New build! E90 M3
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I'm still waiting for the mirror and fender liner to show up. BMW had an ETA of last Thursday but they still haven't arrived. In the meantime why not stock pile parts to install! I'm extremely excited for these ST XTA+3 coilovers. They are 3 way adjustable, height adjustable and come with camber plates. They're adjustable rebound and high and low speed compression. The benefit of this level of adjustability is a more dynamic ride that will lead to higher comfort and better handling. These are made by KW. These are not outsourced to one of the the Taiwanese factories other coilovers are made at. There are slight differences in the finish on these and the warranty compared to KW but the important stuff is high quality.
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It sucks that he didn't have insurance, but at least he stopped so you got his info. Most these days wouldn't.
If I was you I'd go buy some lottery tickets, hoping your luck is still holding out.
From reading your account of the accident. I would have figured the "M" was toast, and you had his bumper in the side from the rear door handle up to the roundel on the hood. You got lucky.
I had a tangle with box truck about 30 years ago. Hit me in the same corner, but hard enough to send me spinning like a pinball, bouncing of 2 other cars and finally t-boned by a van. Wound up in a ditch with the van teetering on the edge ready to roll over on top of us any second. My Mustang didn't have a straight panel left and the passenger seat was ~9" wide. I'm lucky to be alive.
Looks like most of the damage was simple bolt on stuff, and with a good paint match it will look better then new.
Good to see everyone was OK, M is on it's way to healing, and the upgrades continue.
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She's finally home! Sorry for the shitty pictures I was just too excited to take any decent ones. I asked them to leave my lip off so I can line that up how I want it so I still need to do that. I could not say enough good things about the work Radix did! I can't tell there was any work done other than there's no more rock chips on the front end!
I took the kids for a rip on the way back home and they just giggled and giggled when I'd run through some gears with the windows open! It feels so good to be back in this car.
Now to get my coilovers installed!
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The coilover install had a slight hiccup preventing me from finishing it a couple weeks ago but it was unrelated to the coilovers themselves. My passenger rear lower shock bolt snapped off which meant I needed to pull the arm to try cut out the shock and remove the bolt. Spoiler alert, I could not get the bolt out. It's an aluminum CA and a steel bolt that I'm guessing is stainless or has some coating to prevent galvanic corrosion. I tried soaking it in PB, heat, heat plus wax, drilling, using an extractor kit and swearing at it with no luck. I ended up ordering another control arm from ebay before I left for SEMA and got it all put together this weekend.
The coilovers are ST XTA +3. At a high level these are KW V3 dampers with a different coating. They are a 3 way adjustable (Rebound, High/Low speed compression) with height adjustable front/rear and camber plates up front. The shorter sway bar links were included. The instructions are my biggest complaint because they mix German and English and there's not really any organization. It's not like one page is in German then the next is the same thing in English. Some have both languages, some are only in German and some have the pages mirrored. Thankfully the part where they tell you how to set up the rebound and compression is English!
I have it set to their recommended settings and the ride height a little lower than the H&R springs. The ride quality is amazing! It's more comfortable than stock while giving me more confidence in corners, reduced push from the front end and it's far more settled if I hit a bump mid corner. I need to get the car over to Big Bear for corner balance and alignment then the handling will be perfect!
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The team at work shot some content on my car and I'm really excited about it! It's the first time I've seen video rollers of my car and I LOVE IT!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CWbN5lsgi52/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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I can tell how excited you are
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I can tell how excited you are
I think he was nervous
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The coilover install had a slight hiccup preventing me from finishing it a couple weeks ago but it was unrelated to the coilovers themselves. My passenger rear lower shock bolt snapped off which meant I needed to pull the arm to try cut out the shock and remove the bolt. Spoiler alert, I could not get the bolt out. It's an aluminum CA and a steel bolt that I'm guessing is stainless or has some coating to prevent galvanic corrosion. I tried soaking it in PB, heat, heat plus wax, drilling, using an extractor kit and swearing at it with no luck. I ended up ordering another control arm from ebay before I left for SEMA and got it all put together this weekend.
New fear unlocked right before I do my suspension overhaul. Did the bolt head snap off while hitting it with an impact? That really sucks, but hopefully the shock isn't threaded so it could just slip off and you only have to buy one new thing
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New fear unlocked right before I do my suspension overhaul. Did the bolt head snap off while hitting it with an impact? That really sucks, but hopefully the shock isn't threaded so it could just slip off and you only have to buy one new thing
My air impact wouldn't budge it so I switched to my ratchet and that's when I snapped it off after quite a bit of movement. The only threaded part was in the control arm so cutting the shock bolt off allowed me to just drop the shock out.
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You wouldn’t know your car has an amazing exhaust too
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Nice video
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We shot another video at work. I haven't really done much with the car this year other than drive it every chance I can and fix the lip every few weeks from rogue squirrels attracted to the sweet sweet tone of a V8. Twice these little buggers have jumped in front of me on the same road. Good news, I'm getting OK at repairing carbon fiber.
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No joke, I've hit at least 3 squirrels/chipmunks and my lip continues to take a beating but thankfully I've gotten pretty OK at fixing carbon pieces. It's not perfect but it's a solid 5 footer. I could have spent more time sanding the resin after it hardened to get it to conform to the curve upwards better but I figured if anything I just added some stiffness to an area that's bound to get hit again.
Here's how it started:
Here's how it went:
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Ok, so I spoke too soon. I'm not 100% sure what I hit but when I was driving home from Appleton last night I heard a loud flapping noise so I pulled over at a Kwik Trip and was surprised to find out most of my front lip was missing. I'm not 100% sure but I'm fairly confident it was not another squirrel. I was right though, the spot that I just fixed held up!
I don't think I can fix this one so the car is naked for the time being.
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