* What did you do to/for your E46 today? *

^ yup, that is the CDV.

Just did idler pulley, tensioner pulley, accessory belt, and AC belt. Yay the squeaking noises are gone. It was a really easy diy, took less than an hour.

Took her in to Tulley BMW where the stealership stole nothing and blew out my clogged A/C drain for free!

oil change, balanced tires, fixed exhaust rattle, next is the trans service

Ordered spark plugs, front sway bar end links and fcabs.

moved her for street cleaning, than moved her back a hour later

Originally Posted by spage

^ yup, that is the CDV.

Thanks That ***** will be outta there next week

Installed Aux-In. Works awesome!

Also just installed the BMW aux input. I never knew that part existed! So excited.

I ran the input jack down to the dsc button panel, and took off my shifter knob for the first time. I put a pillow over the knob and still hurt myself yanking it off! Input jack looks great though. I wish it wasn't chrome-looking though.

Originally Posted by Solidjake

Also met up with Delmarco again and he used the Mr. Clean Eraser on my steering wheel, love the new look.

And I also got down to 53 miles on my tank (where it died on me at 63 miles last year).

do the same with your center console interior trim, it can remove the top layer of that black coating, to give you an even color. here's a DIY here somewhere that shows how to do it with hot water & a scotch brite pad too.

the mileage until you run out of gas thing, i've driven mine literally 1 mile, or actually reading 0 as i pulled into a gas station. talk about lucky..

^ I have to buy more of the magic eraser. My mom is hooked on that thing now

hahahaha

Washed and Representin
OB.C and E46F.C

^ Black out your window trim

brake flush, coolant flush, VANOS

Originally Posted by Solidjake

^ Black out your window trim

I really should. You just did yours right? Plasti-dip? Vinyl?

I want chrome trim and have black. Would a swap from an 05 325xi work physically?

took out the washer fluid reservoir. primed it and spray painted it black all in about an hour. engine bay looks much cleaner now

Originally Posted by Rolfyto

I want chrome trim and have black. Would a swap from an 05 325xi work physically?

I would imagine so. Body lines are the same except the bumpers (which wouldn't affect the trim). I'd like to swap but you probably don't honestly want chrome trim. It's got something of a cloudy look to it that's pretty common on all e46's. If you still want to swap though I'd be willing depending on condition

Originally Posted by brandonwish

I would imagine so. Body lines are the same except the bumpers (which wouldn't affect the trim). I'd like to swap but you probably don't honestly want chrome trim. It's got something of a cloudy look to it that's pretty common on all e46's. If you still want to swap though I'd be willing depending on condition

I'll look up some pics then haha. Mine's in perfect condition if I recall correctly.

Sadly, we would be without trim for a few days if we swapped.