William's 330Ci ZHP Maintenance and Project Thread

[704sw]

(By now I expect everyone here knows how ridiculous it is for me to try making light of it)

[slater]

• A few weeks ago, I cut a curb too close and caused a pretty darn large scratch on the passenger side skirt near the rear wheel. The corner of the curb was broken and one piece stuck out beyond my field of view and I just nicked it. Very frustrating. I think at some point I'm going to have to have that side skirt, along with the front bumper, repainted.
• I took my car up to Snohomish, WA to look at a winter beater for my father and did the trip. He didn't end up buying the beater but my car ran like a top up and back. Also took a trip out the coast and back, no issues there either
• I drove briefly with my sister's winter studs on my car so I could get to work last week. It is making me want a LSD even more, it was a close call not being able to get up my out of my hill.

bummer about the scratch. i did something similar to the lower passenger side of my front bumper on the Touring, about 2 months after getting it painted. stupid. having it repainted this spring/summer, along with probably the entire rest of the car......

agreed on the LSD - it makes the car so much more usable in the snow. the downside is.... if you can call it a downside... you just want to drive sideways all the time.

[704sw]

the downside is.... if you can call it a downside... you just want to drive sideways all the time.

That doesn’t sound like a downside to me.

[slater]

That doesn’t sound like a downside to me.

it is when there's other traffic on the road.

[704sw]

it is when there's other traffic on the road.

Your car is Japanrot. This “other traffic” should know to watch out

[slater]

Your car is Japanrot. This “other traffic” should know to watch out

LOL, agreed.

[johnrando]

Lol.

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[BMWCurves]

Some new updates:

• The passenger side mirror is no longer responding to my mirror control, nor is it performing downward tilt when the car is in reverse. I discovered it this morning when I looked over and my passenger mirror was all the way up. Not sure what that's about, as it was definitely working a week ago. I also noted that my driver's side mirror, which does respond to the mirror switch, does not react to my seat position memory button. Hmmm...
• The upper bolt/screw/reverse-torx looking thing that holds on my driver's side door is loose.
• I have an appointment on Tuesday to have the front right hub threading retapped because I inadvertently cross-threaded it I plan to have my indy look into the top two items while it's there.

[slater]

Some new updates:

• The passenger side mirror is no longer responding to my mirror control, nor is it performing downward tilt when the car is in reverse. I discovered it this morning when I looked over and my passenger mirror was all the way up. Not sure what that's about, as it was definitely working a week ago. I also noted that my driver's side mirror, which does respond to the mirror switch, does not react to my seat position memory button. Hmmm...
• The upper bolt/screw/reverse-torx looking thing that holds on my driver's side door is loose.
• I have an appointment on Tuesday to have the front right hub threading retapped because I inadvertently cross-threaded it I plan to have my indy look into the top two items while it's there.

bummer about the mirror. i'm curious to hear the outcome, because i've got an inop passenger mirror on the Touring, and both mirrors inop on the X3.

for the last two items - go pick up an E8-E12 torx socket set and an M12x1.5 tap - they'll be handy to have later on (especially the torx sockets). retapping the hub for the wheel bolt should be pretty easy - maybe a 5min job.

[anandoc]

Some new updates:

• The passenger side mirror is no longer responding to my mirror control, nor is it performing downward tilt when the car is in reverse. I discovered it this morning when I looked over and my passenger mirror was all the way up. Not sure what that's about, as it was definitely working a week ago. I also noted that my driver's side mirror, which does respond to the mirror switch, does not react to my seat position memory button. Hmmm...

If you have PA Soft, pull the codes. The GM module should have something logged for the mirrors. I know mine did when my driver's side mirror motor crapped out leaving my passenger side mirror in-op.