Non-BMW Stuff on a BMW Forum
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Man that is a gorgeous interior, what is that option called? I'm picking up an F15 35d this weekend (sadly not M Sport), so pumped!
Thanks! Ironically my wife’s Atlas is also white on brown. Haha.
I’m not sure. These are the only options I see tied to the interior
Leather Dakota / Mokka
S4DDFine-Wood Trim Fineline Pur
SLEDELeather Equipment
I was between this one and a 35d and I couldn’t find any reasons to get the diesel other than mileage. Everyone I asked their only reasons were MILEAGE AND TORQUE BABY! But this one had the m sport package and the diesel didn’t, so I went with this one. And I have zero regrets.
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Getting familiar with this car. Transmission pan and fluid, transfer case fluid, front diff fluid, oil change, and eventually a tune up.
Also new tires.
So far found a cross threaded oil drain plug and JB welded fuel tank vent tube on the intake duct.
Once the fluids are done I’ll order a new intake duct, valve cover vent hose, and fuel tank vent tube and then will do all the filters, spark plugs, and coils.
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I've got the same list to do on my F15! So annoying the diffs / transfer case only have fill plugs so you have to suck the old fluid out with a vacuum pump. My X5 has 145k on it with original fluids, so I'm especially nervous how the fluids will look (trans especially).
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I've got the same list to do on my F15! So annoying the diffs / transfer case only have fill plugs so you have to suck the old fluid out with a vacuum pump. My X5 has 145k on it with original fluids, so I'm especially nervous how the fluids will look (trans especially).
Not sure how I accidentally included a video of my youngest daughter. Haha.
Here was my transfer case fluid. Front diff fluid and transmission fluid didn’t look terrible, but they were pretty stinky.
Tue front diff has a drain plug. Not sure about the rear. And getting the fluid out of the TC with a pump was pretty easy. I got a longer and more flexible hose from the hardware store for my little fluid pump and that made getting everything out of the TC easier.
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I plan on doing a full fluid refresh on my E90 as well. Seems to be doing fine with 102K, but just for a peace of mind thing. transfer case, differential, and transmission fluid with filter.
I've seen you going to town on the X5 groups regarding the hesitation/shake you are feeling on decel lol
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I've seen you going to town on the X5 groups regarding the hesitation/shake you are feeling on decel lol
Seeing something similar with mine, but it’s on accel up hill at low RPM. Hoping fresh fluids in the diffs / trans / transfer case help things.
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What have you guys been doing for proper fluid level? The BMW procedure is quite... intensive
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I plan on doing a full fluid refresh on my E90 as well. Seems to be doing fine with 102K, but just for a peace of mind thing. transfer case, differential, and transmission fluid with filter.
I've seen you going to town on the X5 groups regarding the hesitation/shake you are feeling on decel lol
Yeah, there just isn’t anything I can find on forums or groups about what I’m feeling. Low speed accel, turning, etc all seem to have others experiencing it, but coasting to a stop just doesn’t have much info. But people came out when I shared that info that they had that at one point too.
The whole thing is pretty new to me. It’s my newest car I’ve ever owned. All of my “newer” cars have been Volvos and they’re completely different than this.
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What have you guys been doing for proper fluid level? The BMW procedure is quite... intensive
Though at least you have a lift!The TC and front diff both have fill plugs that are also for the fluid level and the transmission is the same way but you have to do the final fill when the transmission is between 40-50°c.
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Visited a friend in Minneapolis this past weekend and one of the days we drove the course of the 2020 OC Rally down to Suncrest Gardens pizza farm through western WI. All in about 1k miles over the weekend. I’ve done about 3500 miles on the car this summer with really no issues.
On the X5 I replaced spark plugs, coil packs, air filter, intake duct, and fuel vent tube. Running awesome. 🤌
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Visited a friend in Minneapolis this past weekend
Dang @Rekpoint came to visit me in Minneapolis this weekend too! It's a beautiful drive if you take highway 10 / highway 35 southeast and just cruise along the Mississippi River. We usually go from St. Paul down to Pepin and back, such a scenic route. Not sure if you took a similar route, but looks like it was a blast!
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Dang @Rekpoint came to visit me in Minneapolis this weekend too! It's a beautiful drive if you take highway 10 / highway 35 southeast and just cruise along the Mississippi River. We usually go from St. Paul down to Pepin and back, such a scenic route. Not sure if you took a similar route, but looks like it was a blast!
We took that for a bit! But most of the time was spent on backroads. It was about a 5 hour drive from Minneapolis to the pizza place north of Winona.
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The euroweaves replacements got here.
I took out the rear subframe. I don’t know if you guys remember how much trouble I had fitting the RevShit RTA bushings, but I swapped those out for Condor and I’m really annoyed I didn’t use Condor originally. Fitment was 10/10.
Also did the rear sway bar link reinforcements and rear sway bar mount reinforcements. Another great excuse to get the welder out. Not pretty but I’m happy with my twice a year welds.
And the X5 looking dapper as always.
I finally realized why I like this car so much and I can summarize like this: I don’t miss driving the e30 when I’m driving this.
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Excellent choice on wheels! I love gold centers on RS's.
Thank you! I ultimately decided that I had gone too safe with the car and was kind of bored with how it looked. These wheels and seats should fix that!
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Near spring update.
Interior almost done:
New wheels on after being circle jerked by a "racing shop" that fucked up the seals multiple while mounting them. Eventually took them to Big Bear Tire in Oconomowoc to have them dismounted. I did the seals myself, and now all is good. They're awesome BTW. The guy who did the tires has an e30 touring.
The shop's attempt at fixing damaged seals and the seal that was about ready to start leaking.
My job at cleaning all the sealant and resealing them. Pretty damn good if I say so myself.
After removing the transmission to replace the input shaft seal, I was having issues the starting pinion gear not engaging the ring gear. It was hitting the side of the ring gear instead of engaging it. Dropped the engine and it ended up being the metal plate must have gotten slightly bent that it wasn't allowing the starter bolts to line up with the holes in the transmission. That's all fixed. Bench tested the starter on the engine before putting it back in.
Revised my retrofit adapters and now have them for Morimoto's MLED 2.0 and the Micro D2S.
That's all. Hopefully getting close to this winter's projects and I can get the car out and start driving it.
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