Canadian e92 335i noob build

[carloverp]

hey everyone, figured it was time for an update. I ve been stupid busy with renovations and school so much that I havent even had time to visit the forums. Anyways, got around to doing a little maintenance, changed all the spark plugs and coil on cylinder two, which fixed a misfire that I was getting Also managed to lower the front end a bit, but it doesnt really make much of a difference because the front fenders just sit on the tires. trying to figure out a way to be able to tuck a little in the front. My current rims rub on the calipers without a 10mm spacer sooooo idk. Had a little time to go out to a few meets and snapped a few pictures. Met up with another guy in town who used to go to high school with me and we managed to get a few great photo's as well as the main street in our town was closed down for a car show and I stuck around until the end to take some great pictures Enjoy

[carloverp]

So I figured its time to do some updates. Ive been so busy running around that I havent had much time in the last few weeks to work on the car. Just got around to doing some stuff here and there. Anyways, I picked up a set of CCW Classics in 18x9 +32 (2.5" lip) and 18x10 +25(3.5" lip). Ive been back and fourth with the tire shop trying to figure out what sizes to go, I fitted the wheels and decided that Im definitely going to need spacers, especially in the front because the calipers rub on the rims

Took the faces off the rims and got them powder coated a flat black, mostly because I was too lazy to polish them, and I wanted to try them in black.

I took a trip down to the big city (Toronto) over the weekend and picked up a pile of 5mm spacers, because that was all that was in stock. I figure it will give me some wiggle room to play with. I was really hoping for a flush fitment with the body, but after many tries it seems that my front rims just aren't wide enough to stretch a tire which im comfortable running. I decided to go with 235-40-18 and 225-40-18 for now and tuck. Im going to keep searching for a set of lips to go on the front, probably 4.5" lips and then just throw the 10" wide wheel in the front and the 11" wheel in the rear. This will allow me to run a stretched tire and not rub. BTW if anyone has a set of lips in that size I will gladly take them off your hands I dont feel like buying them new, too pricey.

I also ordered a set of 90mm studs from Turner Motorsport, along with a set of open end lugs. They showed up today and I was practically waiting on the driveway for the shipping truck to arrive

While I was in Toronto I also managed to snatch another trunk lid, and a CF csl type spoiler. Im hoping to fabricate a full metal csl trunk this summer, and i threw the csl lip on just for now. Im fairly satisfied with it, the gaps a little too much for my liking, but Im really hoping to have some free time soon so that I can get to work on it.

















I had a set of 245-40-18 on the rears just to try the fitment, I belive in that last picture its on with a 10mm spacer. I also found someone local to get a fender roller from, which I will be using probably sometime later this week to roll the rears, as it is the lips touch the insides of the fender just a bit.

So my to do list this week:
1. Get my new tires mounted
2. Get rear fenders rolled
3. Lower the front of the car by about an inch, will see once wheels are fitted.
4. Raise rear just slightly
5. Fix small leak in rear passenger bag
6. May have to adjust camber in the rear just a tad
7. Find a set of lips for the front rims.

[carloverp]

Oh yes, it will look great

Haha thanks man, Im really excited to see how it turns out

[Fuzis]

Thanks Man! I get a lot of thumbs up around town


Ive been looking into CCW, Ive always wanted a set and I think its about time a get one. Probably CCW Classics

Oh yes, it will look great

[carloverp]

Loving that trunk setup!

Renato
Team TWM Performance

Thanks, I still have to clean it up a bit and take some more pictures, maybe add an accuair sticker or two

[carloverp]

Looks amazing on air! Nice car.

Thanks Man! I get a lot of thumbs up around town

Looks promising! Any ideas on wheels?

Ive been looking into CCW, Ive always wanted a set and I think its about time a get one. Probably CCW Classics

[TWM Performance]

Loving that trunk setup!

Renato
Team TWM Performance

[Fuzis]

Looks promising! Any ideas on wheels?

[JJ.]

Looks amazing on air! Nice car.

[carloverp]

You've had quite the selection of cars.

Haha yeah, I get bored too quickly. We will see how long this car will last

[ashtuzhed]

You've had quite the selection of cars.

[carloverp]

So I made some more progress with the car this week. I got all the wiring completed and my air line and leader lines finally came in. I had some issues with the fitting for the leader lines so I went down to the auto parts store and got some female/female adapters. Got everything installed. Had some fun trying to get the old struts out, took me about 3-4 hours a side. Finally got all the struts installed and ran the air line. Cleaned up the trunk, and the interior and got to test the system. I had some leaks with the fittings at first, and it was super late at that point so I called it a night. Came back the next day with a good friend of mine and took apart all the fitting and resealed them and made ure they were on super tight and WALA! No more leaks.
I still have to lower the front and run some negative camber, but Im going to hold off until my rims come in. Super excited to see what it will look like when its all done. I ve been going through forums quite a bit and looking for a good set up to run, I dont think im going to do anything too aggressive. Probably a 18x9 in front and 18x10 in the rear with a mild offset +25 or so. Id like for the rear to tuck, and probably have the front lips be level with the fenders. Worst case, I will get some spacers or look for some more aggressive rims. My hands were covered in grease when I was removing and installing the struts so I didnt snap any pictures of that, but I will once i go to lower the front. Anyways here are some pictures.

[fifty3bags]

After some more digging, I found out that both the purple (Headlight) and orange (IGN 12v) can be ran to the cigarette lighter. I think I will give it a go tomorrow and see if anything special happens.

I believe this is what I did with both my headlight and ignition wires.

[carloverp]

After some more digging, I found out that both the purple (Headlight) and orange (IGN 12v) can be ran to the cigarette lighter. I think I will give it a go tomorrow and see if anything special happens.

[carloverp]

I want to apologize in advance for my crappy phone pictures, I dont own an actual camera and sometimes forget to take pictures as Im going along.
So I made some progress since my last post, I'm still waiting on leader and airline to come in so I decided I would tackle the wiring for now and get everything in place for when the airlines come. I was looking through the wiring diagram while trying to sort out this mess, it was really confusing at first, but i broke it up into sections and figured almost everything out. I also took all the carpet out of the trunk tofigure out where to best mount everything and where to route the airline once it comes in.







Also I forgot to mention my airtank came back from powdercoat and it looks incredible.



I drilled some holes for the air tank, then used a box cutter to make a cross shaped cut so that I wouldn't tear the carpet all to sh*t. I had some bolts that I planned to use for mounting the tank but they were too long, so I cut them with a saw and used the nuts to re thread the ends that I cut lol. I also realized, once I had mounted the tank, that I mounted it crooked and should slow down on the beer.





My trusty kerosene heater, its still a little chilly here in Northern Ontario.



I mounted the VU4, digiguage, ecu. Took me a few tries to get them to clear the gap in my trunk. Then I started sorting all the wires, of which I forgot to take pictures, but I promise to have some for my next post. After I kinda got the wires sorted and I was happy with how everything mounted, I went on to pull my center console and rear seats out to run the wire for the digiguage and switchspeed remote up to my dash.











I drilled a hole where my cig lighter is to allow for the wire for the digiguage to run through and I think Im just going to use some double sided tape to place the gauge into the ashtray. It fits fairly snugs as it is, but I don't want it rattling and this way I can just close the ashtray for a cleaner look inside.







I tore the backseat out and found some loose change and half smoked cigarette butts lol. Im going to vacuum out everything before I slap it all back together.





It was a really tight squeeze for me in the backseat as Im 6 ft 220lbs, and I managed to take as good of a picture as I could, but looking at it now Im very disappointed in myself
Anyways, thats a picture of whats under the armrest, which is where my switchspeed wire is going to run from, and I will keep the remote in there.



Im still tying to figure out where to wire in the Ignition 12v (black arrow) and the wire that says Headlight on it (red arrow), I called Ken at powersource and he briefly went through it but I was half in the bag and forgot to write it down. If anyone could give me some direction on this as it pertains to an e92 335i, after a brief online search I have yielded zero results. It would be greatly appreciated.