my box of goodies from trinity arrived
05-17-2009, 03:49 PM
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My Ride: 2006 Titanium Silver 550i, with all the bells and whistles!!
No pics yet, but I got my grille, rpi scoop, and BMC filter on Friday. Installed everything yesterday and removed the charcoal fillter while I was at it. Black grille looks great!
I'll try and get some pics up soon.
As for the scoop and filters, honestly I don't notice any difference in sound, or even at 70mph, what I do notice is that the sluggish split second hesitation is gone. this is most noticable at low rpm...no more bogging at 1500 rpm, and no more rough idle when cold. Probably a placebo effect, but my car feels a little more responsive to the gas pedal now. I probably should have just gone for the dinan cai and software, oh well, I got to tinker under the hood!
thanks for all the posts and DIY's, I had the grilles off in less than 5 minutes
Now the search for an exhaust can begin
I'll try and get some pics up soon.
As for the scoop and filters, honestly I don't notice any difference in sound, or even at 70mph, what I do notice is that the sluggish split second hesitation is gone. this is most noticable at low rpm...no more bogging at 1500 rpm, and no more rough idle when cold. Probably a placebo effect, but my car feels a little more responsive to the gas pedal now. I probably should have just gone for the dinan cai and software, oh well, I got to tinker under the hood!
thanks for all the posts and DIY's, I had the grilles off in less than 5 minutes
Now the search for an exhaust can begin
05-17-2009, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by sleeper50' post='881410' date='May 17 2009, 07:49 PM
thanks for all the posts and DIY's, I had the grilles off in less than 5 minutes
Congrats on everything!
05-17-2009, 04:02 PM
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My Ride: 2011.5 Alpine White E90 M3 | Black Novillo Leather | Carbon Fiber Leather Trim | ZCP | ZP2 | M-DCT | Navigation | Moonroof | 6FL Mods: TMS 12.5mm spacers all around l Hawk HPS Brake Pads l OEM M3 Edition Grills l Paint Matched Side Gills l Key Hole D
Originally Posted by Krozi' post='881417' date='May 17 2009, 05:01 PM
That must be the new record time for removing the grille the first time hahahah!
Congrats on everything!
Congrats on everything!
he probably just ripped them/broke the tabs out since he had the new ones to install 
05-17-2009, 04:39 PM
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My Ride: 2008 335i, Jet Black / Terra Dakota, 15k miles
Originally Posted by GENEaTALS' post='881418' date='May 17 2009, 08:02 PM
he probably just ripped them/broke the tabs out since he had the new ones to install Essentially what I did
but it seemed like a better option than roughing up my huge handsCongrats on the mods, the black grills look great on our silver
05-17-2009, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by GENEaTALS' post='881418' date='May 17 2009, 05:02 PM
he probably just ripped them/broke the tabs out since he had the new ones to install Nope
it did take me 45 minutes to remove one grille on my e46 though, and I did break one tab.Ok, so maybe I exaggerated...
hood up, weather strip off - 60 seconds
5 torx screws out - 120 seconds
top 3 tabs on passenger grill - 150 seconds
side clip at centre - 210 seconds
side clip next to headlight - 270 seconds
wiggle wiggle, three bottom clips - 300 seconds
next grill, total elapsed time = 360 seconds
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