[Mosaud1998]

Gonna go home and wash the car. Back in the garage, she goes. Not driving the BMW to work anymore. Too much pollen, dust (from construction), and jealous people. I'll just drive the BMW to Chicago once a week (drop my younger brother off at Depaul every Sunday) and on days I am off.

[bryansna]

DaWhole9 where did you get the mirror caps?

[DaWhole9]

Originally Posted by bryansna

DaWhole9 where did you get the mirror caps?

I got them on Amazon. The ones I saw on eBay were held on with double sided tape...the ones I got were a direct replacement and fit perfectly.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W8YLCTN...t_details&th=1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W5R92CP...t_details&th=1

[Alscoob]

Hung the E36 M3 on the wall................

Test fit until I gaet the garage sorted

[Graaf_Autowerks]

Originally Posted by Alscoob

Hung the E36 M3 on the wall................

Test fit until I gaet the garage sorted


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Was looking for something similar to hang in the garage. Subtle but stands out.

[tsbrown]

Got my tires road force balanced finally. I had Michelin PS AS4’s mounted in January and there was always a little high speed vibration both in the steering wheel and seat.

After a couple weeks had the installer rebalance, which they did, but they also showed flat spots on both rear wheels. Had those straightened and another rebalancing but there was still some vibration which I’ve lived with for about a month or so.

So I took the car to a tire shop for road force balancing yesterday. After a couple hours and rotating a couple tires on the rims they were able to get all four below the magical 20 (lbs?) metric and some below 10. It drives nice and smooth now at 80mph. Ima happy camper.

[Alscoob]

Originally Posted by Graaf_Autowerks

Was looking for something similar to hang in the garage. Subtle but stands out.

You can get various sizes & cars. This one came from here.... https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MetalWa...arch_query=bmw

But there are other sites too that make them this may be better for you... https://petrolvibes.com/collections/silhouettes/car

[dickmidnight]

i just did a nice detail on the interior. shoutout to Joe-BMW33 for hyping up P&S interior cleaner. my seats and dash look great! smells pretty good, too.

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by Warp Ten

While yes it may get you arrested today, here's some advice from a 1963 Popular Science magazine. Have to admit I may have done this once or twice while in college, changing oil in a dirt field across from the fraternity house....Bob

In the 80’s , I used to change my oil over the sewer in the street and just drain into it. We were just stupid as a society back then.

[Junebug85]

M Performance Engine Cover added...

A gift from The Zimmer - thank you mate, for the kind gesture

[Junebug85]

Bit of maintenance / repair work this morning...

Fuel Pot/Door Assembly changed out on my 2018 540ix. I've seen it more recently online, where a few people reported that theirs would not shut... mine was the opposite and wouldn't open. Not ideal when you're running low on fuel 😆

Also added a bit of Golden Wrench bling with their Motorsport Blue Billet Cap!

[Chappers 71]

Just given the G31 a wash & polish, thought I’d change it up & used the Autoglym shampoo & ultra deep shine polish, which is formulated for black/grey cars & now that CQM is now grey & not beige it worked even better

Will go dress the tyres & maybe add a coat of resin sealer in a while or first thing in the morning.
There’s the BHP Show tomorrow, which is only around a twenty minute drive so I may pop along with a thermos of tea & some cucumber sandwiches

https://bhpshows.com/

Edit:
Just finished dressing the tyres, I also used it on the black interior & under bonnet plastics, comes up lovely & smells good too

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by Junebug85

Bit of maintenance / repair work this morning...

Fuel Pot/Door Assembly changed out on my 2018 540ix. I've seen it more recently online, where a few people reported that theirs would not shut... mine was the opposite and wouldn't open. Not ideal when you're running low on fuel 😆

Also added a bit of Golden Wrench bling with their Motorsport Blue Billet Cap!

Nice. It’s the little things, even if we are the only ones who see them on fill up. I went for this one.

[bym007]

Originally Posted by Joe-BMW33

Nice. It’s the little things, even if we are the only ones who see them on fill up. I went for this one.

Exactly, very nice. Where did you get this?

And I was confused looking at Jeet’s pictures. Does one need to remove the entire filler assembly to replace the fuel cap?

[bym007]

Originally Posted by dickmidnight

i just did a nice detail on the interior. shoutout to Joe-BMW33 for hyping up P&S interior cleaner. my seats and dash look great! smells pretty good, too.

P&S interior is my goto as well for all interior maintenance cleaning jobs. Its cost effective, does it’s job well and as a bonus, smells super nice.

For anything else, I usually pull out APC in diluted form.

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by bym007

Exactly, very nice. Where did you get this?

And I was confused looking at Jeet’s pictures. Does one need to remove the entire filler assembly to replace the fuel cap?

I got mine from the dealer and used my BMWCCA discount. Yes, it’s absolutely stupid money, but I wanted it.

https://ind-distribution.com/product...-gas-cap-cover

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by bym007

P&S interior is my goto as well for all interior maintenance cleaning jobs. Its cost effective, does it’s job well and as a bonus, smells super nice.

For anything else, I usually pull out APC in diluted form.

Same, love P&S, you can put it on anything and it will clean it and wipe off including leather, vinyl, wood and glass.

I definitely have other products I’ll use from time to time on different surfaces, but it’s a pain on getting the leather stuff on the windshield etc and having grease on it. Smells great too. I do regularly use Duragloss Leather dressing on the seats as I like my ass to slide in and out to not beat the shit out of the leather.

I originally bought P&S for the steering wheel, but ironically, I love warm water and dawn better for stripping the hand shine off and getting it soft again.

[NGT2]

Originally Posted by Joe-BMW33

Same, love P&S, you can put it on anything and it will clean it and wipe off including leather, vinyl, wood and glass.

I definitely have other products I’ll use from time to time on different surfaces, but it’s a pain on getting the leather stuff on the windshield etc and having grease on it. Smells great too. I do regularly use Duragloss Leather dressing on the seats as I like my ass to slide in and out to not beat the shit out of the leather.

I originally bought P&S for the steering wheel, but ironically, I love warm water and dawn better for stripping the hand shine off and getting it soft again.

I’m gonna order some P&S. Haven’t tried that yet.

I haven’t tried water and soap for the steering wheel yet. I have pretty good success spraying some Chemical Guys leather cleaner onto a detail brush and getting it clean that way. Same with my wife’s Tartufo drivers seat. It gets shiny every 6 weeks or so.

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by NGT2

I’m gonna order some P&S. Haven’t tried that yet.

I haven’t tried water and soap for the steering wheel yet. I have pretty good success spraying some Chemical Guys leather cleaner onto a detail brush and getting it clean that way. Same with my wife’s Tartufo drivers seat. It gets shiny every 6 weeks or so.

Yeah it a very good all in one cleaner. Good to carry around. I’ve found nothing works better on the steering wheel for stripping grime than dawn. No scrubbing needed.

I do follow it up with Brick Cream.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by Joe-BMW33

I got mine from the dealer and used my BMWCCA discount. Yes, it’s absolutely stupid money, but I w̶a̶n̶t̶e̶d̶ needed it.

https://ind-distribution.com/product...-gas-cap-cover

There, I fixed it for you!

[tsbrown]

Originally Posted by Joe-BMW33

Yeah it a very good all in one cleaner. Good to carry around. I’ve found nothing works better on the steering wheel for stripping grime than dawn. No scrubbing needed.

I do follow it up with Brick Cream.

I’ve been using SwissVax leather cleaner since I had my M3 years ago. Spray on, use the brush, then wipe it off with a towel. Leaves the seats and steering wheel leather like new. It’s kinda expensive but I like it.

[NGT2]

Originally Posted by tsbrown

I’ve been using SwissVax leather cleaner since I had my M3 years ago. Spray on, use the brush, then wipe it off with a towel. Leaves the seats and steering wheel leather like new. It’s kinda expensive but I like it.

Might try this too. Expensive is okay, I don’t clean the leather seats like that every time.