by "Party-vi" (party-vi)
Published 03/24/2017 at 16:50
by "Party-vi" (party-vi)
Published 03/24/2017 at 16:50
Tags: E46
STARS: 3
Tuesday I pulled out of the parking garage and work and heard something hit my car. I pulled over and looked in the side mirror to see what was on the ground, only to realize I had no side mirror - the glazing just fell the fuck out, like it’s not supposed to. BMWs are such pieces of shit it was only 15 years old with 186,000 miles really unreliable. Sad! I epoxied the now broken mirror back in place that night, and ordered a replacement. Fun fact - you can only get fancy blindspot mirrors or heated regular mirrors. Apparently it’s too much work to just reproduce the regular non-heated blue mirror.
Then, this happens yesterday:
Looks like a brick or some other heavy object came off someone’s tire and just blasted the paint off my fender. The clear coat bubbling was there previously, but this fucked up my shit. Luckily there was a front driver fender from a 2001 325Ci available in titanium silver and I picked it up for $100, along with two coupe door seals for $20, which is amazing considering ECS has door seals listed at $379 gawd damn!
"6cyl" (6cyl)
03/24/2017 at 16:56, STARS: 2
At least there aren’t like 20 options for the mirror and they dont cost $1,200 for used ones.
"unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)" (unclevanos)
03/24/2017 at 17:03, STARS: 1
But you need the activecomfortefficiencyplusxdrive mirror option. Its like 12k on realoem. Could be worse you could have no temp gauge, an electric water pump and carbon buildup. Also have a * GONG * LOW COOLANT LEVEL warning.
"Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever" (rustanddust)
03/24/2017 at 17:17, STARS: 5
For what it’s worth, that wasn’t BMWs clear failing, something had walloped that fender previously.
"TFen" (tfen)
03/24/2017 at 17:47, STARS: 0
Came to say this. I wonder if the mirror may have been “compromised” or what have you in another accident along the way.
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
03/24/2017 at 19:01, STARS: 1
(On the fender) it looks like there was some rust coming up under the bondo-job and whatever scuffed it (in the upper part of the affected area) was enough to knock it loose.
"zdkfocus" (zdkibler89)
03/25/2017 at 09:30, STARS: 0
Hey man, I don’t want to be a bother, but Patrick George recommended I come into the Oppo comments and ask to be given author status, and another Oppo member recommended I ask you. Would you possibly be willing to grant me author status? I will buy you a drink if you’re ever in Buffalo. Haha
"Party-vi" (party-vi)
03/27/2017 at 10:03, STARS: 0
good lord man.
"Party-vi" (party-vi)
03/27/2017 at 10:04, STARS: 0
Yeah found that out when I swapped it out for the replacement - someone did a number one that previously. they didn’t even take it off the car during the respray.
"6cyl" (6cyl)
03/27/2017 at 10:06, STARS: 0
Not my car, thank god. I found those when a customer came in looking for a replacement for his car.
"Party-vi" (party-vi)
03/27/2017 at 10:07, STARS: 0
added brah
"zdkfocus" (zdkibler89)
03/28/2017 at 20:43, STARS: 0
Thanks dude!
"Hondanazi" (hondanazi1)
04/16/2017 at 17:38, STARS: 0
Holy shit someone did a nice repair....lol. I see the holes from a dent puller and about a gallon of bonds to rebuild that lip. Then probably some shitty barely catalysed primer and that’s why the clear was bubbling up. None of all that bondo and primer set up properly...I don’t know why someone wouldn’t just change the goddamn fender.....