[EBf22]

love your car man; tons of great cosmetic ideas for my ride. cheers, hope you're loving it. looks sick!

[den525]

Originally Posted by EBf22

love your car man; tons of great cosmetic ideas for my ride. cheers, hope you're loving it. looks sick!

Thanks mate. Love the car

[den525]

Spent the day completely detailing the car! It's looking better than new

Bought a few new toys from carcareproducts.

1. Mintpro L15 random orbital polisher
2. Menzerna medium cut polish
3. Collinite insulator wax
4. Bowden's fine clay bar

8 long hours but well worth it!

[A'PEXi]

Any details on the part numbers and how to do the M6 paddle conversion? Do you need to remove the steering wheel?

Great build!!

[den525]

Originally Posted by A'PEXi

Any details on the part numbers and how to do the M6 paddle conversion? Do you need to remove the steering wheel?

Great build!!

The part number is 61317847210.

But oem from dealer is really expensive. I got mine from eBay. Something like this http://m.ebay.com.au/itm/141870712144

Installation is pretty easy takes 15-20 mins. No need to remove steering wheel just the airbag. (Search airbag removal here), all you need to do is switch the original module into the new paddles and put it back in.

[A'PEXi]

Thanks! Never guessed how expensive 2 pieces of plastic could be!!! Thinking twice whether or not I will take the plunge

[den525]

Originally Posted by A'PEXi

Thanks! Never guessed how expensive 2 pieces of plastic could be!!! Thinking twice whether or not I will take the plunge

It's not plastic... It's some kind of metal?

But yes it's pretty expensive... The thing is the part itself comes with a module as well, which is a waste for us because we can't use it

But in saying that, I love the look and feel of the paddles vs oem

[HandsomeDevil]

How hard was it to do the carbon fiber mirror caps?

also do you have a part# for them? Great looking car, def subscribing.

[den525]

Originally Posted by DforDiesel

How hard was it to do the carbon fiber mirror caps?

also do you have a part# for them? Great looking car, def subscribing.

I didn't get genuine mirror caps. I got them from RW Carbon. 1/3 of the cost.

Installation is very easy! No tools needed. Just pull straight and hard, and push the new ones in

[HandsomeDevil]

Originally Posted by den525

I didn't get genuine mirror caps. I got them from RW Carbon. 1/3 of the cost.

Installation is very easy! No tools needed. Just pull straight and hard, and push the new ones in

oh that's it? nice!

so it was $200 for the RW Carbon caps?

[den525]

Originally Posted by DforDiesel

oh that's it? nice!

so it was $200 for the RW Carbon caps?

Yep

[The Voice of Reason]

Originally Posted by den525

Hmmm must say I'm not a biggest fan of decals (stickers) on my car... When me and my mate ordered the carbon fibre trims, he ordered the side skirt decals for his m135i... will see how they turn out before deciding.

Did he end up putting the decals on? I'd be interested to see how they look and to hear about how long they stay, before starting to peel or fragment...

[den525]

Originally Posted by The Voice of Reason

Did he end up putting the decals on? I'd be interested to see how they look and to hear about how long they stay, before starting to peel or fragment...

Yes. My mate ended up putting the decals on. It's still on the car, after 8-9 months. I'd say if you look after it it's fine... However, he hardly washes his car, there are some stone chips on it, it doesn't look the greatest.

Maybe if you look after it, it should be fine... ? However, still a skeptic here, I just completely detailed my car 2 weeks ago, there's so much contamination all over the car especially side skirt, despite me cleaning the car weekly.

Personally I wouldn't do it, as over time the decals will fade.

[wlx]

Originally Posted by den525

Just installed a milltek race cat-back system. Sounds pretty awesome! It utilises the oem valvetronic system, so in comfort it's only marginally louder, with windows up its pretty quiet, no drone whatsoever which is what I wanted. In sport it roars, it's not obnoxiously loud, the overrun pops and pops.

Very happy with the system

Hi I'm just about to order the cat back milltek exhaust system. Just wondering if you had any problems with it so far. Thanks

[den525]

Originally Posted by wlx

Hi I'm just about to order the cat back milltek exhaust system. Just wondering if you had any problems with it so far. Thanks

No problems with it so far. Very happy with it. It utilises OEM valve control but I've removed the plug so it can be loud all the time lol.

I think for the price it's a great system.

[den525]

Have removed the Manhart MHTronik tune, have had some problems will explain further once it's all sorted.

[den525]

So had my service today with BMS Autohaus. Having owned quite a few cars now... I'd have to say Barry at BMS Autohaus is right up there at the top with Paul V (Renault owners would know him).

Well I was very impressed with the FREE pickup and drop off service they provide (Pick up can be arranged between 7-10am and drop off before 530pm). I organised for a pick up at 10am, he came on time, serviced the car and dropped the car off at 3pm.

As for servicing, it's only the 1st service, so it's pretty standard just oil and vehicle check. But very well priced compared with BMW.

Highly recommended.

[den525]

It was always going to come to this

Wonder if it's better to get a new one or go to a panel beat which will cost like a couple of hundred.

[Fabspeed Motorsport]

Wow awesome car and great thread. It's awesome to watch the car progress. Looks like I need to get that front lip and some CF mirror caps for my personal M235

[den525]

UPDATE NEW TUNE!!!

As mentioned 2 weeks ago, I returned the manhart system for a refund as it was faulty.

Today I got a Flash tune!

Got a OEtuning Flash tune from Stuart at BMR Autowerkes here in Sydney.

First impressions is it's pretty amazing! The Torque! rolling pull from around 40km/h pulls really hard. The difference from stock and jb4 (in my mate's M135i) is pretty noticeable. It's very linear like stock which I like.

Had it dyno'd as well. A faulty manhart (i think it was pulling stock number) did 219kw... The flash tune did 266kw!

Car with only a cat-back exhaust. Stock downpipe.

[HandsomeDevil]

Originally Posted by den525

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It was always going to come to this

Wonder if it's better to get a new one or go to a panel beat which will cost like a couple of hundred.

how'd you do that? Parking?

[den525]

Originally Posted by DforDiesel

how'd you do that? Parking?

My driveway is really steep.