BMW E87 130i M Sport

[Scuba Steve]

You be pimping now boyo
Looks good

 

[Deezer-D]

If Im cruising about on the roads at the wkd and I see a tidy black 1 series with all the windows down and music pumpin out, I'll know you got it fitted LOL!!

I'm too old for that carry on

 

[Deezer-D]

You be pimping now boyo
Looks good

Cheers Steve

 

[richie_mck]

Cheers Eamon Don't know what caused the scratches. Could have been anything really, although these ones were quite odd

do you clay the car often? It looks like the sort of marks you'd get from concentrating on removing something like tar. Good work to bring it back

 

[Deezer-D]

Cheers Richie. Wasn't done by claying or tar removal. The car is parked up the entry behind the office so could have been anything rubbing up against it. Gone now though

During the the machine polishing I had one of the pads delaminate and 2 more when they were washed. Contacted Maguiars via Detailing World and they asked me to send the pads back to them for inspectio. Just had a call to tell me they're replacing the pads FOC. Hard to beat good customer service

 

[Crimson]

I'm too old for that carry on

Ha! you say that now, we'll see when you get the new ICE upgrade fitted

 

[Nigelo]

I've been thinking about these as my next upgrade..

http://www.germaniks.com/speakers/gladen-one-201-bmw-extreme/

 

[Deezer-D]

Think I'll stick with the Alpine, bit too pricey that for my pockets! Could get me half a diff ;-)

 

[Nigelo]

Yeah, true at that, just get a quaife and fire it in! My car's been off the road a week now, just waiting for the engineering comp to get my driveshaft shortened and the rear cv refurbed. Feels like an inside part of me has died with all the fuss over this M3 subframe malarky. Still not even sure that'll be the end of it.

 

[Deezer-D]

Sounds like a right ballache! Fingers crossed it works. It's a cheap way of getting a rear M3 chassis if it does work. The Quaiffeis the simplest solution for me though.
I've just found out Evolve can now map a 125i coupe to the same bhp as a 130i (same engine except BMW neutered it) which would make for my ideal package. NA engine, coupe body and no turbo / HPFP / waste gate issues to worry about.

 

[Nigelo]

My wastegates rattle on cold start up, blame going catless as I could hardly hear any rattle before that. But the turbos and fuel pump have been grand. Would you still not think of a 135i? 400bhp for about £600 of mods?

 

[StevenMc29]

Sounds like a right ballache! Fingers crossed it works. It's a cheap way of getting a rear M3 chassis if it does work. The Quaiffeis the simplest solution for me though.
I've just found out Evolve can now map a 125i coupe to the same bhp as a 130i (same engine except BMW neutered it) which would make for my ideal package. NA engine, coupe body and no turbo / HPFP / waste gate issues to worry about.

Is there a 125i hatch?!

 

[Deezer-D]

My wastegates rattle on cold start up, blame going catless as I could hardly hear any rattle before that. But the turbos and fuel pump have been grand. Would you still not think of a 135i? 400bhp for about £600 of mods?

Still aiming for a 135i but nice to have the option of an NA coupe too

 

[Crimson]

Is there a 125i hatch?!

Yup

 

[Deezer-D]

Is there a 125i hatch?!

Nope.

 

[Deezer-D]

Yup

Not in the E8* series. The F2* has a 125i

 

[Crimson]

Doh! I was thinking of the F series

 

[Deezer-D]

Bit of an update -
Started into the Alpine upgrade this morning. Got the tweeters and mids installed and replaced the broken door card clips on the drivers side then it rained for a change!

It stopped raining for about an hour after the Lions match so nipped outside and started a bit of wiring. Got all the trim removed and have the loom pulled through to the front door cills on both sides. Connected up the earth and just need to make the battery connection and the connections to the existing wiring. Managed to give under the back seat a good Hoover and found £2.60, 1 Euro and the lid of a Bud bottle!
Amp wired up and stuck down. So far it's taken me about 90 minutes and I reckon an hour at the most will finish it as I plan to solder the connections. Maybe get it finished tomorrow but need to do a bit of reading up on which wire connects to which on the loom.

 

[Deezer-D]

So got finished today. All in it took about 2.5 hours

Amp in

Then I had to locate the wires BMW left on the existing wiring loom for connecting the Alpine harness

Was going to solder the connections but my soldering iron uses butane gas and I'd none left so used crimp connectors which is what the kit comes with anyway. Initially had the wires connected the wrong way round and I had no sound, swapped the HU and Sub wires over and job done.

Then wrapped it all up in cloth tape again to keep things tidy

Job done. At first and at low volumes I thought there wasn't a great difference in sound compared to my previous setup with the hifi tweeters fitted. That was until I turned the volume up. It sounds very, very good. I'm well pleased and its very good value for money.

 

[Deezer-D]

Was going through my photobucket account looking for a pic and found these, so a couple of before and after pics of how the car has "evolved"

Before

After

Before

After

Must get some better pics in a better location

 

[Lyons]

Some difference in the side on before/after!

 

[Deezer-D]

Some difference in the side on before/after!

There certainly is - new brakes (no more chavvy red calipers) spacers, pimp tints removed, proper tyres, lowered a touch, paint sorted, spoiler removed and wheels refurbed

 

[Crimson]

Wow!!! Some turnaround Dave!!

Before:

After:

 

[Deezer-D]

Cheers Crimson I was shocked myself at the difference. This car was described as "mint" in the for sale ad

 

[Aidan316i]

Is there a difference? Looks the same to me!

Only joking, looks great! Lovely 1er! Hope to see it at a meet/show soon!