What have you done to your car today?

[STC_Zed]

Removed the badges from the front wings for a cleaner look.

[Fred Smith]

Removed the badges from the front wings for a cleaner look.

I did that a week or two back, partly for the cleaner look and partly because they weren't on straight anyway (and the near side was an inch higher on the body than the drivers side!) Unluckily for me the paintwork was damaged under one of the badges.

[Fred Smith]

The facelift foglight refurbishment continues... two coats of primer today.

[STC_Zed]

Removed the badges from the front wings for a cleaner look.

I did that a week or two back, partly for the cleaner look and partly because they weren't on straight anyway (and the near side was an inch higher on the body than the drivers side!) Unluckily for me the paintwork was damaged under one of the badges.

I think mine were level (I didn’t check to be honest, I just dived into removing them and polishing the wings).

Annoying that you found some paint damage and under the badges - I found similar with my wife’s 330i when I debadged that. After removing them I had to polish the boot lid and refit the badges.

[Fred Smith]

I think mine were level (I didn’t check to be honest, I just dived into removing them and polishing the wings).

Annoying that you found some paint damage and under the badges - I found similar with my wife’s 330i when I debadged that. After removing them I had to polish the boot lid and refit the badges.

Mine has a bit of missing pain by the rear side window, plus some touched up paint to both rear arches and a small ding that has broken the paint anyway... just means another little job for myself or a bodywork shop (depending on which route I end up going down).

[Big Andra]

Changed the bulbs for the angel eyes as the outer ones weren't really lighting up. Went with the Novsight led's. I'm happy with the results.

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[STC_Zed]

Did a bit more paint correction on my coupe after washing it this morning, just to the doors. The clay bay was pretty grim from just the doors!

[Arnie_one]

New lether on steering wheels and the Cover Trim new painting in color aluminium

[Barty]

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Fitted a set of Hankook S1 EVO3’s

[Chengy]

Changed complete tie rod assemblies as I was unable to get an alignment due to old ones being seized. 50s kid e46 video on YouTube was a huge help, pretty straightforward 2 hour job.
LEMFÖRDER part numbers
Left 21666 02
Right 21671 02

[PDJ]

Valve clearances

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[toledo]

Fitted a GruppeM intake to my Alpina. All I can say is holy cr*p this thing sounds good! Can't wait to take the car out of the city and absolutely nail the throttle.

[STC_Zed]

Replaced front wishbones, drop links, tie rods and ARB bushes.

[True-Blue]

Fitted a GruppeM intake to my Alpina. All I can say is holy cr*p this thing sounds good! Can't wait to take the car out of the city and absolutely nail the throttle.

Is there a specific version for the Alpina? Or does the 3.0i M54 version fit?

[steve69]

Soft top clean and re protect yesterday

Also installed the led numberplate lamps. Now 100% led