E91 Straight Six Bearding

[MikeM6]

six port said:

After a few older 6 cylinder BMWs we've picked up a sensible 3.0 lci 325i touring auto.
Stood out to us as a 1 owner, FBMWSH, 54k miles. Its an se which we wanted without leather. Did all the n53 checks, runs great although no history of injector replacement we decided to play n53 roulette anyway. Great lazy cruiser, still feels like a new car with an old skool feel. Hopefully treats us well. Been blasting shell super through it as I think it's sat for a while before we got it (was serviced on collection). Some YouTube videos claiming injectors were a full re call I've seen, has anyone had these done through BMW?

I paid for mine through BMW, wasn't a recall on the N54 in the UK. I think the US did have this as a recall though. I think it is the same for the N53 too.

[bmwmike]

six port said:

After a few older 6 cylinder BMWs we've picked up a sensible 3.0 lci 325i touring auto.
Stood out to us as a 1 owner, FBMWSH, 54k miles. Its an se which we wanted without leather. Did all the n53 checks, runs great although no history of injector replacement we decided to play n53 roulette anyway. Great lazy cruiser, still feels like a new car with an old skool feel. Hopefully treats us well. Been blasting shell super through it as I think it's sat for a while before we got it (was serviced on collection). Some YouTube videos claiming injectors were a full re call I've seen, has anyone had these done through BMW?

Index numbers are written on the injectors themselves which will help date them, if interested. Index 11 are latest for n53, around 2013-14 as far as I can make out.

[maniak91]

MikeM6 said:

wasn't a recall on the N54 in the UK. I think the US did have this as a recall though. I think it is the same for the N53 too.

There is a recall on the n54 injectors now in the US for certain years, and everyone is buzzing about it

Decided to tint my 335i as i was feeling naked in it, but i think i went a bit too dark on the fronts. Not that i don't like it, but i'm assuming it might pose some legal problems . So my question is: in case of incidents, i know insurance companies refuses to pay. But, what is the procedure? Do the insurance company take the car right away? Or will they arrange for a evaluator to come and asses the damage, in which case i have time to strip down the front tints? Never been involved in a accident, nor do i plan to, but i would like to know how things work, just in case.

[bmwmike]

maniak91 said:

There is a recall on the n54 injectors now in the US for certain years, and everyone is buzzing about it

Decided to tint my 335i as i was feeling naked in it, but i think i went a bit too dark on the fronts. Not that i don't like it, but i'm assuming it might pose some legal problems . So my question is: in case of incidents, i know insurance companies refuses to pay. But, what is the procedure? Do the insurance company take the car right away? Or will they arrange for a evaluator to come and asses the damage, in which case i have time to strip down the front tints? Never been involved in a accident, nor do i plan to, but i would like to know how things work, just in case.

Not to be "that guy" but you could just ask the insurance company when you declare the tints..

[ferrisbueller]

bmwmike said:

maniak91 said:

There is a recall on the n54 injectors now in the US for certain years, and everyone is buzzing about it

Decided to tint my 335i as i was feeling naked in it, but i think i went a bit too dark on the fronts. Not that i don't like it, but i'm assuming it might pose some legal problems . So my question is: in case of incidents, i know insurance companies refuses to pay. But, what is the procedure? Do the insurance company take the car right away? Or will they arrange for a evaluator to come and asses the damage, in which case i have time to strip down the front tints? Never been involved in a accident, nor do i plan to, but i would like to know how things work, just in case.

Not to be "that guy" but you could just ask the insurance company when you declare the tints..

Quite. Surely you know what % tint you've had put in.

[maniak91]

bmwmike said:

Not to be "that guy" but you could just ask the insurance company when you declare the tints..

Thanks for the input. The reason i asked the question above, is that the thing they say to you over the phone and what happens in reality is quite different. So was curios if anyone dealt with insurances and how things went about the evaluation.

Regarding the front tints, anything you put on (unless its just UV film, not tint) is illegal. The legal amount is 75% transparency, and from factory our windows are ~76 i think. Yes, i am aware of that, and yes i'm sure most of you will say "then why do it",

[gizlaroc]

tenmantaylor said:

I have a 320d e91 Manual now and I never (unless hooning it consistantly) get less than 50mpg out of a tank (A road driving, not much town). So always 600+ a tank. 700 when longer trips in the mix. Even a 200 mile round trip with 3 mountain bikes on the roof rack, a car full of kit and 3 blokes in the car it still did 42mpg going 60-70mph on the motorway recently.

Yeah, I'm sure the manual can do far better than the older zf6 auto.

Sorry, I should have said I always talk about autos as all mine have been auto.

[bmwmike]

maniak91 said:

bmwmike said:

Not to be "that guy" but you could just ask the insurance company when you declare the tints..

Thanks for the input. The reason i asked the question above, is that the thing they say to you over the phone and what happens in reality is quite different. So was curios if anyone dealt with insurances and how things went about the evaluation.

Regarding the front tints, anything you put on (unless its just UV film, not tint) is illegal. The legal amount is 75% transparency, and from factory our windows are ~76 i think. Yes, i am aware of that, and yes i'm sure most of you will say "then why do it",

I always ask that any special instructions be written on the record or policy and I phone back a couple of days later to make sure it's done.

Second point I'm not sure I follow. If you are considering putting illegal tints on your front windscreen that's a bit stupid. What on earth are you doing that you feel the need to hide yourself and potentially endanger other road users? Are you doing drugs ? Or are you a pop star or similar type of person.

Edit to add : apologies if I've misunderstood

Edited by bmwmike on Sunday 2nd February 19:07

[ferrisbueller]

maniak91 said:

bmwmike said:

Not to be "that guy" but you could just ask the insurance company when you declare the tints..

Thanks for the input. The reason i asked the question above, is that the thing they say to you over the phone and what happens in reality is quite different. So was curios if anyone dealt with insurances and how things went about the evaluation.

Regarding the front tints, anything you put on (unless its just UV film, not tint) is illegal. The legal amount is 75% transparency, and from factory our windows are ~76 i think. Yes, i am aware of that, and yes i'm sure most of you will say "then why do it",

I don't think anyone is going to recommend putting yourself in a position where you feel you need to modify your car to make it legal again before an insurance assessor got to look at it.

[maniak91]

bmwmike said:

I always ask that any special instructions be written on the record or policy and I phone back a couple of days later to make sure it's done.

Cheers, fair point with the email. Also, none of the above reasons,

ferrisbueller said:

I don't think anyone is going to recommend putting yourself in a position where you feel you need to modify your car to make it legal again before an insurance assessor got to look at it.

Roger that. Speaking of, it's a thin line about how legal (or fit for insurance purposes i mean) cars are, because only a few will admit they don't actually tell their insurances what (or all) mods they have (intercooler, brakes, ecu flashes etc etc) for different purposes, but that's a whole other discussion L.E: also interesting, probably most don't even know that even small changes to your car might invalidate your insurance (like changing your wheels to a aftermarket especially).

Edited by maniak91 on Sunday 2nd February 20:30

[Manmoths]

A quick question for those in the know:

I've been after a set of Style 260M wheels for ages (18" E90 M3 non-options) for my LCI E91 335d. Having recently found a cheapish set of genuine ones, I've come across a fitment problem.

As the LCI Tourings are wider at the rear (to the tune of 12mm a side I'm told) then the 260Ms won't fit the rear without major rubbing, even with 255s rather than the OE M3 265 section.

Can anyone clarify? Anyone else run these on an LCI?

Cheers.

[zippyonline]

Yes the LCI runs a wider track. This is done via the drive flange I believe when I was nerding around part numbers. So you could put a pre LCI drive flange in there to drop the offset (although this would ruin your wheel bearings at the same time, so you'd need new ones of them too... )

[Manmoths]

zippyonline said:

Yes the LCI runs a wider track. This is done via the drive flange I believe when I was nerding around part numbers. So you could put a pre LCI drive flange in there to drop the offset (although this would ruin your wheel bearings at the same time, so you'd need new ones of them too... )

Do you know if the figure of 12mm per side that I was quoted is correct? If so then it rules the 260s out.

I'm not going to bother changing mechanicals for it, I'll just look at other wheel options.

[Swervin_Mervin]

12mm is correct yes. The LCIs have different hubs and driveshafts. And the M3s had wider arches of course...;)

[Manmoths]

Swervin_Mervin said:

12mm is correct yes. The LCIs have different hubs and driveshafts. And the M3s had wider arches of course...;)

That's the rub...

Oh well, I'd best get looking into other options.

[Mr Tidy]

Manmoths said:

That's the rub...

Oh well, I'd best get looking into other options.

It certainly may be.

You might find this site useful:- https://www.willtheyfit.com/

[gizlaroc]

This was my pre lci E91 running those wheels...




It was tight, I had to run Avon tyres as they were known to be narrow for their given width, the ones I first had on first did rub occasionally.

No chance with an LCI.

[Manmoths]

gizlaroc said:

This was my pre lci E91 running those wheels...




It was tight, I had to run Avon tyres as they were known to be narrow for their given width, the ones I first had on first did rub occasionally.

No chance with an LCI.

Aha! This was the image that made me want them. I didn't factor in the LCI track width, though.

Cheers for the help anyway!

[2 GKC]

Just been quoted £380 + VAT and fitting for a remote locking amplifier and c£1k for a new iDrive unit. Time for a new car. Shame, 330i, on 114k, and that's it done for me.

[JakeT]

Who's quoted that? There are plenty of cheaper options. The RCL amp (i believe) is a generic part that doesn't need coding, you can get one on eBay and fit yourself. For the iDrive, there are plenty of BMW retrofitters that should be able to either sort your existing CCC unit out cost effectively, or stick a CIC in for not much more than the £1,000 you've been quoted.

The benefit to these cars being old is there's a big community out there which makes expensive jobs much more palatable.