My 2010 Monaco Blue E90 335i

[Steven_318ti]

Those are stunning

Although the cars so subtle, I think yellow centre caps would be overkill, calipers would be more than enough...

[parttimeprojectionist]

oh shit!

[Hugger]

Here's a slightly better pic of the car, filthy as can be.





And I can't hold it in. Here's my completed wheels

Any feedback is appreciated. Thinking about doing the centercaps yellow along with the brakes but I'm not 100% on that yet. So excited to get these in!!!!

[nsogiba]

That looks really, really good on the stock wheels.

[Steven_318ti]

Loving this, that CSL bootlid was an awesome bit of luck What wheels are you going for?

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So here's a much awaited update guys;
Finally got the full air ride on.

This go-round we're at LS E39 John's house.
We started with taking off the wheels, obviously. However something always has to mess up when I work on it....
Your wheels might be severely over-torqued when..


John actually working


Me taking pics for the 'Gram


WE IN BIDNISS


Run lines to the passenger front and realized I didn't have enough line, needed about 12 more feet Fast forward to today when the semi-truck parts stores are open, I found someone with 15 feet left on a reel Go back to John's and finish today.



Will try to get better pics when I get a chance to, and I really need to figure out how to get my front lower because I'm not 100% happy with it right now. With the rear where it's at I should sit fender to lip in the rear with a little camber so that will work.

Get home from finishing the bags, and get hit with a pic of my completed wheels. I'M SO HYPE. Should I post a pic or nah? Kinda wanna wait till they're on the car but maybe not

[Fons]

Well that's sad to hear, my condolences to you. Hopefully working on your car can keep your mind of things for a bit, it's getting better every week. Keep it up!

[Hugger]

Hurray!!! I'm putting this on RIGHT now.


Hopefully front bags on tomorrow! Would work on them today but I'm attending a funeral, friend of mine at the police department in my city passed away unexpectedly. Lift his family in your Prayers If you would.

Hope to update soon!

[Hugger]

dam... nothing but bad luck. at least the tech did you a solid. hope you get it all sorted asap

I'm hoping my luck can turn around soon, getting really frustrated with the car lol.

[C2_mad]

dam... nothing but bad luck. at least the tech did you a solid. hope you get it all sorted asap

[Hugger]

Did some research, my issue looked like a fried FRM (footwell module) and it's covered under warranty until 120k miles. Thought they'd laugh in my face asking for warranty work with the air ride system hooked up, but the service tech I called happened to have a full bolt on 135i on e85, etc and said he'd look the other way for me
Got the FRM replaced under warranty and it fixed my issues, I found a proper ignition source, but now my compressor won't build over 30 psi in the tank -.- So I'm going through the tank tomorrow to find any leaks or anything that may be causing that, if not I probably need a new compressor because this one has a solid 30 hours of run time on it. I also have a red brake light on now after the FRM replacement that I have to take back to get checked out. Hopefully that's nothing serious.
Once I get the compressor situation figured out, front bags will be going on FINALLY hopefully lol. Hoping my wheels will be done in the next few days also. So lets all hope it starts to actually work out finally!

Will update asap

[Hugger]

Well I got started again on the bags yesterday after figuring out my misfire problem. So we get started or whatever and we pulled the exhaust, heat shield and the trunk pan to cut a hole for the air lines to pass through.

Didn't take anymore pics after that but we got the management all hooked up, and finally started on the bags.

Got the both of the rear bags done.


Attached the negative terminal back and hopped in to air up the rear, fired it up and now my blinkers don't work, windows won't work, none of the interior lights work, I'm getting random open door alerts, and some other bs. So now I'm chasing that gremlin in the electrical system. Won't be continuing on the bags until I get this fixed again.
Wish me luck. Will add a pic of the car aired out when I get the fronts done. It still looks almost stock height aired out with the front stock suspension on still.

Say a prayer for me so my car doesn't magically, totally unsuspiciously catch on fire and burn to the ground.

[Hugger]

So I got up to the high school today, and started on my air ride. While trying to find an ignition source for my management, I happened to short my test light to the fuel pump control module and blew the fuel pump fuse. Replaced the fuse and the car ran fine.
About an hour later I tried to leave and the car is misfiring like freaking crazy, barely running. I don't know if I fried the HPFP or roasted the whole electric system in the car or what. I'm pretty frustrated.

However on the bright side, I gave up on the air ride for now and installed the CSL trunk. Looks great



Wish me luck on fixing this misfire issue. Until it's fixed I won't be working on the air ride so I'm hoping to figure it out quickly

[Hugger]

dam that looks sweet... epic find. and to think you were still on the fence if you bought it now or not. you will be painting it a a later date correct?

I'm going to install it as full carbon and see how I like it, although I'm not a huge fan of carbon fibers look. My wheels faces are going to be grey so that may end up matching and I keep it carbon. We'll see lol

[C2_mad]

dam that looks sweet... epic find. and to think you were still on the fence if you bought it now or not. you will be painting it a a later date correct?