I appreciate it! At the moment no, so far what’s needed to have them installed isn’t too much work, so I’m still happy and excited to get them on the car, but down the road I may consider something else

Can’t wait to see your video! 🤝🏼

I appreciate you checking them out! 🤝🏼

@Anthony_B I literally just ordered the trunk struts

Don’t remember exactly as it was a couple years ago now, but somewhere in the $14k-$15k range I wanna say

Just a cheap eBay one, it actually was one of the worst fitting parts i bought for that car, I’d highly recommend getting one from a name brand, trusted company 👍🏼

Thank you my man! Can’t wait for the next cruise! 💪🏼

The front strut top nuts are torqued to 18.4ft-lbs, or 25Nm 👍🏼

I’ll have to look into them and see if I can find something I like, thanks for the suggestion! 🤝🏼

I had gotten the renown 100 Motorsport steering wheel in Alcantara and man it feels good to hold and also looks amazing

I’ll check it out! 🤝🏼

All you need are valved mufflers, I bought mine from eBay and had an exhaust shop install them, then yours will sounds just like mine! 👍🏼

Thanks for watching!

Thank you! I’m glad it’s a good resource for other enthusiasts of these cars 🤝🏼

Your best bet will likely be Facebook marketplace or to find someone patting their car out from Instagram, I got lucky and sourced mine from a local bmw parts dismantler

Separate systems, so no, but if you still have the OEM charge pipe, it’s probably a good idea to replace it with a metal one as the oem plastic ones tend to crack/break over time 👍🏼

Haha thank you! 🤝🏼

Thanks for watching! Definitely special cars💪🏼

It’s a 2011

They’re insanely fun cars, don’t let this video scare you, it was mostly put together just to talk about the more common things that typically get addressed first on these cars, but it wasn’t to say that every car will have/need these repairs done Just budget for repairs and get the best, most maintained one you can afford and you’ll be just fine! 🤝🏼

@@Anthony_B i certainly want one buy oh man, this gave me something to think about

I did do a video way back, I wanna say it’s one of my first videos I ever did, but I’m not too sure how in depth I went as I made those alcantara pieces myself, but I haven’t looked through that video in years so hopefully it does have a bit more insight 👍🏼

Good luck with the purchase, these are such amazing cars! Thanks for watching! 🤝🏼

Thank you! And that rad, those are cool cars!

I appreciate it! Thanks for watching! 🤝🏼

Yea it’s really dangerous when they do finally fail and you don’t know, the trunk really is trying to take you out at that point 😂

I thinks it’s super cheap insurance if you’re planning on doing any sort of frequent spirited drives, on or off the track! There’s a pretty big temperature window before the needle start to move from its upright (normal operating temp) position, and when it finally starts to move due to overheating, so it’s just a simple way to have real time, on the fly data to hopefully avoid any catastrophic issues! 💪🏼

I appreciate it, thanks for checking it out! 🤝🏼

Of course, I’m glad it helped! Good luck on the install! 💪🏼

I did with mine, but depending on what front lip you went with, if it has the extended brake cooling ducts, you’ll either have to modify your oem undertray (cut out room for the ducts to fit), trim the duct to be shorter, or not run an undertray at all, personally I just trimmed my oem undertray to fit the front lip with the ducting 👍🏼

@ yo thanks for the info I’m installing mine tmrw!

Thanks for checking it out! 🤝🏼

Congrats!

The valves essentially allow the exhaust gases to flow through 1 of 2 possible routes, when the valves are closed then the exhaust gases are running through the muffled parts of the mufflers, which of course quiets the exhaust down, but when the valves are open, the exhaust gasses can bypass those mufflers and essentially mimic a “straight piped” exhaust, or in other words, the sound isn’t being muffled by the mufflers, so the sound is louder 👍🏼

@Anthony_B thanks 👍

Can’t say 100%, but to try and ease your mind, usually there’s some slight glitter present during the first oil change after a big job like rod bearings as all those new parts are wearing into one another, however if there were any chunks in the oil or oil filter, literally anything bigger than those tiny little glittery specs, then there’s a good chance something is wrong and will need to be addressed What I’d advise is if you are truly worried, have someone diagnose further to confirm, but if you’re confident that the rod bearing job was done correctly by a reputable shop, I’d say put fresh oil in it, maybe drive another 500-1000 miles and do another oil change, just to triple check and confirm that the glittery oil is less present, then you can have peace of mind knowing it’s clean and seemingly healthy looking 👍🏼

@@Anthony_B yeah the shop is reputable in SoCal and it’s vin verified and everything. I believe rods were done at 91K miles. Now it’s sitting at 97K miles and on its 2nd oil change since rod bearing job. First one was 3 weeks ago from previous owner. I’ll have to see and find out haha

Like where did I find it, or how do I know it’s extended leather?

Was mostly trying to catch people’s attention lol, but I definitely will be looking forward to upgrading even further once I learn more about this car! 💪🏼

I agree with MCS or JRZ, but Ground Control and TC Kline are just koni based coils, they're very good but they're nothing special or hardcore.

@ they’re better than the KW. Can guarantee that

@ With such arguments I'm convinced lol Must be why all the record breaking e36's run GC and TCK instead of KW /s

@@imnota the majority of fast e36s I’ve encountered in the bay are on mcs. But a 3 way kw will be just as capable. It’s the lower tier kw setups that are low quality from my experience

Sadly I can’t say, I sold the car probably about a year and a half ago now, but for as long as I did have that car, they were more than perfect for what I was doing with them 👍🏼