My New, Old E92 335i, n54 DCT.

[Salt]

Update!

There was a stain on the wrap which on was on the bootlid.

So that obviously required new vinyl being installed.

I had the entire car ceramic coated too make it easier to keep wrap clean.

Took this opportunity to document the advantages of ceramic coating!

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Watched the video, very cool.

 

[osiris]

I want to see this car in person. I wanna see how the wrap is in person. it looks like a spray job from the photos, very impressive!

 

[YasserIsmail]

Thanks for watching gents! Your support means the world to me.

@osiris let's plan an n54 meet up asap with @General.Massacre and a few others?

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[General.Massacre]

Thanks for watching gents! Your support means the world to me.

@osiris let's plan an n54 meet up asap with @General.Massacre and a few others?

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Sure im game, need to wash my car first @osiris car is always clean, if the weatherman in New York says they gonna have rain, Nick doesnt even open his garage incase the winds of change come near Randburg

 

[ajm]

I want to see this car in person. I wanna see how the wrap is in person. it looks like a spray job from the photos, very impressive!

i'd also be interested in seeing the wrap in the flesh

 

[YasserIsmail]

i'd also be interested in seeing the wrap in the flesh

Cool when we do meet we'll post the details here to keep you in the loop!

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[YasserIsmail]

I'll start with my usual request to please subscribe to my YouTube channel. Won't cost you a cent. With the number of forum members on here I really hope you can help me reaching my current goal of 1000 subscribers.

I really need to stop being so impatient with these changes.

But here we go, another cosmetic upgrade for the 335i.

Gloss black dual slat grills and an M Performance style diffuser with the f1 style brake (actually rain) light.

Plan on changing the wiring so it links to my rear fogs which will allow me to have it flashing when I want it to rather than it being a 4th brake light. But we'll get to that in a while.

As always, thanks to @FiRi@Rennzport for the parts and installation.

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[FiRi@Rennzport]

Thanks for the continued support and oppotunity bro

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[YasserIsmail]

Starting off with a huge thank you to @deago.parts@abmbmw for hooking me up with the parts!

This being a 13 year old car, its bound to look a bit dated in certain aspects. The overall design still looks great, but we needed to add modern touches which we have been doing with the LED fogs, LED angel eyes and even the f1 style light on the diffuser!

But the boring pre LCi tail lights have been working on my nerves! The only option was retro fitting a set of LCi tail lights which we purchased from BMW Midrand.

It was a pretty easy DIY, all you need is a set of pliars, 10mm socket wrench and an 8mm deep socket wrench.

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[osiris]

Love the LCI tail lights on the E92! it's such an improvement.

 

[YasserIsmail]

Love the LCI tail lights on the E92! it's such an improvement.

Thanks Nick. Glad to have finally met you in person at the event. Your car is clean AF!

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[osiris]

Thanks Nick. Glad to have finally met you in person at the event. Your car is clean AF!

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Thanks for the compliment on the car man, was great meeting you in person too!

Your car is looking sick though, That wrap looks so damn good! And that diffuser!!!

 

[Jeremy]

This car looks incredible!

For the tails, did you have to code them or was it plug n play with an adapter thingy?

 

[YasserIsmail]

This car looks incredible!

For the tails, did you have to code them or was it plug n play with an adapter thingy?

Thanks Jeremy!

No coding required with the retrofit adapter, thankfully.

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[YasserIsmail]

@Jeremy I realised that I may have given you incorrect info.

My car was plug and play with the adapter but I just remembered that @FiRi@Rennzport did some coding for me when we installed led angels and fogs.

If I remember correctly we did the necessary coding in anticipation of me fitting LCI tails.

@KPM3_30 I know you did the same upgrade but I can't find your thread. No idea why. Please chip in. Did you need coding even with the harness?

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[KPM3_30]

@Jeremy I realised that I may have given you incorrect info.

My car was plug and play with the adapter but I just remembered that @FiRi@Rennzport did some coding for me when we installed led angels and fogs.

If I remember correctly we did the necessary coding in anticipation of me fitting LCI tails.

@KPM3_30 I know you did the same upgrade but I can't find your thread. No idea why. Please chip in. Did you need coding even with the harness?

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@YasserIsmail I upgraded from the pre-LCi to LCi tail lights using the same kit from ABM.

Coding is necessary to disable the cold bulb check as the software on the car is from before the LED technology was introduced. Everything will still work without coding due to the retrofit harness, but the iDrive will throw bulb errors and indicators will blink twice as fast..

My initial thread: https://www.bmwfanatics.co.za/threads/e92-lci-tail-lights-led.94324/#post-1440901

 

[FiRi@Rennzport]

@Jeremy I realised that I may have given you incorrect info.

My car was plug and play with the adapter but I just remembered that @FiRi@Rennzport did some coding for me when we installed led angels and fogs.

If I remember correctly we did the necessary coding in anticipation of me fitting LCI tails.

@KPM3_30 I know you did the same upgrade but I can't find your thread. No idea why. Please chip in. Did you need coding even with the harness?

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Correct

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[Jeremy]

@YasserIsmail I upgraded from the pre-LCi to LCi tail lights using the same kit from ABM.

Coding is necessary to disable the cold bulb check as the software on the car is from before the LED technology was introduced. Everything will still work without coding due to the retrofit harness, but the iDrive will throw bulb errors and indicators will blink twice as fast..

My initial thread: https://www.bmwfanatics.co.za/threads/e92-lci-tail-lights-led.94324/#post-1440901

Thank you. I will have this done sometime soon, i can code out the cold bulb check with Carly so that is cool.

Car looks incredible Yasser!

 

[YasserIsmail]

I haven't had the heart to update this thread with my bad news, but here goes.

Bearing knock on the 335i.....

Not keen to get into it but here's a video of when I eventually got myself to making a video to talk about it.

Therapy video?

 

[ajm]

Sorry to hear. Been there (with my E55 Merc). Not nice but once rebuilt, I had peace of mind and the car served me well. Good luck.