Diaries of a Daily Driver
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Well I have sold the Mazda and am back in the seat of a BMW, which was a well needed transition.
Not that it was ever posted about much here, but this was purchased from Mr. @ClassE himself!This isn't the pinnacle of what I was looking for, but timing and pricing were a strong factor in the decision, so it ended up in my driveway!
2008 328i
114k milesIt has a couple of quirks that I plan to take care of, as well as some minor modifications, but all around is proving to be an excellent vehicle!
To start with I needed to replace an angel eye bulb that was burnt out, and like most I don't prefer the yellow halogen look so I went with an LED option.
This proved to be a bit more work than expected as the fender liner needed to come out to access the cover that the bulb sits behind.
Got one changed out then went to bed lol.The pictures make the halogen bulb look white, and the LED look very blue. This isn't how it looks in person, and I am quite happy with the brightness and color of the cheapest bulbs I could find!
I also installed LED lights throughout the cabin as well as the trunk and under door lights, which wasn't needed but I prefer the color of them, so why not!
I shall post more things as they happen, but will enjoy driving it in the mean time!
I am glad to have RWD back for the winter as well
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Congrats! I always heard replacing those is a pain in the ass, I actually need to change mine from yellow to white at some point. Last time I just had a shop do it for me because I'm lazy
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It's really not that bad. Maybe a 30 min job. Nice buy! You're my slower more reliable twin!
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It's really not that bad. Maybe a 30 min job. Nice buy! You're my slower more reliable twin!
I agree with this now, I did the first side after getting 2 hours of sleep so I was quite off my game. Doing the other side took about 30 min.
Compared to the LCI ones it is quite a bit of work.Now I am going to copy your build verbatim just to be your twin!
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Nice daily! Good luck trying not to get the itch.
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The rear shocks were in a bad way, so I took care of all of them....
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Replaced the lower grille trim (crossbars) with black ones, finished up making the kidneys black, added some led fogs after refinishing the lenses, removed the model number on the rear of the car, and I think that's it.
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This looks real good! What coilovers are those?
SoloWerks, apparently it was a couple guys that split off from KW and started their own gig. They have really good reviews so I figured I would give them a go.
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SoloWerks, apparently it was a couple guys that split off from KW and started their own gig. They have really good reviews so I figured I would give them a go.
Looks great!
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This looks awesome. Perfect daily.
https://www.instagram.com/_jdesigner_/ http://nevertoolow.tumblr.com/
🥳SOLD BMW E24 633CSI - BMW M30B32 🧪SOLD HCH ES9 - 1.3 LDA
👽BMW E30 325IC - Toyota 1JZ-GTE ⏰ HONDA EF9 CIVIC SI - JDM B18C5
☠️BMW E36 318i - Ford 5.0 FE302 🚴♂️ GT-Labomba - 26x2.75 Freeride
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Looks good! The beauty bar in the lower grill drove me nuts so I ended up replacing all of it with black plastic gutter mesh. Did you paint the window trim yourself or did it come with the shadowline?
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Looks good! The beauty bar in the lower grill drove me nuts so I ended up replacing all of it with black plastic gutter mesh. Did you paint the window trim yourself or did it come with the shadowline?
It came that way, which was nice.
I don't mind the bars in the grill, but they sure do look better black. -
Winter beater ft. Fatbike!
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Well it wasn't an April fools joke, but I have changed it up once again!
I sold my 328 to a friend and picked up the fastest n54 in the world (and Wisconsin!)
I already started playing....
Replaced the "carbon fiber" grills with some matte black units, and test fitted a bit of a lip splitter type deal. The lower lip add on hides the bottom edge of the bumper which has some missing paint.
It's been fantastic to drive so far, and I look forward to more miles and more playing!
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and picked up the best n54 in the world (and Wisconsin!)
Fastest*, not the best.
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Fastest*, not the best.
You're so right, I'm still waking up lol.
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