[swreefkeeper]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Source? There was somebody on bimmerpost that I previously got black badges for the E90, but I can't find it now.

You can purchase them directly from BMW now. 51-14-2-472-833 for M40i and 51-14-2-472-831 for X3

[TX3M]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Second coat of ceramic glaze.





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Great picture, the reflection of your bike is really cool!

[jjjoootttaaa]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Source? There was somebody on bimmerpost that I previously got black badges for the E90, but I can't find it now.

Got them from IND

[chassis]

Rotated the tires, torqued wheel bolts to 140Nm.

Adjusted tire pressure to 50psi cold.

[wdeerfield]

Finally got my black grills that i ordered from aliexpress so naturally had to wash the car as well

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by chassis

R... Adjusted tire pressure to 50psi cold.

Where did you get this recomendation?

[dinan5m3]

Originally Posted by wdeerfield

Finally got my black grills that i ordered from aliexpress so naturally had to wash the car as well

Is that replacement grills completely closes off the kidney slats area? No more air flows through? If so then are the active shutters behind the kidney grills, are they just gimmicks?

[chicagofan00]

Originally Posted by dinan5m3

Is that replacement grills completely closes off the kidney slats area? No more air flows through? If so then are the active shutters behind the kidney grills, are they just gimmicks?

I wouldn't call them gimmicks and if those grilles don't in fact open at all I would highly question how suitable they are for the airflow of the X3.

[Lady Jane]

Originally Posted by JJ 911SC

Where did you get this recommendation?

I was thinking the same thing. 50psi seems pretty high.

[Lady Jane]

Originally Posted by TX3M

Great picture, the reflection of your bike is really cool!

Thank you! I use Mother's CMX. I also did the bike and now I get a nice reflection of the X3.

[leon360x]

Originally Posted by JimPastell

Replaced the iX3-unique "side vents" for a pair of X3MC style vents from Amazon.
Next up is gloss black trunk badges and a black repaint of the wheels.

Those wheels are kinda controversial, even they do reduce air resistance but really not looking good 😌.

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

I was thinking the same thing. 50psi seems pretty high.

Not necessarily but I'll wait for the answer...

[TX3M]

Originally Posted by chicagofan00

I wouldn't call them gimmicks and if those grilles don't in fact open at all I would highly question how suitable they are for the airflow of the X3.

Agreed. The shutters behind the grilles are designed to open on purpose to permit airflow when needed. Keeping the shutters permanently open is one thing (you're still allowing airflow), but blocking the airflow altogether with that grille can't be a good idea.

[wdeerfield]

Originally Posted by dinan5m3

Is that replacement grills completely closes off the kidney slats area? No more air flows through? If so then are the active shutters behind the kidney grills, are they just gimmicks?

it is an open grill. it looks closed because of the angle and i have the active shutter system and that is current closed.

[dinan5m3]

Originally Posted by wdeerfield

it is an open grill. it looks closed because of the angle and i have the active shutter system and that is current closed.

Some close up shots when you can... it's real trip i'll say...

Maybe i'll google this up...

[wdeerfield]

Originally Posted by dinan5m3

Some close up shots when you can... it's real trip i'll say...

Maybe i'll google this up...

Here you go. you can see the active shutters closed behind the grill


I sourced these from aliexpress here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001826919684.html

you can see the openings here.


i will say this forum is definitely a different crowd from the f30 forum when it comes to mods.

[chassis]

Originally Posted by JJ 911SC

Where did you get this recomendation?

I didn’t get any recommendation. I have been doing it for years, to improve tire wear evenness and fuel economy.

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by chassis

I didn’t get any recommendation. I have been doing it for years, to improve tire wear evenness and fuel economy.

"I see" said the blind carpenter, as he picked up his hammer and saw...

[zibbit]

Cerium delete almost complete. Everything wasn't done today, but it was in the last week.

Added eBay special gloss black fender M/// badges (I'll see how they hold up). If they start to fail; I'll just remove them.


Ordered BMW X3M mirror caps and mounting rings. Painted them outdoors using 2 stage and a mini HVLP gun.


Then today I installed the mirror assemblies.






Unfortunately I had a $450 "oops" while performing modifications..


And saved the "hardest" modification for last.. I installed a newer +'19 X3M40i thicker steering wheel and airbag. It's SOOOOOOO much nicer to drive the cruck now.

[TX3M]

Originally Posted by zibbit

Unfortunately I had a $450 "oops" while performing modifications.

Don't feel bad, those mirrors are easy to break when you're changing the mirror caps.

[zibbit]

Originally Posted by TX3M

Don't feel bad, those mirrors are easy to break when you're changing the mirror caps.

I'm just glad I never broke the drivers mirror as well.. cause that could've been expensive.

[freshxdough]

Originally Posted by chassis

I didn’t get any recommendation. I have been doing it for years, to improve tire wear evenness and fuel economy.

That seems excessive... Rock hard ride, poor traction and all for what, maybe +10k out of a set of tires. Tires are a wear item and 32psi versus 50psi is a huge difference in just comfort alone. Not to mention you're already on Runflat tires.