X-Man Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 My alcantara steering wheel is holding up well (2 years) to get it back to new is just a quick scrub with alcantara cleaner and a rag, i have decided to give it a helping hand and got some Gtechniq I1 Smart Fabric Coat which makes it water and oil resistant, gave it two good coats, choked me though the solvents were very strong.Good stuff that, as is the L1 for leather Cannockwolf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannockwolf Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 My splitters had to be re-skinned in 1x1 weave from a chap in Poland as they only come in 2x2 everywhere, they have been taken a battering from stone chips, only had them on 4 months and they are showing white spots under the clearcoat where they are delaminating through the impacts. I cant justify the £180 to keep recovering them as they cost £100 to buy in 2x2 weave plus they 2x2 will probably stand more abuse than reskinning them. While I was chatting to ssdd i managed to bag his last front lip too sive s and momo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannockwolf Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 so now my collars and cuffs no longer match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das_flo Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Could you apply a clear paint film to them mate? Just to take the edge off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannockwolf Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 i tried putting some protective film on them and the shape is so hard to get it on properly, the fitter here did a good job but it wasn't 'clear' enough for me so took them off das_flo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sive s Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 My splitters had to be re-skinned in 1x1 weave from a chap in Poland as they only come in 2x2 everywhere, they have been taken a battering from stone chips, only had them on 4 months and they are showing white spots under the clearcoat where they are delaminating through the impacts. I cant justify the £180 to keep recovering them as they cost £100 to buy in 2x2 weave plus they 2x2 will probably stand more abuse than reskinning them. While I was chatting to ssdd i managed to bag his last front lip too Was gonna buy that with the group buy. But going for side splitters now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannockwolf Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 is there a group buy going on??? how much are those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sive s Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Yeah there is a group buy on m3cutters. Check the e46 m3 section. I think Juan is organising it. He is getting it from happy buy it now and also ssdd. Cannockwolf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannockwolf Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 is castrol edge 10-60W ok to use in my car? i think its for m cars only Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob- Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 5w30 in the m54. That's for the standard engine though which yours obviously isn't so not sure lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannockwolf Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 thats what i was thinking lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Syxx Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 (edited) 10w60 was designed for them because of the high revving nature of the engine. I'd probably still stick with the normal oil grade. Edited June 22, 2015 by DJ Syxx Cannockwolf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannockwolf Posted June 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 yeah sounds about right tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wash Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Apart from the cams are you still running stock internals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannockwolf Posted June 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 yep, they change when you go to TS3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Looking superb mate. I love the rims, I had similar reps on my E91 touring. Did you go with the Avant Garde reps? Guessing with a 10J rear, they must be. Superb set if they are. Very close to OEM. For Sam, the are visually different to CSL also since the spokes carry to the edge of the rim, rather to a lip on the CSLs. Most people who are not nerdy think they are CSL rims. The concave on them is superb, definately one of the best OEM rims that BMW has done. A bit like a modern CSL rim, if you get what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannockwolf Posted June 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 yeah they are the avante garde i was looking for the deepest concave i could get, 9.5 fronts 10 backs i really love em, the colours great with LSB and makes a good change with the silver csl's so will keep it nice and fresh when i swap over Singh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannockwolf Posted June 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 just ordered this I was right, i already have the purple label rack lol so this is back up for sale £70 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannockwolf Posted June 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 My lower trim on my steering wheel was looking dull and faded so got this on today DJ Syxx and momo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
748adam Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Same as the trim I've just fitted to my re-trimmed wheel, I really like it! Cannockwolf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannockwolf Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 i think it goes great with the alcantara wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das_flo Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 How is that steering wheel not carbon'd? I'm surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Syxx Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 shame not to go for a carbon piece as it would go with the dash trims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannockwolf Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 i looked at it several times, and i never liked it, dunno why, i would have got 1x1 weave to match the rest which would have been difficult but it never looked right to me, weird huh? DJ Syxx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B0B Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 (edited) i looked at it several times, and i never liked it, dunno why, i would have got 1x1 weave to match the rest which would have been difficult but it never looked right to me, weird huh? I'm with you, I think it's a little too much to get the lower trim done too. Edited June 24, 2015 by B0B Cannockwolf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
