What did you do to/for your 1er today?

[tjswarbrick]

Originally Posted by GoRomeo

Nice. I ordered the Maguiars Heavy Duty Headlight Restoration kit for my e90. I have done it in the past and they come out great every time. I Will do my E88 as well but its not as Bad like my E90.

I had the wool buff pad and Headlight Coating leftover from previous efforts, and bought more PlastX. For the rest, I improvised.
I masked off the paint with blue tape - you can see the residue in the (blurry) close-up shots.
Lightly wet-sanded with 400, 600, 800, 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500 and 3000. Followed by Meg's 105 on an orange pad, 205 on white, Flitz on white, Meg's Ultimate Polish on black, and finally the PlastX on the wool buff. Most buffed out with microfiber, but used a terry cloth followed by MF for the final step.
Then cleaned off residue with Invisible Glass before spraying on the coating and allowing it to cure overnight.

I'll be really happy if I get another 7 years out of it!

[GoRomeo]

Originally Posted by tjswarbrick

I had the wool buff pad and Headlight Coating leftover from previous efforts, and bought more PlastX. For the rest, I improvised.
I masked off the paint with blue tape - you can see the residue in the (blurry) close-up shots.
Lightly wet-sanded with 400, 600, 800, 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500 and 3000. Followed by Meg's 105 on an orange pad, 205 on white, Flitz on white, Meg's Ultimate Polish on black, and finally the PlastX on the wool buff. Most buffed out with microfiber, but used a terry cloth followed by MF for the final step.
Then cleaned off residue with Invisible Glass before spraying on the coating and allowing it to cure overnight.

I'll be really happy if I get another 7 years out of it!

Cool I am planning to the work for the weekend. Ill post the before after photos too. 😉

[mkeiser]

So yesterday I had my car give me the yellow overheating warning and then loss of power. I shut the car off while I was waiting at a light and then turned it back on when it turned green and the warning didn't return for rest of the ~10 minute trip.

It was about 70*F yesterday evening, I was sitting in the drive through for about 5 minutes with my a/c on auto 71*F medium fan. After I pulled out of the drive through the overheating warning came on.

I'm going to monitor the situation and see if any shadow codes are stored. I'm hoping it's not water pump/tstat related since I just replaced those two years ago. At least parts would be free since it's FCP...

[tracer bullet]

Originally Posted by mkeiser

I'm hoping it's not water pump/tstat related since I just replaced those two years ago. At least parts would be free since it's FCP...

Ugh, good luck. Sure does sound like the WP. I wonder about some way to monitor its spin speed, make sure it's turning, as well as communicating, in real time. Carly or some other reader.

You should definitely see some codes... I remember having a few when mine died, on both cars actually (X3 with the N55).

[mkeiser]

Originally Posted by tracer bullet

Ugh, good luck. Sure does sound like the WP. I wonder about some way to monitor its spin speed, make sure it's turning, as well as communicating, in real time. Carly or some other reader.

You should definitely see some codes... I remember having a few when mine died, on both cars actually (X3 with the N55).

confirmed water pump...

2E83 Elektrische Kühlmittelpumpe, leistrungsreduzierter Betrieb

also have a 2A87 Auslass-VANOS, Mechanik...



edit; so past Mike was dumb and ordered a Bav Auto water pump through ECS Tuning. Out of warranty and ordered before they started their lifetime warranty program. BLEH!

[Funky Cold Medina]

Originally Posted by Almuliman

Not helpful (for me trying to stay away from the control arms upgrade ). Did you go with OE or OEM arms?

I went with OEM, ECS Tuning

[Funky Cold Medina]

Originally Posted by jdt10768

I'm also interested in the ctrl arms upgrade. How $$$, and which brand did you use pls?

ECS tuning OEM, made by TRW. Cost around $400.

The front end is much more "reliable" and consistent. Stock control arms allowed for a "breaking point" when making quick maneuvers, or when near the limit on a fast sweeper (such as a highway ramp). Stock arms had a tendency to "give" and sort of upset the car. None of that with the M3 control arms.

Very much worth the money.