New build! E90 M3
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Among my box of Liquimoly that showed up Saturday was also my newest interior upgrade. A cargo net! I know, not the most exciting but for me this was a big upgrade. It's bmw part # 51470010557. For whatever reason BMW stopped installing the front facing hooks closest to the back seats sometime in the 2010-2011 MY but left the tapped holes in the body behind the felt. At my cost it's about $70 to buy the screws, covers, etc to properly at the hooks that BMW should have put in to begin with. $70 isn't a lot of money in the grand scheme but my principles won't allow me to spend that on this absurdity so I figured out what the thread pitch is and ordered two eye bolts off of Amazon and am waiting for them to show up. For anyone else's reference they are M8x1.25. For now I have it hooked under the tray so I can use it and boy did I get to use it this past weekend! Turns out it has limitations and a week+ worth of groceries for a family of 4 exceeds them. Overall I'm happy with it. One of my biggest daily gripes driving this regularly during the salt free months is there is NO secure storage so anything in my car was one spirited roundabout away from certain doom.
I also bought Chemical Guys leather conditioner and gave that a try on the front seats to start and so far I'm happy with the results. After sitting for 24 hours the passenger seat is noticably more compliant. My complaint is that they are a little slicker. The conditioner is a pleasant leather scent but does require some airing out to prevent it from getting overwhelming. A spirited 120 with all of the windows down seemed to do the trick.
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It's little things like a cargo net that make the daily use of a vehicle all that more enjoyable.
truth!
i need one of these. i may or may not have an outward dent on my rear fender because of stuff in the trunk flying about during some "enthusiast" driving.
Dan
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My Amazon eye bolts came in today! They were 100mm in length so they required some trimming and die work but work just fine. $10 eye bolts>$70 BMW cash grab. I've thought about painting them black but I've also reminded myself it's my trunk and nobody will ever see them that's conscious/alive so silver they'll stay.
Also, I gave them a try with a much more reasonable load of beer this past weekend and they passed the roundabout challenge!
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I've thought about painting them black but I've also reminded myself it's my trunk and nobody will ever see them that's conscious/alive so silver they'll stay.
The concours judges won't forgive this
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I gave them a try with a much more reasonable load of beer this past weekend
How was this not the photo you posted?!
That looks like a pretty slick cargo hold setup! -
How was this not the photo you posted?!
That looks like a pretty slick cargo hold setup!I was so excited to get the beer in my trunk and then out and start drinking it that I completely forgot!
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I did a little spit shine on Sunday then took the family to get some blue moon ice cream at Leducs in Waukesha. I live this old man paint more and more when I see it. It's so dynamic in different light and showcases the creases and arches really well. We soaked it then scrubbed it with some Meguiars wash/wax soap then I came at it with my orbital and Meguiars Mirror Glaze M2 on a foam shower cap. It does a nice job removing some difficult water spots but it's evident that I need a rotary to really make the paint perfect. I'd like to try the Chemical Guys Hydroslick once it's back in stock and I need to do a wheel off cleaning of my wheels. They're filthy. Don't judge me.
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old man
fitting
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Don’t judge me.
Judged
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fitting
Let me know when you can buy beer legally you birthday imposter.
Judged
Fuck. I knew this day would come. Please forgive me and my dirty wheels!
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Let me know when you can buy beer legally you birthday imposter.
The first 24 pack bought legally will be dedicated to you
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The first 24 pack bought legally will be dedicated to you
️ All 2 of them before you get buzzed and take a nap? I can't wait! You have no idea how good my memory is either, I'll remember this day and hold you to it.
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All 2 of them before you get buzzed and take a nap? I can't wait! You have no idea how good my memory is either, I'll remember this day and hold you to it.
I can smash 8 before anything like that happens. You have my word.
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I had to go grocery shopping tonight and made a mandatory stop in an empty parking lot at Generac to take a picture. I love this car.
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I installed a red start button from Amazon and China fucked it up so I exchanged it and that was also fucked up but less fucked so I installed it to see if I liked it. Well, the family took the M3 to Leducs for ice cream tonight and my wife noticed the button. To emphasize how strange this is I will say that my wife still hasn't noticed I went catless. Anyways, she noticed it and said it looked stupid and she liked the black button better and she was right. Long story short I reinstalled the black button at 11:30 tonight. There's no pictures and this was a largely pointless post.
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All signed up for July 15th at Blackhawk Farms! I have a buddies trailer that I can use if I choose to so I think I may do that just for the convenience of not having to haul everything in the car.
Can't wait!
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Spent the day at Blackhawk Farms Raceway today with @B C. It was a wet one with some delays in the morning due to lightning but by the time we got on track it was perfect... ly soaking wet. It was absolutely pouring rain for our first session with standing water in some of the corners. It was intimidating to say the least to be out there but to be honest those were probably the most fun laps. Session 2 was damp and still slick and session 3 had a dry line but I didn't have the confidence to really test the dry line like I would on a totally dry track. Overall i'm happy with the laps I got in. It was nice to really test out low traction braking at high-ish speeds. Coming into turn one doing 80-85 in pouring rain then hitting the brakes was scary, then coming onto the gas and having the back end perfectly step out then back in was fun. I kept all of the nannies on for session 1 and 2 then had M dynamic mode for session 3 which turns back all of the safety nets. Really feeling the car slide during braking was neat and nice to try in a safe lower speed environment. ABS isn't non-existent but the threshold for getting there is so much more than any car i've driven. Session 3 were my fastest laps with a consistent 1:41 but that's way off from my best laps in this car at 1:31. There is so much left in this cars ability and i'm only scratching the surface. With more seat time a 1:25 is a reality for me in this car. Looking back on the video on my dry-ish laps I was lifting and coasting, I know I wasn't WOT when I could have been and I was braking waaay to early. I don't think my lines were miserable and I was VERY happy with the Pirello P Zero's. I could not get the wet laps out of my head and seeing a few off's throughout the day didn't help with my confidence. Oh well, the car lived another day and I know what I need to work on. On the plus side I was told my car was easily the loudest in our run group so i'll take that as a moral victory.
Bonus: You can see me point @B C by at about the 5:15 mark in the video.
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I got my pictures back from Nvus this week and i'm pretty happy with them! That's @B Cchasing me down in the 2nd photo. I also noticed something that i'm happy about which is that my head is actually looking through the corner to the next. I remind myself on track to look through the corner i'm in at the next 1 or 2 moves but it's weird actually seeing my head doing it.
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