10-12-2019, 12:49 PM | #1893 |
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Awesome Col, welcome. You are gonna love the X3 👍
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10-12-2019, 06:09 PM | #1894 |
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Fixed an outrageously tedious, persistent sticky ticky telegraph 'rattle' coming from the cupholder/charge-cubby area. I figured it was probably some fatal design flaw in surface interfaces because BMW still hates cupholders (E90, cough).
Center console lifts up easily. Chased the source down to underneath the cupholder/cubby part. The cable feeding that forward USB port is a) made from kinda-sticky rubber b) is not wrapped in cloth like other cables and wires c) is guided around almost the entire width of the cupholder part with many stiff little plastic tabs and d) was pinched below one of the guide tabs it was supposed to be wrapped around. It's a NVH field day. Solution: wrapped all the guide tabs in self-adhesive felt as well as the sticky wire wherever it might come in contact with anything along the way. Re-routed as it was supposed to be and with everything back together it's now dead quiet. Main challenge and time-suck was dealing with lots of wires and the many little plugs underneath the console.
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10-13-2019, 06:13 AM | #1895 |
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No modding, but I did give my new car its first wash today. Still waiting for the 718m wheels that should have been on the car to arrive from Germany....
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10-14-2019, 05:33 AM | #1898 | |
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10-14-2019, 09:22 AM | #1899 |
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Installed the VRSF catted downpipe.. thing was a pain! They have one design flaw.. the end of the downpipe that connects to the exhaust is actually the wrong angle degree. I understand why figment was a issue. We got it in though, took about 2.5 hours. Welding is a little amateur so I am expecting the welds to split by the time my lease is up. Car sounds perfect. Not too much louder than stock but lots of turbo noise. Here are some pics of the job!
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10-14-2019, 07:25 PM | #1901 |
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10-14-2019, 10:43 PM | #1902 |
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I went with the catted version but to be honest it isn't a true cat. Looks like they just put 2 separate screens on both ends and middle is hollow. No fumes as of yet. The fitment isn't the best so the turbo to downpipe may not be sealed correctly. Make sure they took the gasket off the stock dp and put it into the aftermarket.
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10-15-2019, 12:12 PM | #1903 |
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LoL gasket...
Is this gasket between turbo and DP or DP and exhaust pipe? The guy said he didnt see any gaskets. all he used were clamps. Also what does this gasket look alike so I know if it's still stuck to my stock DP. Also... VRSF cat is not truly a cat? So I basically paid for a catless DP with catted DP price that has less flow then catless DP? Last edited by LouKango; 10-15-2019 at 12:25 PM.. |
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10-15-2019, 06:37 PM | #1904 | |
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It is catted but not a true cat lol. It does get the fumes gone and quiet the car down slightly. |
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10-16-2019, 07:58 AM | #1906 |
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anyone install red start/stop button?
how do you remove it? |
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10-16-2019, 08:27 AM | #1907 |
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I think most people use stick clay to just pull it out. My red button should be coming in and hopefully the sticky clay is included like some seller on amazon.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/153557524822 if you goto that link... scroll down and it shows the steps. |
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10-17-2019, 08:42 AM | #1909 |
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Got the red button in.
My order came with a suction cup thats attached to a ring to pull out the OEM button but the suction was not strong enough so I had to use a 3M molding tape on the suction cup to pull out it out. Very easy. |
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10-17-2019, 09:01 AM | #1910 |
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nice, i place my order last night thru amazon.
it should arrive tomorrow and it comes with sticky clay along with obdlinkmx for some coding. AND im going to try this hydroslick wax and ceramic coating infused together... suppose to be easy to apply |
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10-17-2019, 09:43 AM | #1911 |
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The suction cup is to use when installing the new button - makes it easier to hold and line up -- you are correct it doesn't have enough suction to remove the button.
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10-17-2019, 10:42 AM | #1912 |
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Also which wax did you order? Last edited by LouKango; 10-17-2019 at 11:04 AM.. |
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