2017 F87 M2

[damnboy037]

Getting a little lippy, I still have very little strength on my left leg, which made it very painful swapping my summer wheels on. I’m hoping to get my Adro kit on later this month, depending on how my rehabilitation goes (my left leg looks like I skip leg day).

[YoungCR]

What happened to your hip? Car looks great!

[damnboy037]

YoungCR said:

What happened to your hip? Car looks great!

Some of my bones are deformed, causing irregularities on my joints. This makes it easy to tear tissue on my ball and socket joints (shoulders, hips). I suffered this on both shoulders from doing pull ups and had to rest them for over a year in the past.

Now I’m thinking that deep squats with double my weight caused the impingement between my femur head and hip. I also suffered a minor tear on my gluteus minimums from compensating the initial tear. I also may have suffered damage to my sciatic nerve on my back, but there are no X-rays or MRI done to that specific area.  We also have to remember that our understanding of MRIs are still developing, it’s still hard to pinpoint what goes wrong in our complex anatomy.  

The only thing I know is that as sensitive as we may be, we are sooooo resilient.  I’m optimistic on my outcome, I already have back problems, but that doesn’t mean I should give up.

[damnboy037]

I finally installed my Turner diffuser, perfect for me since I can’t maintain a squat position, but I can work on a roller. The tabs were a bit tricky to remove, I eventually got them off after lifting the rear up for more clearance.  Perfect fitment and much better looking, the Adro side skirts are next. 

[damnboy037]

Got the Adro side skirts up, I think it looks great, now I need to install the Adro front lip. Next up would be the side badges before I start on the Pure750 build. 

[damnboy037]

Went to the drag strip at WIR a few weeks ago, what better time to try out launch control for the first time than being on the spot. I failed every single time, I think I can get in the 12s, I just have to learn how to send it properly.

Now I want more power, but I also want to save up for a g87 once I finish paying this one  off before next summer. 

[damnboy037]

Not much has been going on other than spending a lot of time detailing and it looks like I’m getting good at it.  I used Adam’s “9” year ceramic coat, I doubt it will last even half as long around here. The result is amazing, I would easily pay for this service. So easy to maintain and so hard to get dirty, looking forward to washing this tomorrow. 

[damnboy037]

Who else had a blast shoveling a few weeks ago?  It didn’t seem to bother my hip injury, which is great for my mobility. Winter setup working well, I took a few snaps of the damage.

[P_Roloff]

I love that you drive it through this, how does it handle snow?
 

Yeah, that was an experience. I nearly buried my truck trying to help some poor fella who butmried his civic on shitty tires in a 18” snowdrift on Capitol in Brookfield. 
 

I then went home, unburied the E34, and proceeded to rip big slides through the business park for an hour. Good times. 

[damnboy037]

They worked well, I did get stuck one time at the end of my subdivision, but I was able to get out after clear traffic

[damnboy037]

Getting condensation on the passenger side headlight, now my DRLs don’t work.  Not sure if this can get fixed. 

[damnboy037]

Finally got around to getting the Adro front lip fitted, looks nearly complete. 

[damnboy037]

The f87 is about to turn 70K, time to shop around for maintenance items, including upgrading my charge pipe and cooler.  I’m also making room in my garage to restore my m3 

[Jdesign]

Dakar E36 M3!!! We need more coverage on that one!

[YoungCR]

I second that!

[damnboy037]

Touchless wash on the m3, still needs a contact wash, me getting beer at Otto’s in the f87

[damnboy037]

S50B32 on a US 95 m3, I need a stand alone, recommendations?

[Jdesign]

damnboy037 said:

 getting beer at Otto’s 

I use to go there all the time when I lived down there!

Euro S50 FTW!!!! thats a great find. Was the car local?

[damnboy037]

Jdesign said:

I use to go there all the time when I lived down there!

Euro S50 FTW!!!! thats a great find. Was the car local?

It’s my 1st car, I picked it up in Chicago back in 2004, drove it for about 8 years until I found the s50b32. I had just got a house a few years earlier and was too busy to work on it.

[damnboy037]

Best weekend ever at Gridlife last weekend in RA, hung out and camped with the MartiniWorks crew, they were all so welcoming. They let me take my car to the campground and we had a great time at the concerts. The only thing that would have made it better was registering for the HPDE (I thought it was a drift event). I have never been so motivated to get one of my cars into drifting (my e46 325) than I do now. It was surreal, can’t wait till next year.