BMW E90 330D M Sport

[95 fiesta si]

Had some work done over last few weeks.

New Bosch battery fitted and coded, brake fluid change and had the CAT cleaned out and the DPF removed, gutted, re-welded and coded out. For MOT purposes still looks OEM.

Car sounds and moves much better without DPF, even brake fluid change has improved the braking loads. Must of had air locks or moisture in the brake system from when i changed the front calipers to the bigger 335D ones.

Overall, very happy. Next up will be the plug and play uprated Wagner Intercooler i think.

[djdest]

Did the 335d brakes make much of a difference?

[95 fiesta si]

djdest said:

Did the 335d brakes make much of a difference?

Yes mate, brakes bite harder and faster. much better then the standard 330D ones and a direct fit. Just make sure you get the brakes bleed well straight after. Also allows for slightly bigger front discs.

[djdest]

Excellent! Did you need bigger carriers or do the discs and callipers just bolt straight on

[95 fiesta si]

djdest said:

Excellent! Did you need bigger carriers or do the discs and callipers just bolt straight on

You need the carriers too. All direct fit mounting points from the original. You dont need bigger brake splash shields either and standard 330d brake hoses work fine

I paid £240 I think for a set of red powder coated refurb fronts. Was a complete kit. Came with both front calipers, carriers, and pad retaining brackets.

Brake disc sizes went from the standard 330D 330x24mm to the 335D ones 348x30mm
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Standard 330D rear setup is the same as the 335D ones.

Got mine from Bigg Red in Worcester

Edited by 95 fiesta si on Friday 13th November 11:18

[djdest]

Cheers, I think I might have a look into this when I need discs next

[95 fiesta si]

djdest said:

Cheers, I think I might have a look into this when I need discs next

worth doing if your at a point of needing to change your discs and pads. About the cheapest brake upgrade you can do. Better brakes would be like the Brembo 6 pots which run a slightly bigger disc again, but the kits are like £2000+.

Think i did mine for about £600 all in and that was for the 335d front calipers, EBC turbo grooved discs back and front, and pagid pads all round. Fronts alone would of been about £400.

Changing just front discs and pads on the front of standard 330D with budget parts would be like £120+. I think its worth the extra £300 for the bigger and better calipers and discs

Edited by 95 fiesta si on Friday 13th November 11:30

[CaptainMorgan]

Stunning, really lovely looking car, the seats are beautiful. I assume your mirrors were electric to start with? I always assumed the pre LCI were manual folding (as mine are, 320d M Sport) and the post LCI were electric, I'm not a fan of the latter ones, bit big for me.

How's the ride on the 19s? I do fancy an upgrade (I'm on poverty spec 17s) but might wait and drop it a bit at the same time.

[95 fiesta si]

Still got a emissions error coming up on the idrive and EML on dash......cars driving perfect though.

Seems the error can be linked to the EGR valve, so thought id take it off and clean it anyway.





Bonnet open.............the EGR sits under the engine cover


Cover off.........EGR is located bottom right near the alternator


Removed the jupilee/hose clip, pulled off vac pipe from EGR, released throttle body sensor, removed the 4 allen\hex bolts from EGR, release the boost intake pipe and the EGR comes out.


Pretty sooty in the EGR and the inlet.









I seperated the EGR and throttle body to make it easier to clean inside. Just needed to remove 3 star bolts. Scrapped off what i could with a flat head screwdriver and some contact cleaner. Got the drimmel out and sanded and polished it a little then flushed it out so it was clean of debris.





Refitted and put all back together.

Started engine and light was still on but may need error resetting or a little drive might clear the error. Will post an update if it goes out. Either way cant hurt to give the EGR a clean. Tempted to get a EGR delete kit and code the EGR out all together.

Edited by 95 fiesta si on Friday 20th November 11:15

[95 fiesta si]

CaptainMorgan said:

Stunning, really lovely looking car, the seats are beautiful. I assume your mirrors were electric to start with? I always assumed the pre LCI were manual folding (as mine are, 320d M Sport) and the post LCI were electric, I'm not a fan of the latter ones, bit big for me.

How's the ride on the 19s? I do fancy an upgrade (I'm on poverty spec 17s) but might wait and drop it a bit at the same time.

Hi, when i got the car they had the M sport gloss black electric and heated mirrors but not folding. I just picked up a pre-lci folding set on ebay and had them coded to work.

Ride on 19"s seems fine to me. Even with skinny tyres and msport springs. No complaints at all.

[djdest]

Ive got non runflats, 19's and Eibach springs with M Sport dampers and it handles and drives very nicely.

I think I'll have to give my EGR a clean by the look of yours!

[95 fiesta si]

djdest said:

Ive got non runflats, 19's and Eibach springs with M Sport dampers and it handles and drives very nicely.

I think I'll have to give my EGR a clean by the look of yours!

Same, non run flats. How do you find the eibach springs ? Thought about them before. Don't mind a small drop.

Yes give the EGR a clean. A job you can do yourself for free

[djdest]

The springs are perfect, it sits level and has a nice drop without being daft. It never catches on speed bumps etc.
The ride is nice and firm without knocking your teeth out and not crashy on bumpy roads like Ive had with H&R in the past

[CaptainMorgan]

95 fiesta si said:

Hi, when i got the car they had the M sport gloss black electric and heated mirrors but not folding. I just picked up a pre-lci folding set on ebay and had them coded to work.

Ride on 19"s seems fine to me. Even with skinny tyres and msport springs. No complaints at all.

Ah ok, thats possible then, I'll have to keep my eyes peeled. I'll certainly be sticking non RF tyres on 19s anyway so thats good! Cheers.

[CaptainMorgan]

djdest said:

The springs are perfect, it sits level and has a nice drop without being daft. It never catches on speed bumps etc.
The ride is nice and firm without knocking your teeth out and not crashy on bumpy roads like Ive had with H&R in the past

Are the wheels 19s on yours? It's a nice hight, about where I'd want mine tbh, low but useable.

[djdest]

Yeah mine are 19"

[95 fiesta si]

cleaning the EGR and the throttle body didnt clear the error. Time to get myself an OBD2 scanner.

[djdest]

Get BMWhat then you can code loads of stuff too. I've got it if you're ever near Thrapston

[waqasyounis160]

The 335 styling is looking good, hope you dont mind me asking, where did you get it done from and where did you buy the rear diffuser from?

[95 fiesta si]

waqasyounis160 said:

The 335 styling is looking good, hope you dont mind me asking, where did you get it done from and where did you buy the rear diffuser from?

The rear diffuser is a genuine BMW 335d performance one for about £240. 335 style exhaust was £350 from style dynamics