Erasing YEARS of neglect from an E90 M3: Suspension and brake overhaul - Project M3 part 5
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- čas přidán 6. 03. 2024
- On the journey to making my 2008 E90 M3 roadworthy again I perform:
- Springs and shocks replacement
- Wheel bearing replacement
- Brake discs, pads, lines, sensor replacement
- Racing brake fluid flush
- Replace differential fluid
- Replace manual transmission fluid - Auta a dopravní prostředky
My dream car. Why people let this treasure like this? 😞 Thanks for the video. I suffer with depression, and this felt into my youtube feed, felt relaxed and pleased watching this restoration, of an iconic car. Thank you.
You're welcome! Check out my E34 restoration that was a complete basketcase of a neglected car and it came out brand new. Cheers
Good to see another channel from Canada.
I just discovered your channel and love the content. You got a new subscriber and I look forward to future videos!
Welcome aboard! Thank you!!
I love your videos man, keep up the good work!
Thanks a ton!
Hey glad to see your progress 😊🎉🎉🎉
Thank you!!
Great episode, been looking out for this! You’re doing all the right things with the M3. I would have done exactly the same things
thank you! someone else with common sense :)
I am from Ontario too! Nice to find your channel and support the local!
We should have a local meet up this summer. I know a few locals watch this. Maybe something at Leslie and York Mills, central for everyone.
Thanks man! I’m down east end of Toronto how about you?
@@DeadEndRestorations i am near Guelph. Not too far
I am round the corner people, lets organize this.....great channel!!
I don't drive a bmw but i work on my own cars! Is that still ok or would it be a bmw meet? Just checking in case i am the only one showing up in something different haha
I am used to rusty cars (we use salt in the UK, too) but I have never seen a whole ring of compacted salt & corrosion on a rear hub like that! That's impressive..
hahah the salt in Canada and Northeast US is on another level ;) Cheers and thanks for watching!
Well I must say I really enjoyed that! Thanks! I have two cars from the BMW world which got me into wrenching again after many years. I bought a 2002 330CI that has been fully swapped out with a 2006 E46 M3 Competition which had been in an accident and written off. I paid $7500 USD for it. I LOVE that little pocket rocket! Then I bought a 2008 335XI (Second one after I sold the first in 2014) I got it for $1500 USD. It needed a HPFP and a wheel bearing to get it moving. Then of course I did all the maintenance. Plugs, Coils, Oil, Trans filter and juice plus rear end. Now I've done turbos inlets valve cover boost solenoids cam shaft position sensors T-map and Map water pump now I'm doing suspension after I jumped to the tuning and bought X-Delete for switching the car to rear wheel drive only anytime I want. XHP Trans tune as well as "Protool" App that is amazing. Of course MHD as well. These cars aren't for the Civic or Corolla person. That's where they get the reps of being "Unreliable". Well that and from BMW. LOL.
Thanks man! the S54 is on my bucket list to own for sure, top 5 engines of all time in my book. The N54 also gets a bad rap but they make tons of power as you know. Cheers for watching!
Really enjoying the build. Especially from a fellow Canuck.
Beauty eh!
that was just amazing content bro i enjoyed ever second of that vid stunning work done fairplay to you bro great channel looking forword for more content on this stunning channel you have👌👌👌👌👌🤛🤛
Much appreciated brother!
We need more of the old school jokes in future videos, we miss the JOKES! Also can you do H&R sport springs in the front, something to make the gap even across all 4 wheels? How much was the resurfacing per corner? Where did you get it done? Dead End Restoration fan club meet summer of 2024. I am IN
3 children and the 9-5 have destroyed whatever was left of my personality 😂 point taken, I will do better…
Place i found on fb marketplace, was $40 per disc
I’m gonna drive as is for now and see how the car feels on the road and track and decide on springs/suspension changes over the summer. The rear subframe and bushing overhaul is definitely on the list though!
@@DeadEndRestorations your children take offence to this😅
beautiful overhaul, I'm currently "rebuilding" my M3 as well. So far I've done a complete suspension overhaul and my current goal is to have the car complete by the end of the year.
awesome, tell me more about it!
@@DeadEndRestorations will do! sometime this week I'll have my brand new coilovers installed on my car since the stock EDC suspension is super blown and worn out by now due to its age. I ended up going with some Ohlins Dedicated Track coilovers since those were a lot easier to source compared to just the Ohlins Road and Tracks
The diff plugs are also one time use. I learned that when I changed my fluid with the oem bmw gold piss
if the BC RACING coilovers lasted 100k city driving they are defiantly not bad especially compered to the OEM susp price and performance
I have BCs on my E64 650 and .. I don't know if I'd do it again. Maybe on a more track-focussed car, but on UK roads (which look a lot like Toronto's, it seems!) it's just that bit too hard.
Or maybe I got old ;)
I was so surprised to hear you calling BC racing suspension garbage, especially when all I hear is good things about them. Could you explain your thoughts on them? Love the video and your sense of humour!
Sending from Dublin, Ireland.
Cheers Jake for the comment! I find that they don't have great damping, and so the ride becomes fairly harsh compared to Bilstein/Ohlins. Obviously for the price point they do a good job and a lot more people buy them than the pricier stuff for that very reason. The other reason for my comment is durability, after 100k KM's both front shocks are leaking, the springs are rusted and they're essentially long overdue for replacing at that KM amount. The stock springs/shocks from this car which have 150k KM's are not leaking, still have some decent damping left and the springs look almost brand new and aren't rusted.
There’s nothing more rank than that stuff!
Glad to see your progress. The M3 gonna be ready to enjoy for your one week of nice weather up there? 😄
There's 1 week in June when its not 1000 degrees with humidity and without snow/salt. That's the one I'm aiming for!
Can't wait to see.
Nice car
On the ceratec- I used to have a Legacy Spec B with the flat 6, and I tried it in that. It may have been placebo, but I felt the engine wasn’t as free revving after putting it in?
My other concern was whether the particles could make their way in to the tight avcs and avls (Subaru’s form of variable valve timing and lift) passages and get stuck on the solenoid screens, it also seemed wrong to put tan coloured sludge in to an engine.
yes it is quite tanned... thanks for the feedback, I'll keep you posted on how it runs with it!
Regarding the camber issue: that front suspension is a MacPherson strut type which by design is ill-suited for spirited driving or track use. It's cheap to produce and fits into a tight space which is why most cars have them. But the camber gain is terrible when driven at the limit (the tire goes into positive camber when you want negative camber to get as much mechanical grip). It's disappointing that even on M cars BMW uses standard suspension systems. Any serious sports car has double wishbones. But at least BMW offers carbon fiber roofs for the posers lol
pfff everyone knows carbon fiber adds at least 15hp
Why when you said keep your hands clean, I wanted to go pour old diff oil on them.
Please can you take us with on the test drives 🙏🏻
once this thing is fixed up absolutely!
$40 per bolt? Dude, I'd get replacment bolts from the hardware store and some crushable washers. Crap like that adds up on these cars
ya no kidding, bmw tax is real
Are those dynamic friction rear rotors two piece like the originals?
Unfortunately no, but they were $130 vs $400 for the two piece. cheers!
@@DeadEndRestorations Thanks! they do like pretty good tho!
Painting bumper, but going with the used struts??
Come on man, you're doing some awesome things here, used vs new struts makes hell of a difference regarding ride quality and handling
Not to mention braking safety...
I see your point, the used struts are to get the car back on the road for the summer and do some shakedown driving and assess future work from there. The shocks aren't leaking and have good rebound, at worst they will be fine for street use. I want to see how the car rides on stock suspension before deciding whether I even want lowering springs or coilovers or just replace with bilstein B6 and keep stock ride height. thanks for watching!
I vote for regular height, b6 🙂
agreed, best of both worlds
10:05 what about a dry graphite film lubricant?
BMW recommends to leave it clean and dry, in theory what you're saying would work so long as no dirt sticks to it
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Hvala Mare!
Is it just me, or were the (front) tires almost slick?
the rears are completely gone, need to refinish wheels and get new tires. cheers!
Maybe it's me, but I can't understand why people don't care, why that much neglect on a car like this? Spoiled children, having rich parents?
I really don't understand either, I know the previous owner fell on some harder times recently and didn't have the funds to do proper maintenance on the car but trust me I was equally surprised and disgusted as you are!
@@DeadEndRestorationsI mean you literally answered your question lol Why? Because they fell on hard times - and because of that they sold the car, because of those hard times
people show off by living way over they can afford ;)
I don't know why people get these cars that can't afford to keep them up. They could have gotten literally any honda/toyota and saved money just from gas, oil and insurance alone.
agreed, but thanks to them we get to make great content of rescuing these turds and make them special again. cheers
Stainless steel brake lines don’t do anything for brake feel. I have tried them compared them to oem BMW and couldn’t tell the difference. Not sure why everyone on the internet says this.
I agree however in aggressive driving or track conditions the feel difference would come from having no to very limited expansion of the brake lines versus rubber ones. Fluid type also plays a role in brake line expansion as well obviously.
Toronto roads 😢
ya its a travesty...
@@DeadEndRestorationsCan you recommend a good trusted body shop in Toronto, maybe the one you're dealing with yourself? Thanks so much.
Yes Cliff at trillium autobody by the airport. Send me your email I can send you his phone number
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In Russian pantalon it's underpants😂😂😂
l am sorry from Moscow
Spasiba moj drug! In Serbian its just pants but that's pretty funny
Everything is fine, you brother has golden hands, this is the main thing it's a pleasure to watch
Pantaloni emigrant 😂
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Definitely Sreten influenced...
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