[Sebis]

Paid $450 to repair a 4 inch long dent left by some ass*ole during Christmas. Luckily, the M2 paint job is great and the minor scratch left behind was easily taken out with polishing.

On the other hand, the ass*ole left quite a bit of paint behind… that is going to need body shop repair.

[DrewNewM2]

Originally Posted by M_Power Rob

https://r44performance.com/products/...81-g82-g83-g87

Damn that’s a lot of $$ for fender liners.

[DrewNewM2]

Originally Posted by mastermason11

Installed my new shoes, yellow LED and r44 style fender liner mod…

Looks great. What are the wheels specs, offsets? Spacers?

[mastermason11]

Originally Posted by DrewNewM2

Looks great. What are the wheels specs, offsets? Spacers?

20x10 +1
20x11 +8

No spacers

[J-RO]

Originally Posted by M_Power Rob

https://r44performance.com/products/...81-g82-g83-g87

Thank you very much. I never knew they something like that existed.

[mrdudley]

Originally Posted by DrewNewM2

Damn that’s a lot of $$ for fender liners.

You can find them for way less on AliExpress

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806155437434.html

[M_Power Rob]

Originally Posted by mrdudley

You can find them for way less on AliExpress

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806155437434.html

R44 uses actual oem liners and modifies them. I would pay the extra for perfect fitment any day over Ali junk.

Hell, want to save money, do a DIY, cut out the vents and replace with screening yourself.

You know what they say, garbage in, garbage out (not that I am looking to spend extra when not needed but its MY feeling and opinion that Ali and ebay should be avoided. I have personally seen too much junk coming from them. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...).

[Squidget]

Originally Posted by sammyj

The only change to the instructions above is that you don't need to choose the M3, Bimmercode now has M2 support natively and works perfectly here.

My memory dims, IIRC when the M2 support came out, at least one thing was missing, so I went back to using the M3 anyway. Works fine.

Since I don't remember what setting was missing, I can't ask if they fixed it, lol.

[Squidget]

Originally Posted by M_Power Rob

You know what they say, garbage in, garbage out (not that I am looking to spend extra when not needed but its MY feeling and opinion that Ali and ebay should be avoided. I have personally seen too much junk coming from them. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...).

I tell people it's more like a crapshoot. Sometimes the Ali stuff is fine! It's not ALWAYS bad, and your budget is capped, it can be better than nothing. Probably.

Assuming you are only leasing for 3 years, put as much crap junk on there as you want.

BUT, if you are a long term owner, I strongly recommend the good stuff. The higher price is worth it not just because of quality, but also vendor support and longevity.

[M_Power Rob]

Originally Posted by Squidget

I tell people it's more like a crapshoot. Sometimes the Ali stuff is fine! It's not ALWAYS bad, and your budget is capped, it can be better than nothing. Probably.

Assuming you are only leasing for 3 years, put as much crap junk on there as you want.

BUT, if you are a long term owner, I strongly recommend the good stuff. The higher price is worth it not just because of quality, but also vendor support and longevity.

Fair assessment. I would however be concerned with the longevity of anything from Ali.

[tylerdurdem]

One time my car booted me out of MDM after getting very slightly squirrely in the rain. I've gotten it way more sideways without that happening, not sure what the deal was.

[EngineerTheVoid]

Installed a BlendMount and MirrorTap for my R7.

[abrandonment]

I'm looking for a mirror tap that terminates to USB C.. yours doesn't does it?

[EngineerTheVoid]

Originally Posted by abrandonment

I'm looking for a mirror tap that terminates to USB C.. yours doesn't does it?

This one is the RJ-11 connector.

Originally Posted by M2siast

Looks good. It remains always on, right? Just to make sure I didn’t plug it in incorrectly.

It turns off after a few minutes. It needs to be tapped into the black connector, not the red one. See here: https://g20.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1663910

[M2Jorge]

These are the parts I’ll be installing tomorrow, excited to see how everything will come out.

(Yellow DRL modules not shown)

[M2Jorge]

Added some ambient lighting today from Infinite Autowerks.

They actually work, previously I had aliexpress ambient lighting which did not work.

[JMcLellan]

Day 2 of having the car. Trying to pile miles on to get to the break in service quicker. Today was starting to figure out what the shift points are to keep the revs under 5K RPM's. The car is pissed and wants me to floor it and rev it up to redline......or maybe it's me that's pissed about that?

[NovaChris]

Today I notice a door ding that cracked the paint. I’ve had the car since Thursday and have driven it 4 times.

Hopefully the last door ding, but probably not.

[M2 CCO]

Originally Posted by M2Jorge

Added some ambient lighting today from Infinite Autowerks.

They actually work, previously I had aliexpress ambient lighting which did not work.

Attachment 3371320

Looks great! Did you need to code it or did they work right after install?

[M_Power Rob]

Picked up car with full Stage 2 tune complted, only pending installation of the Eventuri intake. Front and rear IND cf painted roundels also added. Car is daaaamn fast.

[GG87M2]

Originally Posted by M_Power Rob

Picked up car with full Stage 2 tune complted, only pending installation of the Eventuri intake. Front and rear IND cf painted roundels also added. Car is daaaamn fast.

Tell us more! What tune?

[M_Power Rob]

Originally Posted by GG87M2

Tell us more! What tune?

Tune is by DME Tuning (ecu and trans). Evolution highflow catted downpipes, CSF oil & trans cooler, Carbahn heat exchanger, colder plugs and a BMC drop in filter for now. Already had the Valvetronic valved sport exhaust system (catback).

Eventuri will go on later this month or in February and tune will be tweaked to match.