The Random E46/ZHP Question Thread

[pedro2u]

I just went out and looked at mine. It looks about in the same position as your picture, but my boot comes up higher - up over the flare in the shaft of the stick that you show exposed. I had to pull the boot down just to see the flare, and it popped right back up when I let go of it

[BMWCurves]

How uh...how often do you y'all change the cabin air filter? Mine's going on 4.5 years old, but only has ~30k miles on it.

[NYRhockey]

Your car isn’t a white sedan is it? I’ve encountered the electrical tape shift knob once before...

Nopers. I got the best and fastestest color, Imola

[NYRhockey]

I’d be hesitant to hit it with anything forceful. Can you feel it/hear it go into its guides, and it’s just not going down far enough?

I tried a hand towel and mallet without too much force but it does not go down further. When i look inside the know it has that male track that looks like would fit the female on the shifter but does not appear to be fully aligned. When i watched a couple of videos of people changing their shifter, i notice the new ones slide down very easily, almost like they just drop in place, and then it's just a hard tap to secure it. When i tried putting mine on it's much tighter from the start, almost like the know is thinner than the shifter bar. Then when it does not go any further down, there is no wiggle left/right and feels pretty secure, but then there's that awful gap. I gave up and put the old know back in and sits in just fine without the gap, but did notice it does not have the male track in it.

[NYRhockey]

You know where to go if you want some help or a 2nd pair of eyes.

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haha, for realz. This week stinks but i'll hit ya up next week

[704sw]

How uh...how often do you y'all change the cabin air filter? Mine's going on 4.5 years old, but only has ~30k miles on it.

25k-30k I think is the recommended interval?

Interestingly when I replaced them in my old man’s E60, iDrive automatically reset the service alert for 60k. Definitely nowhere near that long in the E46.

[NYRhockey]

Guess there’s still a gap with the old knob just not as pronounced




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[Vas]

How uh...how often do you y'all change the cabin air filter? Mine's going on 4.5 years old, but only has ~30k miles on it.

Every other oil change so 15k. Fcpeuro ftw

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[ZHP_Brandon]

Guess there’s still a gap with the old knob just not as pronounced




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Maybe the shift boot is just tired, especially if it’s original.

I can genuinely tell you a new shift boot is so pleasing to the eye, can’t imagine a new knob and boot together lol

If your against spending the money, double check with coby how much it is. Might be worth it to just hot glue it onto your current frame if yours is yellow/sun faded already.


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[NYRhockey]

Maybe the shift boot is just tired, especially if it’s original.

I can genuinely tell you a new shift boot is so pleasing to the eye, can’t imagine a new knob and boot together lol

If your against spending the money, double check with coby how much it is. Might be worth it to just hot glue it onto your current frame if yours is yellow/sun faded already.


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Good call on the boot. Not sure if it's original but could very well be the reason for the gap. Might be worth getting a new boot to go with the knob. Quickly checked out coby and a leather boot (i think look nicer than alcantara) are $30 + (i assume) shipping, so pretty reasonable.