Picked up & installed some Lux H8 V5 adjustable bulbs today. I picked these over the 180s, as I wasn’t sure what exact output the 180s would come with – I’ve had 6000k bulbs that looked too blue, 4500s that looked spot on white, etc. The V5s, being adjustable, would allow me to tailor the…
Picked up some lug nuts a while back from my sponsor, Kami Speed – Kyo Ei Ti64 Titanium Lug nuts. These are extremely light, and feel like toys. They are almost as strong as steel, and almost as light as aluminum, so they don’t excel in one or the other. Below are some images comparing…
Got the M3’s windshield tinted and partial hood, fenders, headlights, side view mirrors, and carbon fiber roof clear bra’d – traditional for all the cars I run. The front windshield is 80%, which is very light/impossible to tell.
Fourth Autox in the M3 – was going pretty slow until I tried to be more aggressive with the throttle, after which I lopped off about a second. Car feels really good still, minimal push, really neutral. I need to get more aggressive with the throttle earlier in the event, I didn’t do that here…
Installed today – part #441581-441463. Perfect fit for the E92 M3:
Third event in the M3 – I’m noticing that I’m naturally pushing harder in my latter runs, and it’s costing me time in the form of my throttle getting too aggressive. I’m going to need to learn how to manage that on top of driving harder. I couldn’t cut a ton of time out there…
Got new roundels for the M3, knock offs from Amazon – I got them to replace the plain black Apex ones, and luckily the ones I got look OEM. The other thing I swapped was the previous owner put on some lame BMW courtesy lights in the door – of which the passenger’s side didn’t…
Second event in the M3 this season, first with Stl Solo & at Gateway MSP. Set a pretty decent time of 43.408 on my 3rd run, but couldn’t seem to match it with my later runs. Comparing later runs to it, it looks like at least my last run was nearly as fast most of…
While I really did not think the chrome grills were going to bother me, after a few pictures it started to and I decided to swap them out for gloss black ones. This is an easy mod, just requires some finesse and finger strength and a few tools. One note – I was looking at…
E9X M3 Front and Rear Brake Pad how-to. This is another simple maintenance job on the M3, with the trickiest part being the outer retainer clips. The other thing different about this car’s pads is that they come with clips that lock the pad into the caliper housing, either at the piston or the outer…
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