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Originally Posted by BMWCurves
1. Gruppe M Intake only. I love the sound it makes!
2. Throwback Thursday Pic time! It's mounted right near the intake on the bumper and with the sealed GoPro shell too!
http://i.imgur.com/1DZ7l5v.jpg
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Originally Posted by BMWCurves
1. Gruppe M Intake only. I love the sound it makes!
2. Throwback Thursday Pic time! It's mounted right near the intake on the bumper and with the sealed GoPro shell too!
http://i.imgur.com/1DZ7l5v.jpg
Hey man, did you experience any power loss with the tse3? I installed mine yesterday along with a k&n drop
In filter and I noticed my car got slower. Doesn't feel as responsive as it did with the stock exhaust. I thought I was supposed to gain not lose :/.
1. Huh, well it sounds great! I suppose it really does have to do with mic placement. I'm surprised it could come through the sealed case that well. I'm planning to plop my new-to-me Gruppe M over winter break, I'm excited.Quote:
Originally Posted by derbo
2. Looks good!
When I installed the corsa exhaust I felt the engine revved more freely, could be placebo but it definitely didn't reduce the power output...Quote:
Originally Posted by Zhpabe89
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It's super weird. My vanos needs to be redone I know that. But even with the stock exhaust I could give it a little gas and it would respond quick. Now it lags. I don't get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by san
To be fair, with my fair share of driving other faster cars, it was hard to say the almost negligible difference in power. If anything, I would imagine you lose a little bit of lower end torque and gain some better performance up top since the exhaust can breathe a little better. But besides the point, I just enjoy the sound.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zhpabe89
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My ARC8 arrived today and I have scheduled an appointment for new tires Monday.
Update:
Michelin Pilot Super Sports 245/40/17 were installed on my APEX ARC8s. Apex has an unofficial program to exchange a damaged rim with a new one for 50% off MSRP. I initially emailed APEX in hopes for a discount for a cracked rim and when they replied back with this program, I could not refuse. Welding the crack would've cost me around $100 and now a new wheel was somewhere on the verge of $130. Can't argue with that! It ain't a worth post without pics, so here are 3.
http://i.imgur.com/wkqtls8h.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/OQtCb5Zh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/FmwS1j5h.jpg
Also work was slow today and I had my OBDII cable so I fiddled with NCSexpert.
I modified a few values today. In one of the coding threads, Ryan mentions modifying the MK60 gear torque values to the M3 values. I never did that and been pending for over 2 years. I added the M3 values to C04 DATEN files and threw the option 4 and 3 on the parameters. I drove it around but I have no idea if it is changed anything yet since I didn't activate DSC yet. I found it interesting when I read the KMB parameters, the SCHEWELL_2 was not present. I modified the aktiv data value from 00,FF to 01,1F per terra's suggesting in one of the older threads. This value is from a Z4 and seems to activate BFD stage3 right before ABS. I had to add it manually to the MAN file and write it in.
Code:MK60_C04:
GEARMOMENTREGLER_MAX_HA_2 wert_01 -> wert_04 Data Value 07
GEARMOMENTREGLER_MIN_HA_2 wert_05 -> wert_03 Data Value 08
AKMB_C08:
GRENZWERT_VERZ_SCHEWELL_2 aktiv Data Value 00,FF -> 01,1F
I'll have to test all of these soon.
Cheers and Happy New Years fellas!
I hope to get a new commuter soon and work on Euro City Lights for this car. :D
Still really impressed by that program.
It is the bmw software. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BMWCurves
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Originally Posted by derbo
I think he's talking about the Apex exchange program.
twasQuote:
Originally Posted by az3579
In an effort to keep the car close to Euro-Spec in terms of lighting, I am going citylights! I ordered a few items already and waiting on a few more things. I have this DIY to thank for motivating me to do it the OE way. bimmerbrothers.com/e46-m3-city-light-retrofit/
Pic of parts!
http://i.imgur.com/3V2VhAyh.jpg
Sample pic of city lights
http://i.imgur.com/onaDrTlh.jpg
Some people don't like it but I like it cause its Euro-Spec and I rather have my city lights as DRL than my highbeams at low brightness. I'm not a fan of angel eyes myself so here is the solution!
Sweet
To be fair, I like your halogen colored AE on your car. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by johnrando
Thanks!
very cool, derek! i also am not a fan of angel eyes, and the city lights look like a great DRL option (i personally use the corner lights - front and rear - for DRLs... but i like this a lot!). excited to see how it turns out! :cheers
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Originally Posted by slater
I actually run the corner lights in conjunction with my city lights as DRLs. It's an interesting effect for sure, especially since my bowls are yellow.
Also with rear DRLs. :)
Love how it turned out derek.
Total cost ?
I will post more about it in a little bit. Includes pictures too. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Vas
I decided to work on my city lights installation this past Sunday and I have to say it was a great success!
A large base of my installation was based on the instructions from one of the most detailed DIY I've seen on the web: http://bimmerbrothers.com/e46-m3-city-light-retrofit/
Parts required:
- 63128380205 City Light Housing Quantity: 2
- 61138373332 City Light Housing connector Quantity: 2
- 61130007256 Red wire + crimped pin for City Light connector Quantity: 2
- 61130006624 White wire + crimped pin for City Light connector Quantity: 2
- 61130008998 LCM Wire + crimped pin for LCM harness Quantity: 2
- 14ft Blue/Black stripe 20 ga Wire
- 14ft Green/Black stripe 20ga Wire
- 10ft Brown 20ga wire
- 2 o-ring 20ga terminals for ground
- 4 112 o-ring connectors
- 2 W5W bulbs (194/T10 5W bulbs)
- Heatshrink tubing
- (optional) Electrical tape (non-adhesive)
I ordered a little more wiring than needed (20ft) so the total cost ended up around $84 for all the parts. Bimmer brothers suggested EFIconnection for getting the wiring and I believe it was around $0.68 per foot. Shipping was a little expensive so that added a bit to the price. YMMV for pricing!
Tools required:
- Torx T20
- 10mm
- 8mm
- Philips Screwdriver
- Heatgun/Blowdryer
- Drill with at least a 1/2inch drill bit
- Filer
- Computer w/ NCSexpert working and OBDII cable.
## Remove headlights.
1st step was to remove the headlights. Remove the corners with philips screwdriver and unbolt the headlights with the 8mm socket. Remove the headlight trim panel and remove the headlight from the car. Simple :)
http://i.imgur.com/U3kGplCl.jpg
## Drill holes for city lights
I started with a small hole to be a pilot hole. I matched a bit to the city light housing diameter started to drill. I don't remember the drill bit size but it was around 1/2 inch. A small file was used to notch out the two different tab sizes. As noted by the bimmerbrothers, I used 2 112 O-rings and the OEM O-ring as the one sealing against the headlight.
http://i.imgur.com/HvBsvfwl.jpg
# Wiring
Large bulk of the installation is routing wires. I aimed to be as close to the OE wiring routes as possible. Tip: Ziptie + gaft tape to the wire help move the wire through grommets.
## Route Driver side wiring
Open up the DME black cover with the torx bit and unplug the DME and detach the white harness to access the firewall hole to the cabin. The DME box has a little nub below the opening for headlight harness. I pierced the nub with a screwdriver and routed my green wiring through here towards the DME box. Once through, I routed the wire through a half-moon shape vent on the back of the firewall. On the engine bay side, the wire was lined up with the headlight harness route to the headlight.
http://i.imgur.com/gYDXAQtl.jpg
## Inside Cabin
I removed the LCM and undid the bottom panel below the driver side. I could see the DME half-moon vent hole where I routed my green wire. I traced the wire and routed towards the LCM X12 Harness. I also ran the blue wire (passenger side) from below to meet the green wire at the end of the X12 Harness. I used the LCM pins I bought (albeit they were brown wires) and lineman spliced the wires w/ heatshrink to cover it. I opened up the harness and slipped the pins into to the LCM: Pin 45 = Green, Pin 44 = Blue.
http://i.imgur.com/qH87ogil.jpg
## Route Passenger side wiring
From the LCM, I routed the blue wire to follow the factory harness going over the steering column and through the loom to the passenger side. I dropped the glovebox and pieced one of the two nubs below the exit to the drug bin hole. Once out there, there is another grommet to route though and follow the passenger side harness to the headlight. Pic below if you need it.
## Grounds
Each side has a ground block where I could tap for the grounds for the city lights. I added an O-ring and followed the factory grounds back to the headlight harness. I didn't take a pic of this cause its straight forward.
## Citylight Connector
Tip: I used the red citylight pin connector for power and the white for ground. I soldered these together and heatshrinked the connection and plugged the pins into the citylight connector. Basically ready for a citylight!
# Cleanup: Wrap up the wires
I used some non-adhesive electric tape and regular e-tape at the ends for easier removal in the future. I wrapped the wire over the existing harness instead of pulling all the existing e-tape to redo the wires.
http://i.imgur.com/2OI0yBKl.jpg
## Passenger Side
http://i.imgur.com/XIaDsQIl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/5DdvgSLl.jpg
## Driver Side
http://i.imgur.com/EVKDgzvl.jpg
#Final connector is part of the driver harness and wrapped.
http://i.imgur.com/hB3xC6Tl.jpg
# Coding
The last portion of this DIY is to code in the pin 44/45 to work as parking lights. Originally, I set my vehicle order to EV51 (euro) and wrote the FA to the LCM. Unfortunately I ran into a snag here and the city lights would not light up. I checked with a multi-meter for continuity to see under 9ohms and voltage was at 12V. Amperage was below 1mA so I knew my wiring was correct. After about an hour of troubleshooting the main wiring to find no faults, (I also ate lunch as well) I blanked my MAN file and reset the LCM to default values on the EV51. Low and Behold! The city lights work now! Rather than be satisfied with this, I went ahead and copied the default EV51 parameters and compared it to the factory US EV53. I copied below what the actual parameters I changed to get this to work. Now I don't know if they were all necessary but I will try to figure out which one is necessary in the future when I have more time with my computer and the car.
## Differences between EV51 (Euro/Left) and EV53 (USDM/Right) LCM parameters:
https://www.diffchecker.com/0AVLNhxs
## NCSExpert parameters changed:
http://i.imgur.com/bgJstfCl.png
My E46 NCSExpert changes are listed here and show a little more detail on these parameters
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing
# Final Pictures
http://i.imgur.com/ErjfSIfl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Czc5WCNl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/rQxaezsl.jpg
All in all, this was a fun project to get the EDM setup. The City lights are now setup with warm/cold checks for bulb out warnings as well as set up as my DRL and parking lights. It also lights up with the "one side parking light function." like how the turn signals used to be. My car is now euro-lighted out w/ Euro OE city lights, Euro OE Clears all around and rear fog switch. :D
The things we do for our cars..ha! I hope this post wasn't too long. I'll re-post it into the DIY section eventually.
So pretty!
Any chance you could take a pic when it's not in the shade? I wonder how bright yours are compared to mine (painted vs non-painted bowl).
wow, derek - that looks great! nice work. :cheers
+1!
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Done.Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
http://i.imgur.com/xhdtjurl.jpg
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Originally Posted by slater
Thanks guys! I'm happy with the outcome. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by johnrando
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We sure love black cars. :)
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headlight is fogging on the inside. I hope it is from the gasket of the front lense and not the hole I made.
The hole you made is plugged by the city light bulb/holder/gasket, so it shouldn't be that.Quote:
Originally Posted by derbo
I'm not a big fan of DRL but that looks good... especially the night time shot.
Aren't your AE's DRL's?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sockethead
Dimmed headlights...
What?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sockethead
Come on BP, dimmed headlights for DRL...
lol. yup BP, I thought that was pretty obvious what he was talking about, (chuckle)
High beams, perhaps? He doesn't have that anymore... the pic you're referring to is with city lights, hence my confusion. They aren't the same bulb as the high beams that are used for DRL.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sockethead
BP,Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
My thoughts, exactly. I suspect it is the Headlight gasket #19
63128380210
http://i.imgur.com/OPn1Zhal.png
Technically, its dimmed high beams. :) Cause xenons can't be dimmed. :D I like the small city light as my DRLs vs the dimmed high beams. They dont look as blinding.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sockethead
Minor Update:
Finally decided to make an appointment to get my driver side airbag replaced this past Saturday. Pretty uneventful. I went to the dealership my old boss was working at and hanged out for about 1.5hrs before getting my car back.
Pic for pleasure. (excuse it's dirtiness. It's been raining in California.)
http://i.imgur.com/lyySwLvh.jpg
I just hit 140,000 miles and the car has been awesome. A few maintenance items for the car are coming up and my new daily driver will be here soon enough. :)
Normally I wouldn't believe you... but the ground is wet so I'll give you a pass. :shiftyQuote:
Originally Posted by derbo
Nice. Remind me what your new DD is?
HAHA.Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
http://i.imgur.com/IZknqM0l.jpg
I'm planning to buy a 2017 Civic Hatchback EX w/ Honda Sensing (that fancy active cruise control and all that jazz) for my commute. It's not a looker but spec sheet fits the bill. Oh yea, and it will be black, JR :rofl.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnrando
On another note:
Anyone else drive with 7.1 OBC function on? I like to monitor my coolant temp haha. That picture of my cluster is in 6th gear and speedo is calibrated to true MPH going roughly 64mph
http://i.imgur.com/HhJA9aTl.jpg