a necessity than an option while replacing your front suspension. This whole time I was thinking I was experiencing the infamous tckline clunk of doom but nope... pic related

[JimVonBaden]

Originally Posted by SKI-R

Well, I was a bit dumbfounded when I started tightening up pan bolts today.....at least eight of them were finger tight at best . Tightened things up by feel and will have a look again in a week or so - the whole thing makes me consider using Permatex The Right Stuff in lieu of a factory spec gasket when I actually drop the pan to reseal it.

Also, finished stitching up the under car shield and reinstalled it when I finished with the bolts.

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I'll be happier when the replacement I ordered gets delivered.

Looks like a MC headlight I once fixed.

[crowtrobot]

Brought home a sister for the 1er a little while back:





Certainly a much different beast than the little 128i. Can feel the added weight, but it still feels like it manages it better. I'm holding on to the 1er for now, but it may be on the market in the near future...

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by crowtrobot

Brought home a sister for the 1er a little while back:
Certainly a much different beast than the little 128i. Can feel the added weight, but it still feels like it manages it better. I'm holding on to the 1er for now, but it may be on the market in the near future...

Beautiful car.

Several years ago I test drove a Mineral White E92 M3, and what a car! At the time I decided I liked my 1er's torque and size more than the M3. I only have garage space for one car, plus my wife's, and don't want/need or can afford more than one car, so kept my 135i. Nowadays I have a completely different car but always admired that M3 and it's V8.

Congrats!

PS - keep them both if you can.

[michael_thomas]

I took my new Berk race axle back exhaust to a couple of local muffler shops and they were like, oh sure bring it in Tuesday...screw that. Put it on myself...it actually wasn't too hard. And it sounds amazing. I was really worried it would be too much but it's just right.

[JM98]

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[Afam28]

Originally Posted by JM98

Glad my car is 2 stories down in a parking garage tonight

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Well look at that...
What a beautiful night!
Everyone is out together singing cumbias!
As the American flag blows in the distance...
Some people even have signs which I can only assume have the words to "cumbias" on them!

[low135]

Bittersweet first post with the new color. The shop that did the wrap decided they knew better than me about securing the front lip and only used two screws with tape as opposed to my 12 screws with tape. I did about 10k miles with the front lip secured that way, it didn't last 100 miles after they mounted it. Now I'm being blamed because I didn't check their work on securing the lip. I hate dealing with companies. Hopefully my bank sides with me and I can use that to recoup the cost on a new lip.