2007 Jerez Black BMW E92 M3
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Gemma
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@AlpineF30 apparently yes they will still do your cable with an aftermarket battery
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Looks well sir, comp pack wheels and LCI tails will look great on it, think a light tint on the rear glass would finish it off too.
Don't take away from the fact that the M4 is a great car, a slightly less interesting engine and more computerised but still an awesome motor.
Don't take away from the fact that the M4 is a great car, a slightly less interesting engine and more computerised but still an awesome motor.
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I just love these things so much. I badass V8 is just hard to beat!
Great colour combo black with red leather. Keep the wheels and forget about spacers- BMW know what they’re doing (my own opinion but I hate spacers
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Are you planning any exhaust upgrades?
Great colour combo black with red leather. Keep the wheels and forget about spacers- BMW know what they’re doing (my own opinion but I hate spacers
).Are you planning any exhaust upgrades?
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AlpineF30
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I just love these things so much. I badass V8 is just hard to beat!
Great colour combo black with red leather. Keep the wheels and forget about spacers- BMW know what they’re doing (my own opinion but I hate spacers
Are you planning any exhaust upgrades?
I am not sure, I was thinking of it but the note it makes at the moment is great so will need to see further on down the line
Haha was a few quick snaps so thought may as well then once the ABS thing went bad I needed advice
If you want to use Carly to read the codes I’m happy to meet you somewhere to use mine
I’ve a halfords trade card if you need a battery in a hurry
Is that an open offer?! I was actually searching old posts for Carly owners earlier.
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As much as I hate Halfords they had the battery I needed and as its Sunday it was either get it or wait for ECP to open. And having a trade account I got the battery for a decent price.
BMW put the date of manufacture on the negative terminal of the battery
Week 41 of 2007
Threw the battery into the car took it a run
Still need to get it registered to the car @MarkM was very kind to offer his Carly but as Halfords were late getting the battery that will have to wait for another day.
I want to put a few more miles on the car to see if this clears the ABS faults but if not will get the codes read and take it from there. But the car is definitely happier with the new battery the blower is back up to full strength and the clock is remaining.
BMW put the date of manufacture on the negative terminal of the battery
Week 41 of 2007
Threw the battery into the car took it a run
Still need to get it registered to the car @MarkM was very kind to offer his Carly but as Halfords were late getting the battery that will have to wait for another day.
I want to put a few more miles on the car to see if this clears the ABS faults but if not will get the codes read and take it from there. But the car is definitely happier with the new battery the blower is back up to full strength and the clock is remaining.
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glad you got sorted, enjoy that V8 rumble.
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Very nice, always has a soft spot for these, I love the bonnet bulge!
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So a slight update on this.
Got the new battery coded and the car is behaving a lot better now and the clock has stopped resetting so thats a win.
The ABS light is coming and going every so often and was greeted with this on Saturday morning
So after a bit of investigation it has came to light that the ABS pump has failed. A very common issue on the E9x M3 and non M.
Apparently a new pump is £1800 from BMW, won't be paying that so have the car in the shed and will remove the pump tonight and send it off to ECUTesting.com who will rebuild the pump with uprated parts and offer a lifetime guraentee for £240 so thats a good result. I will then add the documentation for the rebuild into the folder of previous reciepts the previous owner had to keep the service history up to date.
Got the new battery coded and the car is behaving a lot better now and the clock has stopped resetting so thats a win.
The ABS light is coming and going every so often and was greeted with this on Saturday morning
So after a bit of investigation it has came to light that the ABS pump has failed. A very common issue on the E9x M3 and non M.
Apparently a new pump is £1800 from BMW, won't be paying that so have the car in the shed and will remove the pump tonight and send it off to ECUTesting.com who will rebuild the pump with uprated parts and offer a lifetime guraentee for £240 so thats a good result. I will then add the documentation for the rebuild into the folder of previous reciepts the previous owner had to keep the service history up to date.
Did the very same myself, only not with my BMW... the same or similar modules ended up in so many different makes and models. ECUtesting did mine in the mazda and it was a grand job!
Think it was around a week from me sending it off... day there, couple of days back, 3 days with them roughly.
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Logbook arrived. After hearing a few people having issues with getting theirs I am pleased it came in 3 weeks.
Car is now off the road for probably 10 days.
I removed the ABS pump and have it sent away so waiting it coming back.
Left the car off to give it an inspection for its MOT as its due in January and will get the ABS pump refitted by my mechanic mainly because I can’t be assed bleeding the brakes after the new pump is fitted and the brake fluid is flushed and replaced.
I really need to get the CIC retrofitted and the combox retrofitted as the individual audio option is fantastic much better than the Harman Kardon in my M4. Only thing that lets it down is the AUX port is analogue and theres a lot of static picked up from my phone so need to get it sorted where I can plug my phone into the USB and control everything from the iDrive and its a digital signal.
Car is now off the road for probably 10 days.
I removed the ABS pump and have it sent away so waiting it coming back.
Left the car off to give it an inspection for its MOT as its due in January and will get the ABS pump refitted by my mechanic mainly because I can’t be assed bleeding the brakes after the new pump is fitted and the brake fluid is flushed and replaced.
I really need to get the CIC retrofitted and the combox retrofitted as the individual audio option is fantastic much better than the Harman Kardon in my M4. Only thing that lets it down is the AUX port is analogue and theres a lot of static picked up from my phone so need to get it sorted where I can plug my phone into the USB and control everything from the iDrive and its a digital signal.
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Not much to report yet car is still sitting withou an ABS pump.
ECU Testing text me on Wednesday to say they have the pump so hoping for an update soon
Also have been pricing up the CIC retrofit.
Anywhere I ask seems to say you are looking at £1000 to get it done with the parts and the labour on top of that if you can’t code it or DIY yourself.
Been keeping an eye out on eBay as I was going to just picks up the bits individually as it would work out cheaper.
Cheapest full kit I could find was £700 and he refused to post to NI.
Saw this pop up and had no bidders so stuck a bid in last second and won it.
Won it for £400 and thats the whole kit including CIC head unit, CIC HD Screen, CIC iDrive controller and all the required cabling and a USB slot so it was a bargain seeing as the cheapest CIC headunit I could find on its own was £299 so very pleased.
ECU Testing text me on Wednesday to say they have the pump so hoping for an update soon
Also have been pricing up the CIC retrofit.
Anywhere I ask seems to say you are looking at £1000 to get it done with the parts and the labour on top of that if you can’t code it or DIY yourself.
Been keeping an eye out on eBay as I was going to just picks up the bits individually as it would work out cheaper.
Cheapest full kit I could find was £700 and he refused to post to NI.
Saw this pop up and had no bidders so stuck a bid in last second and won it.
Won it for £400 and thats the whole kit including CIC head unit, CIC HD Screen, CIC iDrive controller and all the required cabling and a USB slot so it was a bargain seeing as the cheapest CIC headunit I could find on its own was £299 so very pleased.
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Keep posted how you get on with the CIC install as it is something i will be looking to do with mine next year possibly
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What do you use for coding @AlpineF30 ?
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For the CIC retrofit @Nickyyy will be using NCSExpert as I have to modify the vehicle order of the car to accept the new CIC, as the production date has to be changed to 2009 as thats when the CIC was introduced so in order for it to appear the vehicle order needs to be changed of that of at least a 2009 car and I don't think Carly offers this.
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Interesting! Is it expensive? is that all that needs done coding wise?