New build! E90 M3
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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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I had my car cleaned by Reuben at Endless Detailing yesterday before it rained and I can honestly say that my expectations were FAR exceeded by him. It was a simple wash and spray wax but man he fucking killed it! I was most excited about how clean he got my wheels since that might be my least favorite part of the car to clean.
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I'm running out of things that I want to modify on the car but i'm checking one more off the list soon. My car has the beloved burl walnut trim that BMW inexplicably put on every fucking car if no other trim option was selected. It's not the worst I've ever seen but it's one little thing in the car that draws attention away from the sporting nature of the car. I didn't want to do CF because my interior is already covered in black and I didn't think the CF would pop enough, also I didn't want to sell a testicle to buy it. I opted to go a little different and plan on covering the wood trim with M cross fabric that I ordered from Relicate. If you haven't checked them out I highly recommend it! I like the randomness of the pattern. It'll also add color without being too in your face.
Also - I registered for the FVSCC / MSCC Road America AutoCross on 9/13. I hope to see some of you guys there!
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I'm running out of things that I want to modify on the car but i'm checking one more off the list soon. My car has the beloved burl walnut trim that BMW inexplicably put on every fucking car if no other trim option was selected. It's not the worst I've ever seen but it's one little thing in the car that draws attention away from the sporting nature of the car. I didn't want to do CF because my interior is already covered in black and I didn't think the CF would pop enough, also I didn't want to sell a testicle to buy it. I opted to go a little different and plan on covering the wood trim with M cross fabric that I ordered from Relicate. If you haven't checked them out I highly recommend it! I like the randomness of the pattern. It'll also add color without being too in your face.
Also - I registered for the FVSCC / MSCC Road America AutoCross on 9/13. I hope to see some of you guys there!
That's a great idea! Definitely interested to see how it looks.
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I'm running out of things that I want to modify on the car but i'm checking one more off the list soon. My car has the beloved burl walnut trim that BMW inexplicably put on every fucking car if no other trim option was selected. It's not the worst I've ever seen but it's one little thing in the car that draws attention away from the sporting nature of the car. I didn't want to do CF because my interior is already covered in black and I didn't think the CF would pop enough, also I didn't want to sell a testicle to buy it. I opted to go a little different and plan on covering the wood trim with M cross fabric that I ordered from Relicate. If you haven't checked them out I highly recommend it! I like the randomness of the pattern. It'll also add color without being too in your face.
Also - I registered for the FVSCC / MSCC Road America AutoCross on 9/13. I hope to see some of you guys there!
M_Cross is my forever favorite. I have a shift boot set ready to go into one of my cars. Good choice
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If you have leftover scraps when you’re done, I’d buy them off of you. Might be cool to make a few dual layer masks with this pattern on the outside, seeing as their use likely won’t go away anytime soon.
Ooo I second this.
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M_Cross is my forever favorite. I have a shift boot set ready to go into one of my cars. Good choice
I'd say I like it for the purpose I'm going to use it for but on a seat I think hurricane is my favorite.
If you have leftover scraps when you’re done, I’d buy them off of you. Might be cool to make a few dual layer masks with this pattern on the outside, seeing as their use likely won’t go away anytime soon.
Consider it done!
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It finally showed up! It only took 2 weeks from ship date to delivery... Thanks USPS. The fabric feels really high quality right off the bat but it's thicker than I expected so it may be tricky but I'm excited to work with it.
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it's thicker than I expected so it may be tricky but I'm excited to work with it
that's what she said.
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that's what she said.
I literally fucking lol'd reading that! I'm not even mad
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It has the foam backing correct?
That is correct (in my best Chris Farley voice)
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How stretchy is it out of curiosity? I've been thinking of re-doing a few things in my car and last time I did a headliner I used a not stretchy suede and it was a huge pain.
It has basically zero stretch if your pulling vertically or horizontally but diagonally it has a little stretch but that distorts the graphic.
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I started on this project last night. The foam backing adds some level of trickery as far as fitment goes but the biggest thing is really just a lack of stretch makes it difficult on the corners. The thickness of foam backing does make it look odd around the vents. In my opinion nobody could look at the vents and think it was factory fitment because of the way the fabric spills into the opening. It's a project where I will know every little mistake but overall I'm happy with the look so far. My wife's opinion was "It looks fine. It looks 90's.". I said yea, it's a fabric from the 90's and she said "Yea, the. It looks fine. It's better than the grandpa wood trim."
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door looks great! Maybe you could make an additional trim ring for the vents?
Might have to fret creative and do some cutting and use some adhesive around the vents. Might be your best bet to get a tight fit. Or maybe ask an upholstery shop to give it a go?
I think I need to make my corner cuts a little tighter so I can pull it closer in the corners and pull it tighter behind the trim. After driving around with it for a couple days I really like the couple pieces I did. I'm not looking forward to doing the big trim piece on the dash. This stuff is more forgiving than patterned vinyl wrap to work with in that I can pull it off without consequence to the fabric.
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