320d lci Dynamic edition

[Diesel]

Lovely car!

I have the same but in Bluewaters, dont think theres a better daily drive!

Where did you get those badges black from?

Thanks. Speak to @Riaad about the badges. He will hook you up. It's a vinyl overlay.

 

[Diesel]

Sick Badges there bruh :cartel:

Thanks to you

 

[Diesel]

job well done, car looks awesome

Thanks

 

[Diesel]

Love the tint on the lights man - something I wanted to do on both cars for some time now..

With regards to the issue, that's a very weird one - I suggest you swop for a different set of wheels + tyres and test to see if the vibration disappears. This will at least help rule out the wheels/tyres.

The tint came out better than I expected. Looking now at the pics I think the darker shade would have looked horrible.

 

[Riaad]

Love the tint on the lights man - something I wanted to do on both cars for some time now..

With regards to the issue, that's a very weird one - I suggest you swop for a different set of wheels + tyres and test to see if the vibration disappears. This will at least help rule out the wheels/tyres.

The tint came out better than I expected. Looking now at the pics I think the darker shade would have looked horrible.

any idea what this shade is called ? Im assuming Stek Film was used

 

[Diesel]

Love the tint on the lights man - something I wanted to do on both cars for some time now..

With regards to the issue, that's a very weird one - I suggest you swop for a different set of wheels + tyres and test to see if the vibration disappears. This will at least help rule out the wheels/tyres.

The tint came out better than I expected. Looking now at the pics I think the darker shade would have looked horrible.

any idea what this shade is called ? Im assuming Stek Film was used

I have no idea. Ricardo just showed me 2 shades. One light and the other dark.

 

[Diesel]

Did some maintenance work on the car.
Mileage 153 000 km

Removed the boost pipes and gave them a good clean. New seals were also put on. Looks like it needed it. While I was there I also removed the intercooler and cleaned it as well.

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Front bumper was resprayed due to some stone chips. Apparently the carbon splitters cannot be removed as they will break due to the glue that is used. They had to tape around them and paint. SMG Umhlanga ARC did a very good job. I just have to touch up the section between the splitter and grill with black paint.

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[Diesel]

Changed the shocks over to Sachs. Then added the following

Upper and lower control arms
Tie rod and rack ends
Front wheel bearing

The Nexen tyres were replaced with Michelin pilot sport 4 due to having run out. Also purchased oil filter housing gaskets. Will get them fitted at a later stage as it's not leaking but just sweating.

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Also the steering wheel vibration is no more.

 

[michael.joseph]

This car is still in such impeccable condition.

Well done man

 

[akash]

Be careful of those oil filter housing gaskets, they look like they just sweating oil. But before you know it your engine is covered in oil.

 

[Diesel]

Be careful of those oil filter housing gaskets, they look like they just sweating oil. But before you know it your engine is covered in oil.

Thanks. Will keep an eye on it.

 

[Diesel]

Update :

About 30 000km ago the egr valve and the maf sensor gave me some issues. The egr delete kit was brought in by @Danny2 from Darkside Developments.

The kit is very good quality and everything fitted great. Then after a while I noticed coolant leaking from behind the water pump. The one screw was 2mm too long and when tightened pushed the water pump out. I managed to cut the excess of the screw but still had to remove the water pump and replace it with a new gasket. Did a coolant flush at the same time. No leaks so far.

Then the plan was to do OFHG , intake clean and swirl flap removal. After removing the intake manifold it was seen that OFHG were not sweating it was in fact the intake manifold that was leaking. The OFHG were postponed. Intake was cleaned using a liqui moly spray and fitted with a new gasket minus the swirl flaps. I asked @Danny2 to also bring in the swirl flap delete plug as well.

The car drives alot better now like it breathes better. I still need to get Ricardo to sort out the errors when scanned (egr related).

I've since purchased a maf cleaner (crc brand) and have been using it at every 7500km intervals. No issues thus far and no errors related to the maf.

Thank you to @KPM3_30, @Danny2, @S1NGH 911 and @Twinz for their advice and assistance.