New guy!

mike@tpc · 08-10-2014, 09:30 PM

Hi!
I just got a white M235i yesterday. Its got the auto, premium, hk and parking sensors. We currently also have a 2010 Z4 35i and Cayenne Diesel, plus I have a cherry 86 300zx and a 2009 370 race car.

I was going to get a Ram Diesel pickup, because I prefer a truck to a SUV when it comes to loading crap for the track, but then (with the help of my wife), I realized that why should I get a daily driver that I use 1 weekend per month and enjoy, but have to just live with every other day of the year, when the Cayenne is the best towing vehicle I have ever had.

I decided that although we've always had nice cars, they were my wife's drivers and not mine, and I wanted something nice. It started out between an A5 and a 428i, but they had a used 2 on the lot and I like the size a lot better.

Wound up getting a new glacier white one. Coming out of a 2013 Frontier daily. I go through cars very quickly, but I think this one might stick.

Already starting the mods. Wheels will be black and calipers a brigher blue by the day after tomorrow.

mike@tpc · 08-10-2014, 09:32 PM

also planning on turning all the non-matching silver and gray highlights to black soon, and possibly the roof too.

overcoil · 08-10-2014, 09:40 PM

What were your lift points for the garage jack?

mike@tpc · 08-10-2014, 09:43 PM

I first lifted the left side at the rear jackstand pad and lifted it enough to get the jackstand under the front pad. then I did the other side and had the front two on the pads. After that, I used the rear diff to lift the rear and put the stands under the rear pads.

mike@tpc · 08-10-2014, 09:44 PM

there really is nowhere you can see in front to jack from without taking the undertray off, and you cant do that on the ground either.

mike@x-ph.com · 08-11-2014, 01:01 PM

Welcome!!

DanG · 08-11-2014, 04:06 PM

Welcome. You bought yourself a fun car.

mike@tpc · 08-11-2014, 07:55 PM

thanks! wheels are done now, and I used some carbon fiber overlays on the badges to cover the blue, so I'm thinking a nice anti-freeze green for the calipers. I have them all stripped down and will coat them in the morning.

mike@tpc · 08-11-2014, 08:57 PM

here is a wheel with the cf overlay center cap

alz0rz · 08-11-2014, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by mike@thepowdercoater

here is a wheel with the cf overlay center cap

Better pics pls!

mike@tpc · 08-11-2014, 09:08 PM

tomorrow when I have sunlight and get everything buttoned up

08-10-2014, 09:30 PM	#1
mike@tpc Second Lieutenant 51 Rep 269 Posts Drives: white M235i Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: United States iTrader: (0)	New guy! Hi! I just got a white M235i yesterday. Its got the auto, premium, hk and parking sensors. We currently also have a 2010 Z4 35i and Cayenne Diesel, plus I have a cherry 86 300zx and a 2009 370 race car. I was going to get a Ram Diesel pickup, because I prefer a truck to a SUV when it comes to loading crap for the track, but then (with the help of my wife), I realized that why should I get a daily driver that I use 1 weekend per month and enjoy, but have to just live with every other day of the year, when the Cayenne is the best towing vehicle I have ever had. I decided that although we've always had nice cars, they were my wife's drivers and not mine, and I wanted something nice. It started out between an A5 and a 428i, but they had a used 2 on the lot and I like the size a lot better. Wound up getting a new glacier white one. Coming out of a 2013 Frontier daily. I go through cars very quickly, but I think this one might stick. Already starting the mods. Wheels will be black and calipers a brigher blue by the day after tomorrow.
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mike@tpc Second Lieutenant 51 Rep 269 Posts Drives: white M235i Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: United States iTrader: (0)	also planning on turning all the non-matching silver and gray highlights to black soon, and possibly the roof too.
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08-10-2014, 09:40 PM	#3
overcoil Major General 3081 Rep 5,580 Posts Drives: M235i 6spd Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Mid-Atlantic iTrader: (0)	What were your lift points for the garage jack?
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mike@tpc Second Lieutenant 51 Rep 269 Posts Drives: white M235i Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: United States iTrader: (0)	I first lifted the left side at the rear jackstand pad and lifted it enough to get the jackstand under the front pad. then I did the other side and had the front two on the pads. After that, I used the rear diff to lift the rear and put the stands under the rear pads.
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08-10-2014, 09:44 PM	#5
mike@tpc Second Lieutenant 51 Rep 269 Posts Drives: white M235i Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: United States iTrader: (0)	there really is nowhere you can see in front to jack from without taking the undertray off, and you cant do that on the ground either.
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DanG Major General 10847 Rep 6,981 Posts Drives: 2018 M2 AW DCT Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Seattle, WA iTrader: (1) Garage List 2018 BMW M2 [7.74]	Welcome. You bought yourself a fun car.
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08-11-2014, 07:55 PM	#8
mike@tpc Second Lieutenant 51 Rep 269 Posts Drives: white M235i Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: United States iTrader: (0)	thanks! wheels are done now, and I used some carbon fiber overlays on the badges to cover the blue, so I'm thinking a nice anti-freeze green for the calipers. I have them all stripped down and will coat them in the morning.
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08-11-2014, 08:57 PM	#9
mike@tpc Second Lieutenant 51 Rep 269 Posts Drives: white M235i Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: United States iTrader: (0)	here is a wheel with the cf overlay center cap
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08-11-2014, 09:08 PM	#11
mike@tpc Second Lieutenant 51 Rep 269 Posts Drives: white M235i Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: United States iTrader: (0)	tomorrow when I have sunlight and get everything buttoned up
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