What did you do for your M3 today?

[Icecream]

Bumper looked horrible from road rash etc so did paint correction, wet sand, polish and ceramic cause why not. Not perfect but much better. Also did FCABs, what a huge difference, one of them was so bad I was able to take the bushing out by hand, ooops.

[mainstreamer00]

Holy crap that bumper was rough. Turned out great ^

[Icecream]

Holy crap that bumper was rough. Turned out great ^

I uploaded the wrong pic. That was after wet sanding with 1000 grit haha.

[terra]

Changed my fuel injectors with new Bosch ones. Which are unfortunately made in China now, but not much I can do about that. So far my adaptions seem to be staying much closer to 1.00 and the car seems to be running smoother.

[Icecream]

Changed my fuel injectors with new Bosch ones. Which are unfortunately made in China now, but not much I can do about that. So far my adaptions seem to be staying much closer to 1.00 and the car seems to be running smoother.

Yeah that sucks they are made in China. I think I saw BMW went to a different coil supplier in Italy (Eldor) when they went to making Bosch in China. I bet the injectors are not Bosch on new BMW's either.

[OneSwellFoop]

It's convertible weather, so I've been all about the M3 lately. Over the last week I've replaced the Cyl 6 ignition coil to eliminate a misfire, washed, buffed, and waxed her, and finally installed my Blue Bus (I dont't know why I waited so long, it's fucking glorious and I don't have to deal with that crappy cd changer skipping all the time now.)

Next up is fixing the drivers side headliner at the c pillar where the string and plastic broke, then repairing the popped stitching on the driver's side bolster.

[r4dr]

Removed the M3Forum.net stickers from the Batman windows, RIP...

[Inizes]

Not something I could have done myself, but I had the AC system emptied, tested, and refilled.

0.83 lbs recovered (spec is 1.63 for 2005 M3)

Blowing a cool 39 degrees now

[Tbonem3]

Was it a bmw specific place or general auto?

Can you share the price?

At half capacity, were you still getting some cold air (driver side at least) or not really?

[Inizes]

Was it a bmw specific place or general auto?

Can you share the price?

At half capacity, were you still getting some cold air (driver side at least) or not really?

I went to Tom Hatem Automotive in Columbus, OH. Was recommended to me by the local BMWCCA Chapter. It is a German indy shop, although I only saw BMWs on the lifts and in the parking lot. I would have taken photos Inside but they are being very restrictive on not letting anyone inside with COVID. That being said I was parked next to a E31 V12 8 series.

https://www.hatemautomotive.com/

I paid $179 with tax included, I believe tax was $12, I can go check the receipt if you’d like.

You might recall from the AC recharge post that I was getting some cold air on the driver side but warm air on the passenger. It could keep up with the outside up to about 75, after that the inside would start becoming warm as the system couldn’t keep up. I specifically requested for them to report how much was evacuated so I could have an idea if this was normal or a broken component. They agreed it seemed normal and the leak test also proved that theory. They did use UV dye so we can hunt for any future leaks that may show up.

[zem]

I repainted/ reglued my M3 emblem. I noticed the "///M" part was getting loose, and faded, so before it fell off completely, I took it off.

Before removing, I measured and noted where it's situated:



Old badge. you can see how badly it faded:



Time to refresh! I painted it with hobby paint - the Dark Blue and Red were base colors I had, the Light blue I mixed. It came out great!



Now, to put it back on the trunk -



I used 3M (fittingly) emblem tape to attach it, and also put a clear film over the colors to protect it.

I know you can buy the vinyl to redo the badge, but I had the paint already, so why not try it. It came out amazing!

[Feffman]

Finishing up the installation of a new LifeLine Novice fire suppression system. The size and weight difference between the old aqueous foaming film system and this is impressive.

https://www.bimmerworld.com/Lifeline-Zero-360-FIA-2-25kg-Novec-1230-Fire-Marshal-System.html

Feff

[Cubieman]

I repainted/ reglued my M3 emblem. I noticed the "///M" part was getting loose, and faded, so before it fell off completely, I took it off.

Before removing, I measured and noted where it's situated:



Old badge. you can see how badly it faded:



Time to refresh! I painted it with hobby paint - the Dark Blue and Red were base colors I had, the Light blue I mixed. It came out great!



Now, to put it back on the trunk -



I used 3M (fittingly) emblem tape to attach it, and also put a clear film over the colors to protect it.

I know you can buy the vinyl to redo the badge, but I had the paint already, so why not try it. It came out amazing!

Very nice man, I just may have to do that.

[Ghost_M3]

Just received my replacement emblems

[Distinct]

Replaced missing plastic caps on the passenger side wiper motor arm nut and the seat rail nuts. Bothered me for years and just never got to replacing them. Asked for Mini parts instead of BMW and they are the same part number but cheaper at a local dealership for some reason. Very happy. Replaced the worn out and pitted fog lights. Took a couple pictures.



Lonely COVID...