The_Shift_Rsa
New member
This car is so neat and clean. I'm properly jealous
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Read the WELCOME ALL BMWFANATICS post.
2011 E90 320d MSport
- Thread starter Kyle
- Start date
Riaad
Events Organiser
Kyle said:
Thanks bro!
Pretty impressed with the performance on the dyno... Expected much less, TBH... :fencelook:
I can tell you from my 2c, owning 2 older BMW's means you need more disposable cash... Also doesn't help when you are as impatient as I am to do everything at once :roflol:
Riaad said:
Hahaha, what a tune.. :roflol: The financial file did pretty damn well though!
Kyle
///Member
So the car developed some pink eye, replaced both bulbs with Philips D1S replacements. After which the service light immediately turned on :hammerhead:
Booked the car in at Supertech BMW and took advantage of the oil change special as well as a brake fluid flush which was due.
Then my good friend James from Branix media was down in Durbs and took some time so chill / take some shots of my car...
Booked the car in at Supertech BMW and took advantage of the oil change special as well as a brake fluid flush which was due.
Then my good friend James from Branix media was down in Durbs and took some time so chill / take some shots of my car...
michael.joseph
Active member
:blowheart:
Still looking ultra neat
Still looking ultra neat
Kyle
///Member
So this past weekend was roadtrip time :smilebounce:
The route > DBN - JHB - Nelspruit - DBN, all in all really pleased with the way the car drove as well as the fuel economy.
Mileage milestone reached when I entered JHB, also awesome fuel economy.
Some epic driving roads heading to Nelspruit, unfortuantely the car was fully loaded with mostly the wife's luggage so I could really push :dunnoanymore:
My Alpine Brown E90 :smilebounce:
On the way back, 340km from first click to 3/4 tankraise:
Unfortunately the wife wasn't feeling so great during the trip home so fuel economy went out the window...
When we arrived back home, it was clear that a deep clean would be required to return the car to the state it was in before
So Saturday the work began!
Front end on jack stands, wheels removed in preparation for a wheel arch deep clean.
Before condition :cthulhu:
Arches were presoaked with a strong APC solution, before being agitated with various brushes and tools, they were pressure washed and this stage was repeated until the desired level of cleanliness was reached...
It was then time to focus on the front wheels
Clearly very dirty
They were rinsed and washed thoroughly with Auto Finesse Imperial 1:1, and then sprayed down with iron out which was left to dwell.
After rinsing, the wheels were treated with Auto Finesse Oblitarate to remove the tar deposits as well as old wheel weight residue.
Before
After
Wheels were then given some protection with Auto Finesse Mint Rims
This process took a little longer than intended so I could not remove the rear wheels due to time constraints, still did what I could while they were on though. I'll have to schedule this for next weekend hopefully. The car was then given a thorough wash before I could actually recognise it again :blowheart:
The route > DBN - JHB - Nelspruit - DBN, all in all really pleased with the way the car drove as well as the fuel economy.
Mileage milestone reached when I entered JHB, also awesome fuel economy.
Some epic driving roads heading to Nelspruit, unfortuantely the car was fully loaded with mostly the wife's luggage so I could really push :dunnoanymore:
My Alpine Brown E90 :smilebounce:
On the way back, 340km from first click to 3/4 tank
raise:
Unfortunately the wife wasn't feeling so great during the trip home so fuel economy went out the window...
When we arrived back home, it was clear that a deep clean would be required to return the car to the state it was in before
So Saturday the work began!
Front end on jack stands, wheels removed in preparation for a wheel arch deep clean.
Before condition :cthulhu:
Arches were presoaked with a strong APC solution, before being agitated with various brushes and tools, they were pressure washed and this stage was repeated until the desired level of cleanliness was reached...
It was then time to focus on the front wheels
Clearly very dirty
They were rinsed and washed thoroughly with Auto Finesse Imperial 1:1, and then sprayed down with iron out which was left to dwell.
After rinsing, the wheels were treated with Auto Finesse Oblitarate to remove the tar deposits as well as old wheel weight residue.
Before
After
Wheels were then given some protection with Auto Finesse Mint Rims
This process took a little longer than intended so I could not remove the rear wheels due to time constraints, still did what I could while they were on though. I'll have to schedule this for next weekend hopefully. The car was then given a thorough wash before I could actually recognise it again :blowheart:
michael.joseph
Active member
:bravo:
RAArmstrong
///Member
Your level of OCD is on another level. You might die if you see my car right now.
320d is an epic motor! Glad you enjoying her!
320d is an epic motor! Glad you enjoying her!
