[Ilyam5]

ZUnsport from M3/m4 does not fit. Did anyone find one specifically for X3m?

[Kevin_The_Clean1]

Originally Posted by Ilyam5

ZUnsport from M3/m4 does not fit. Did anyone find one specifically for X3m?

The X3 & M4 are very understated & under represented on many products. I think our units have a touch more protection in this area then them. Not by much though...

[hybridel]

Fitment was 9/10

Overall I'm happy with them, I'd rather replace these if they get banged up instead of the expensive coolers they're protecting.

[BlownLSX]

Nothing like restricting airflow to the expensive coolers for some cosmetic nonsense.

[thestimp]

That will mess up your adaptive cruise control laser...FYI.

[hybridel]

Originally Posted by thestimp

That will mess up your adaptive cruise control laser...FYI.

Incorrect.

I have these installed, and all of my drivers assistance functions work as they should.

[hybridel]

Originally Posted by BlownLSX

Nothing like restricting airflow to the expensive coolers for some cosmetic nonsense.

Also incorrect, it's a mesh material with holes in it lol

My temps are fine. Mesh material isn't going to restrict airflow that much.

OP, ignore the comments from the guys talking smack that don't have these installed.

I have them installed, and they work as intended with no issues.

[JABCAT]

Originally Posted by BlownLSX

Nothing like restricting airflow to the expensive coolers for some cosmetic nonsense.

Until you take a rock or road debris to one & have to pay for a replacement. Unless you're tracking, any restriction to airflow would be negligible. I've got these on our X3MC & ordered similar screens for my M2.

[pyo]

The oil cooler is under the car and parallel with the ground, no?

No one makes a skid plate/guard specific to the X3M but you can fit an upgraded F8X oil cooler (w/ built in guard) to protect it. (e.g., Mishimoto, CSF).

[Dawgz]

Originally Posted by pyo

The oil cooler is under the car and parallel with the ground, no?

No one makes a skid plate/guard specific to the X3M but you can fit an upgraded F8X oil cooler (w/ built in guard) to protect it. (e.g., Mishimoto, CSF).

Yes the oil cooler is in the bottom. The one above that is the heat exchanger and the trans cooler right Infront.

[BlownLSX]

Originally Posted by JABCAT

Until you take a rock or road debris to one & have to pay for a replacement. Unless you're tracking, any restriction to airflow would be negligible. I've got these on our X3MC & ordered similar screens for my M2.

In my 5+ years as a BMW certified tech I have never seen a HX fail due to road debris. And I’m in the snow/road salt region. But hey if you want to waste money on a useless product be my guest.

[pyo]

Let's get back to the original topic....Oil Cooler

Originally Posted by BlownLSX

In my 5+ years as a BMW certified tech I have never seen a HX fail due to road debris. And I’m in the snow/road salt region. But hey if you want to waste money on a useless product be my guest.

Any experience with the oil cooler on the X3/4m's?
It looked pretty banged up when my ACS splitter was getting installed.

[TacosRule!]

Originally Posted by pyo

Let's get back to the original topic....Oil Cooler



Any experience with the oil cooler on the X3/4m's?
It looked pretty banged up when my ACS splitter was getting installed.

[thestimp]

Originally Posted by hybridel

Incorrect.

I have these installed, and all of my drivers assistance functions work as they should.

Incorrect, I'm an engineer that works on lidar/radar for similar applications in robotics, it may "work" but you are putting yourself at a high risk.

[strohw]

Originally Posted by BlownLSX

In my 5+ years as a BMW certified tech I have never seen a HX fail due to road debris. And I’m in the snow/road salt region. But hey if you want to waste money on a useless product be my guest.

That's like me saying, I have 20 years of riding motorcycles with over 90,000mi on over a dozen different bikes and I've never had a rock pierce my radiator. Except on my 20th year, it did happen to me on a bike I never installed a guard on. Now I'll never not put a rad guard on my bikes.

Is it likely to happen, No, but it could happen.

[JABCAT]

Originally Posted by strohw

That's like me saying, I have 20 years of riding motorcycles with over 90,000mi on over a dozen different bikes and I've never had a rock pierce my radiator. Except on my 20th year, it did happen to me on a bike I never installed a guard on. Now I'll never not put a rad guard on my bikes.

Is it likely to happen, No, but it could happen.

Exactly. I've owned over 45 vehicles and driven who knows how many hundreds of thousands of miles. I hadn't had a front splitter break or head light shattered until this year when my '22 330e got hit by a kicked up discarded tire tread causing $5k in damage. And after the repair my new front splitter was hit & cracked by road debris, and a third had the same fate in less than 4 months.

So just because someone hasn't seen it happen, doesn't mean it hasn't, can't, or won't. As already pointed out in the M2 forum, a member had his oil cooler destroyed by a rock in the first couple hundred miles. The M2 cooler is $1,600. I'll pay $300 for added protection.

[pyo]

Originally Posted by JABCAT

So just because someone hasn't seen it happen, doesn't mean it hasn't, can't, or won't. As already pointed out in the M2 forum, a member had his oil cooler destroyed by a rock in the first couple hundred miles. The M2 cooler is $1,600. I'll pay $300 for added protection.

I assume the $300 you're referring to is the zunsport set...that still only addresses half the issue. The oil cooler is also exposed from the undercarriage, from debris bouncing off the ground up into the cooler.

M2/M3/M4 have specific skid plates to guard that area. X3M does not.

So what are folks doing to protect? (Outside of upgrading to the F8x oil cooler with built in guards I listed above)

[BlownLSX]

Originally Posted by saabster2010

That’s because it lays flat and collects everything bouncing off the condenser. Also anyone that pressure washes the front and hits the top trying to clean the front opening the water will push the fins over. They make radiator fin combs to straighten them out.

[BlownLSX]

Originally Posted by JABCAT

Exactly. I've owned over 45 vehicles and driven who knows how many hundreds of thousands of miles. I hadn't had a front splitter break or head light shattered until this year when my '22 330e got hit by a kicked up discarded tire tread causing $5k in damage. And after the repair my new front splitter was hit & cracked by road debris, and a third had the same fate in less than 4 months.

So just because someone hasn't seen it happen, doesn't mean it hasn't, can't, or won't. As already pointed out in the M2 forum, a member had his oil cooler destroyed by a rock in the first couple hundred miles. The M2 cooler is $1,600. I'll pay $300 for added protection.

Congratulations, you’ve owned 45 cars lol I’ve worked on thousands over the years. Your talking an ultra rare chance a rock or something of that sorts damages the heat exchanger to the point of failure. But like I said before, go a head and spend the money on something that isn’t necessary.

[JABCAT]

Originally Posted by BlownLSX

Congratulations, you’ve owned 45 cars lol I’ve worked on thousands over the years. Your talking an ultra rare chance a rock or something of that sorts damages the heat exchanger to the point of failure. But like I said before, go a head and spend the money on something that isn’t necessary.

https://g87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=2048502

Window tint isn't necessary, are you going to start arguing against people who add tint? What about car covers, are you against those too? Maybe you should provide a comprehensive list from your vast experience of all the things that are unnecessary for vehicles so we can all save our money

[hybridel]

Originally Posted by thestimp

Incorrect, I'm an engineer that works on lidar/radar for similar applications in robotics, it may "work" but you are putting yourself at a high risk.

I'm going to disagree with you.

It works exactly the same as it did before I installed them.

[hybridel]

The guys that don't have these installed seem pretty convinced they know better then those of us that actually have the part installed 😂

Ya'll need to find a hobby