Category: Cars
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End of a BMW Era 2009-2023
Let’s just get right to it. After 14 years of ownership, I sold my 1999 BMW M Coupe. Despite it being one of the best driving cars I’ve ever owned, I simply wasn’t driving it. I didn’t want to put race seats in and wearing a helmet was terrible at 6’2″. So it wasn’t great…
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LED Everything – Z3 M Coupe
I went on a strange quest to convert almost every bulb on the Z3 M Coupe from incandescent to LED. I think the results look great. Note, I’ve also bypassed the dimmer rheostat, so I cannot attest to any dimming capability or effectiveness. I am also keeping the headlight low and high beam 9006/9005 for…
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M Coupe Project
Well, after about eleven years of ownership and nearly 100k miles that I’ve put on the car, it’s finally time to spend the time and money doing the differential reinforcement project, plus a whole lot more. I chose to put this project off for a long time. The green shoe has made it through grad…
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Backup Cameras & Wireless Apple CarPlay in E90 and E60 BMW’s
I have been using wireless Apple CarPlay in my 2010 BMW 535 Wagon for more than a year now, as well as wireless Android Auto. Before this vehicle I installed just the backup camera in a 2009 328 E91 wagon. The hardest part with both installs is running the backup camera wiring through the tailgate…
