The E82

[///Avi]

Man i miss my 135i

What made you part with it? That 20d you have is pretty capable though with the M sport pack.:cartel:

 

[DeadbeatFM]

Man i miss my 135i

What made you part with it? That 20d you have is pretty capable though with the M sport pack.:cartel:

My wife hated it because it's not an ideal family car... The 320d is ok but certainly not an enthusiasts car. Hoping to get an M135i or 335i by the end of the year :rollsmile:

Enjoy your car man, I'm jealous!

 

[///Avi]

Ready for the Ice-cream meet tonight:cartel:

It's going to be great to put faces to the names

 

[///Avi]

Fastest to the washbay!:cartel:

So I had a few mods done to the car recently. As you can see from my signature, I've added a JB4. This Saturday, I went to Tweek performance, the only guys willing to help me this weekend. They installed my DCIs and catless 76mm downpipes.

Apologies for the dirty engine bay, only took the car for a wash afterward and with the DCIs installed its impossible to spray the engine bay. Will clean up over the next weekend.

The catless 76mm downpipes

The catless downpipes installed

Cleaned the DCIs last week, took longer than expected to dry so only oiled them this friday evening.

The DCIs installed.

So the car now gives a great induction noise and a slight "sneeze" when coming off the throttle or changing gears. I quite like it. The downpipes haven't made the car much louder but there is a difference that I noticed. The car still screams like the straight six it is which I love and would be the only reason I leave the back end of the exhaust system stock. The performance is great in Map 5 but I suspect better fuel would give me a performance bump, which I probably don't need right now as the car lives in Map 4 (Stock tune with JB4 on for logging):tiptoe:.

This car impresses me every time I drive it. It is so responsive and pulls like a train, overtaking is a breeze in any gear.

The next thing on my list for this car is a carbon clean and to fix up all the curb rash from the previous owner. The only performance mod I would consider in the distant future would be an LSD.

Thanks for viewing:blowheart:

 

[kingh135]

car looks great bud:clapper:

 

[///Avi]

car looks great bud:clapper:

Thanks Bud, your car seems to be running strong. What work have you done on it so far?

 

[NtandoN]

Awesome car buddy :clapper:

 

[///Avi]

Awesome car buddy :clapper:

Thanks Bud!

 

[Boss Wit NOS]

Awesome car buddy :clapper:

Thanks Bud!

so why aren't there any new pix of the car..

some pix after a detail..

you getting lazy!!!!!!

 

[///Avi]

Hahaha yeah man, traveling to Secunda everyday is keeping me busy man.:thumbdo:

The weekends are just for resting now :smashScreen:

 

[///Avi]

Ready for the GP: Fanatics Birthday Brekkie Run May 2017! :cartel:

 

[cotzo]

raise:

 

[newby46]

Very neat:cartel::cartel:

 

[NAS325ci]

Car is looking great Avi

 

[///Avi]

Thank you for the kind words gents!

A small update to share with you guys! Black grills!
Before:

After:

So in the first pic if you look at the middle of the bonnet you can see the fade in the paint. I had the bonnet resprayed at VPS Randburg. Took advantage of the great special that Kuvi had.

I was a bit nervous about doing a visual mod to the car, because I've never done a visual mod with any of the cars I've owned. The car has the sports pack which has the gloss black exterior trim, I thought that the gloss black grills would look better than the random chrome I had on my car. What do you guys think?

So in the mean time, I've done rear brakes. Moranor (Sean) hooked me up with Textar pads and sensor at an awesome price. I've also installed the BMS sport oil thermo and had the CDV delete done.

The CDV delete is one of the better mods you can do on a manual car. It feels like the control is back in your hands. Had to unlearn the bad habit of driving like I have a CDV in my car :rollsmile:

Thanks for viewing guys:coolShake:

 

[sash]

Looking good Avi, have meaning to do my front grill is gloss black for .... geees forever....

 

[///Avi]

Thanks Sash! Your car is gonna look mean, do it!:rollsmile:

 

[ShaunAshley]

Hey Avi,

Did you paint your grills or buy gloss black ones.

Looking for a set.

Thanks Regards

 

[///Avi]

Hey Avi,

Did you paint your grills or buy gloss black ones.

Looking for a set.

Thanks Regards

Hi Shaun,

I bought a forum members set. It's gloss black grills, not painted. Some other forum members have had success with painting their grills, just do quick search there may be a DIY

 

[ShaunAshley]

Hey Avi,

Did you paint your grills or buy gloss black ones.

Looking for a set.

Thanks Regards

Hi Shaun,

I bought a forum members set. It's gloss black grills, not painted. Some other forum members have had success with painting their grills, just do quick search there may be a DIY

Thanks a lot.

No I am looking to buy a gloss black set and keep my chrome set for when I sell the car one day
Regards