[Poochie]

Originally Posted by andrewc89

Dropped her off at the eye doctor

Alex@ONEighty

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What are you doing to the headlights exactly?

[AndrewC1989]

Originally Posted by Poochie

What are you doing to the headlights exactly?

Blacking out the housing

[Poochie]

Originally Posted by andrewc89

Blacking out the housing

Nice, I read about that mod before but never built up the nerves to crack open the housing..

More power to you


DIY Blacked Out Headlights https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1494304

[Nezil]

Originally Posted by TheRealOrosie

Dinan CAI just installed today. Nice addition to body color engine cover.

That body colour engine cover looks great!

[AndrewC1989]

Originally Posted by Poochie

Nice, I read about that mod before but never built up the nerves to crack open the housing..

More power to you


DIY Blacked Out Headlights https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1494304

haha yeah I'd definitely be nervous if I were doing a DIY but she's in good hands

https://www.instagram.com/oneightynyc/

[gphung]

Originally Posted by Nezil

Fitted the M2C / M3 / M4 Aluminium strut brace, including the required M2C / M3 / M4 strut top hats, and the M3 / M4 strut reinforcement rings.

2.5 hours work start to finish, really not that difficult to do, and makes an enormous difference to comfort and steering feel.

CFRP brace is on the way, and will be fitted once it arrives. Hoping for even more of an improvement once that is fitted.

Can you describe this difference in comfort and feel? Also, you're running camber plates right? Has/will this had/have any impact on your install?

[Nezil]

Originally Posted by andrewc89

Post some pics once it's all done!

I posted some photos in this thread: https://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...0#post25946770

Originally Posted by gphung

Can you describe this difference in comfort and feel? Also, you're running camber plates right? Has/will this had/have any impact on your install?

The difference is remarkable, There is far less bouncing around of the front end, and the steering feel is massively improved. I could feel there was a difference just pulling out of the driveway in the first 5 yards of driving, but even on a longer drive today, it honestly feels like a different car.

No, I'm not running camber plates, but I don't think that would have an impact on the install. You have to replace the strut top hats with M2C / M3 / M4 parts because they have additional holes on the top that the brace bolts to; the stock parts have a single bolt hole for the steel brace.

I did the install by raising the car on a Quickjack to the lowest position, removing the front wheels, and then jacking the lower control arm (with a rubber block) to take the weight of the strut. I then un-bolted the strut top nut, and slowly lowered the shock and spring down.

Once the shock and spring were lowered and pulled out of the way under the wheel arch, I un-bolted the stock top hats and put the new ones in; in my case, with the optional (because they're not on the M2C) strut reinforcement rings. You could at this point add camber plates, but you'd need to make sure that the plates you're using have the three holes for the strut brace rather than being the single mount hole that the OG M2 uses. I think some newer camber plates have both mountings, but I'm not sure about that.

With the top hats fitted, but not torqued down, I jacked up the shock and spring into place again, then tightened a new nut on top. This was slightly easier said than done because you do need to line up the shock shaft with the hole, and the spring and jack will not have this centered as you raise the jack. A helper would be very beneficial, but I was able to do it alone.

I waited for the weight to be back on the wheels before torquing all the bolts down; there is quite a bit of adjustment possible before torquing down, so I wanted to make sure that I wasn't torquing the body in an odd state.

Overall though, I'd suggest doing this modification before you do any other suspension work, including camber plates. Without this retrofit, the body is just not solid enough for the stiffness of stock springs and shocks, let alone uprated.

[MPBK]

Mine is in quaran..., sorry, shelter in place.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sggm7t6bqw...54.51.jpg?dl=0

['74Turbo]

Originally Posted by dtmurf

Wow! First post is "listed mine for sale" Why are you selling it?

gotta make room for other projects!

[Poochie]

Originally Posted by Poochie

What are you doing to the headlights exactly?

I have a lot of moisture built up in my headlights, I would appreciate if you would post some more photos of the where the clear front mates with the backing, so I could reseal any openings..

I also wonder what your shop is using to reseal your housings, clear silicone would be my guess..

Or if I can impose, an individual shop DIY on this mod would be divine but not press..

[VisualEcho]

Originally Posted by Daaan

Prepared for the warm weather again

That color of wheel is just perfect on LBB IMO.

[Dr.Deep]

Originally Posted by VisualEcho

That color of wheel is just perfect on LBB IMO.

Thank you Yeah, very happy with the color chouce, indeed fits very well with LBB

[AndrewC1989]

Originally Posted by Poochie

I have a lot of moisture built up in my headlights, I would appreciate if you would post some more photos of the where the clear front mates with the backing, so I could reseal any openings..

I also wonder what your shop is using to reseal your housings, clear silicone would be my guess..

Or if I can impose, an individual shop DIY on this mod would be divine but not press..

I only have those photos they sent me and am not physically present for the process. If you want to contact them and ask you could pm them on Instagram or email them: info@oneightynyc.com

[GasBurnlife(landapanda)]

M2 is self-quarantined in the garage, so I took the M8 GTE for a spin at Road America:

[Ivars8888]

M666 and change kw coilovers to oem suspension😬

[Ivars8888]

Lowered

[jenks.chris106]

After my first hit and run in the g-20, had to protect the f87!

[AndrewC1989]

Got the car back from Oneighty! Headlights came out amazing, huge difference! Sorry for the glare/light, today's incredibly overcast so It was hard to get a good pic.

[Altra]

Originally Posted by andrewc89

Got the car back from Oneighty! Headlights came out amazing! Huge difference! Sorry for the glare today was/is incredibly overcast and I couldn't seem to get a good photo.

Wow! Turned out great!

Wish I could do this, but the M2 is my daily and I just can't afford to be car less for awhile.

[puffdaddy]

Originally Posted by Ivars8888

M666 and change kw coilovers to oem suspension😬

Why did you change back to OEM suspension?

[nelsdvn]

When I bought this car I thought the noise over the front reflector was kind of more drama than reality. Now that I have bought in and installed my own it really does change the look of the car. So today the painted reflectors went up front. Black inserts in the rear. And recently I replaced the mirrors with the Autoteknic three piece M2C inspired housings. I thought the stock signal would be fine but caved and bought the black sequentials. Oh, and LED bulbs all around with the rear fog hack. Social isolation for the win.

Over all a big wow. Black out completely.

[particulardude]

Not today but totally forgot to post this as it was done just before things got nuts in the US with covid.

Being in Chicagoland, I was fortunate enough to pop out to iND and have them install the wheel they so graciously helped me out with!

I love a heated wheel but wanted OEM and full alcantara. Factory options for alcantera are not heated and not continuous coverage. iND had the answer! Factory heated wheel with custom full alcantera.

Very happy with the final product!

(also had to throw on the matte carbon trim to tie it all together - picked up used from the forum marketplace!)