Now you’ve heard what we think, what would you be doing to the car first?

@BitcoinKal

2 жыл бұрын

Bushes, arms and shocks.

@duncanwatson1980

2 жыл бұрын

I'd do the same as you did to the red car. Plus any other bushes but totally standard. It's a road car at the end of the day.

@caseyscales2087

2 жыл бұрын

Very nice! How about Bushings / suspension / chassis dynamics dept :) Intake/exhaust? Mebbe lil dash of NA tuning? And DCT firmware :P

@MrMichikelomtres

2 жыл бұрын

Carbon fiber splitter blades, carbon fiber difusser and carbon fiber spoiler

@richardtrow2751

2 жыл бұрын

Dampers and subframe bushes to start 👍

The front lower control arms use spherical bearings (like monoballs). The thrust arms are less an issue (hard rubber). The tie rods for the steering should also be changed. Flush the rack and pinion fluid...messy. Sway bar upgrades are a pain since the subframe have to be dropped front and rear. You can save money by getting TRW OE arms, instead of BMW OEM parts. M3 control arms can be used in non- M3 E9X BMWs, as a suspension upgrade. There are very nice billet rear trailing arms made by Fall Line (IND). The stock trailing arms are made to buckle, to avoid a fuel tank puncture in case of a rear end impact....That is why they are full of lightening holes/cut outs. But the rubber bearings are pressed into the frame and wheel knuckle....huge pain to press out and in. You can get monoball/spherical bearings with the billet trailing arm kit. Again the bearings are not in the arms, but have to be pressed into the frame on the car. The rear control arms 4 or 6 can be replaced...maybe with cheaper TRW OE parts. Interested to see if the differential and subframe bushings need to be replaced....pressed out and in.

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

Good amount of knowledge! We have our plans laid out and all will be revealed, but you’re not too far off…

Dam. I would be inclined to refresh the entire beck end as well, but then he said let's do each component separately,to see what each one adds. I love it!

@djarell9

2 жыл бұрын

And it's my favorite car! 🔥💨

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

Thing is usually a lot of things are done at the same time as a ‘while you’re in there’ to save on labour costs. But as it’s our project we want to do things in steps and see what difference each change makes. This then lets us advise customers as best as possible to what truly makes sense to do.

@motivesupplies

2 жыл бұрын

@@EvolveAutomotive Talk about a business where customers come first. Hats off to you guys.

This ventre you guys are doing with this car is amazing and relatable to me as my 11' Comp is at 157k. I have been on top of all my services. Replaced all the bushes, dampers, brakes etc. Car still feels as it was at 60k.

That's a fair price to change the bearings, considering what's involved. Keep the vids coming its nice to see, a high miler getting some Love, and what sort of differences can be made when changing certain parts.

Great video! I think this series is gold for anyone with an E92 M3.

Love this journey great to see the upgrades in steps rather than just fixing a bunch of things that may or may not be effecting the car. Thanks again Jp

Liked the video before it even started, just based on the smooth, slick intro 🔥🔥🔥

Very interesting ! I enjoyed that and the previous one about the rod bearings just goes to prove how vital regular oil and oil filter changes are !

Got myself a similar condition M3 with similar mileage. Will be following this project very closely! Keep us updated.

Thank you for sharing, definitely one I can most relate to! 🙌🏽

Loving the series so far!

Loving this series… also that thumbnail cut out along the window swoop is so satisfying. 🥵

E92 m3's have just gone up ££££ with these videos your putting out.

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

😅😅😅

Great content mates. Loving it here in the states.

It’s great to see this one coming along well, especially to see what replacing the suspension with donor parts from the red one. Btw, very nice intro 👍🏽💯

Aston is a legend! Absolute dude, great knowledge

This is such a relax video of testing and checking a nice car. I like this style of videos a lot

Brilliant video as usual, looking forward to watching the whole 10 season on this m3(lol) you guys are just fantastic, well done on another superb video.

love these episodes. Keep the work up, also please try as much when you got an issue to explain in depth how it's the correct form, how it should be, you are doing a massive help for people that want to get started technically.

That engine sound 😍 intoxicating..... Another great video. Looking forward to the next one 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Good to learn new things about the E92,

That beginning graphics is madness

Loving the new intro. 👍🏻

Really appreciated your videos. Don't know much about cars but recently bought an e92 m3 at high mileage(100k). So I just began studying how to maintain and learned a lot from your videos. Thanks.

That intro 🔥 loving the F & F inspiration

I have some very similar characteristics on my 127k e92 so will be following very closely. Interested to see where you find the poorest bushes/suspension components and probably copy your work! Keep up the good work. Subscribed 👍

Very interested to see how this build goes what a clever idea for real world drivers wicked!

Ive never really liked the E92 M3…but since ive been following your channel its one of my favourites

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

It’s one of our favourites!

@pins69

2 жыл бұрын

@@EvolveAutomotive i love it! You guys have some great cars, but seeing these projects are great, plus im actually learning something!

Love what Evolve has planned for this high mileage E92 M3

Really looking forward to watching this project.

Really enjoying this content!

Thanks, great video

Looking forward to the next instalment 👌

I would love to see you focus on bringing this car up to date in terms of reliability items and drive ability not so much the performance. So to clarify. Fix suspension, brakes, fit the Fall-Line products to the DCT, look at a skid plate like the Turner one, deal with cooling issues, look at the various control arm monoball kits and solutions that really tighten up the driving experience on a standard car and standard engine. Yes anyone can hunt for more power, we all do it but how about making this car drive better than something with more HP in actual normal road conditions as that’s what most of your customers really do. Thanks Jp

Enjoying this development and looking forward to seeing how it goes. I really like the incremental approach and analysis of how the car feels different. Side note: love your lane discipline when country driving. Wish more people drove like that. Or are you just being a good boy for the camera? 😉

Hi great channel lots of useful information. If you can please could you recommend a decent brake pad set cheers

Loving this venture so far...going to learn a lot about my m3. Even though my indy says my car a nice example and needs nothing i still always think somethings up😂

Congratulations 🎉🍾🎈🎊! I'm sure you'll get it sorted. (:

Intro is fantastic 🔥🔥🔥😎

Loving the new intro 👌🏽👌🏽 As you’re doing the dampers it makes sense to fit lowering springs 😎

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

Makes sense yes but we are doing this a bit more scientifically, so will be either keeping the current springs and just changing dampers, or changing to the 60k springs as well.

Thanks! In case you find the cause of the heavy steering I'd be interested to know. With my car it's very hard to tell a difference between comfort vs sport servotronic settings. It feels like I'm always in sport, compared to other M3's. Which software can be used to check the speed mappings for servotronic ?

Beautiful.

Looks like you’ve got a pretty good size cut in the middle of the tread on the rear left tyre. Worth having a look at before you have a blow out

Love the new intro!

Coming from Australia, seeing that underbody rust on everything hurts my eyes. My suggestion would be to drop the whole rear subframe, new bushes and also, clean and paint the subframe and anywhere else that looks rusty and make it all look fresh again.

That video intro is hard.

I trust your workshop and would happily bring my cars here. 😎

Loving the video Imran!! I unfortunately don't have the M3 BUT hopefully soon, i do have a Bmw e93 335i. I'm looking at some coilovers and been looking at the Kw Street comfort, as a few points you mentioned in the video about the car bouncing around resonates with me unfortunately. So yeah what do you think of the above coilover or if you have any suggestions i would be massively grateful. Cheers😎

I’d imagine just changing the front damper too bearing whilst you are in there will lighten up the steering a bit! Top bearings bound to be done in after that mileage

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

You’re right, we’ll inspect them when we remove the dampers and if they are worryingly bad we will change them. If not at this stage we will probably leave them on as we want to isolate issues rather than doing too many things at once.

Does that rear nearside tyre have like a 2 to 3 inch slit right in the middle of the tread guys 🤔

I wish I could just leave my car with you for a month, good listening here though... my e61 @ 126,000 km probably needs these changes. Great vid!!! Thank you 🙏

The new intro though!🔥

I have the same exact car and just slowly undergoing the same “refresh” bit by bit. Replaced the coilovers a year ago but still not good enough and followed with the front and rear control arms. Made a huge difference, but wondering what else to refresh thereafter. Following this story!

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

There’s a few areas we want to improve over just fresh OEM parts, so maybe that will be of interest to you!

New intro is awsome 👌

love the new intro

Great vid

Building a stroker engine with forged rods and upgrqding the suspension would be amazing. What's the deal with the RK built engine for the M5? I was interested in having them build my F90, but it doesn't seem like the product is polished and ready for prime time if you reverted back to stock block and rods. Can you give us an update?

Congratulations 100 subscribers

I genuinely love watching this I think they have put a lot of time into this and deserves a lot more recognition on a project series like this. 👌

Awesome ///M the work that you want to do are mostly maintenance id say its still a very good car irrespective of the mileage and once you done im sure youll have a very very good car👊🤙🇩🇪

Locked in

This is going to be an interesting project! Once all of the touch up work is complete. It would be interesting to see the costs associated with it...I'm interested in buying a high mileage E92 M3.

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

We’ll be going through the costs as we go

Id love to see the condition of the spark plugs and diff oil.

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

Make sure you’re subscribed as that will be coming in future videos!

Cheers guys 👌

Once the bearings have been changed, I take it that they are an up rated version and shouldn’t need changing again for some time? Thinking swapping my M2 for the E92.. I’ve seen one on 38k miles 12 plate with bearings changed at 36k.. also I believe the 2011+ models had some parts changed to the S65?

E9x m3 videos are the best

Imran is making me want to take my E92 M3 out for a drive 😁 poor girl's been sitting in the garage since I picked up my OG M2!

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

OG M2 is just a newer E92 M3, but go drive it!

@micraw714

2 жыл бұрын

@@EvolveAutomotive Exactly! Love them both 😍

Nice big split in the rear left tyre?? 🤔

Very informative video

That number plate is asking for a v10 conversion 🤣🙈

Really interesting series of videos here. Although the actual drive and feedback of the car is a good way to determine whether things needs addressing, like you say some people are not able to compare to a ‘as it should be’ car. So actual before and after checks of bushes in terms of play would be a good visual check that everyone can check without there being any matter of opinion or matter of experience coming into play from driving feedback etc

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

When we start changing parts we will be doing visual comparisons alongside the driving impressions.

Great video guys! Are you going to dyno test it? Would be interesting to see any power loss.

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

We are planning to yes, to make sure it’s making the correct factory power before we start tuning.

Now that intro is boss level IMO 👌🏻😎

The steering on my e92 also shakes at 80mph. Its a 2008 with 88k on the clock. I had the wheels balanced which helped slightly but by no means resolved the issue. What else is there I can do??

Nice new intro, although I miss the glorious V10 😦

What type of watch are you wearing? Great video btw! Cheers

Hi there! Loving this series so far. When I looked at your previous E92 M3s videos I am surprised you dont have a separate chapter for upgrading rotor brakes. Are stock OEM enough for track use? Which would you fit? Would you go retailer after market (Alcon, Wilwood, Brembo BBK, Endeless?)... or would you retrofit brembos from other cars: Alfas, Maserti, Porsches, Merch calipers? If the later... how would you control brake bias or need of a new master cilinder? How about contact patches? Those are questions that I would like some experts like yourselves would put together in a series of videos.

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

In honesty we are not huge track drivers so can’t comment too much on high performance scenarios. We’ll be covering brakes at some point in this series. Always a fan of AP’s, but also the F8X M3/4 calipers seem a good upgrade. Will investigate.

I need to do the front and rear control arms after 190k miles on my BMW E90 M3....before I install a Varis Undertray/Rear Diffuser or EVAero M3 Carbon Fiber Aero Kit (foot tapping).

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

No timeline currently on the Evaero stuff but appreciate you waiting!

It would be interesting to see the real difference in price between a low and high mileage example, by the time you do all the work the higher mileage car needs, is there really that much difference? Great video and concept, you’re doing what I would do as a home mechanic/ enthusiast, great to see

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

We’re enthusiasts ourselves! Going to be a fun project and a little different to all our others. Won’t know for sure until we’re done, but I’d still say buy the best car you can afford.

@ozzyo99

2 жыл бұрын

@@EvolveAutomotive a cost breakdown at the end would be good with estimated labour. Then you can compare what that cost would translate to in today's market.

For the heavy steering, I would check for a misalignment, Maybe the front tires should have a long alignment or maybe something to do with the tires of the car, like maybe tire pressure ? Another thing could be lack of fluid oil for the hydraulic steering wheel, also check tie rods, if they are giving too much and maybe check for the control arms, maybe I am not too sure + Bilstein b16 coilvers would also help…

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

Everything you’ve said is a definite possibility! Tyres are wearing evenly and pressures are good so think the alignment is okay. We’ll find out and let you know!

I’m thinking of buying an F30 330d. Any common faults I should look out for???

My E34 530i has 176K miles. I need to do all of these items. (Except the rod bearings.) I like the one-at-time approach. Makes for good videos. I agree, at 150 or 170K miles it all needs to be done at the same time.

@EvolveAutomotive

Жыл бұрын

One of the best things you can do for an older/higher mileage car is refresh perishable components such as rubber bushings and vacuum lines!

Some of those control arms are supposed to move around a bit when not under load. I replaced all my front control arms (including bushings) with new and the tension strut still has a tiny bit of movement. The sway bar links move around a lot when twisting side to side even when new so apparently both are normal. Would be great to have a video that shows how much movement and in which directions for these control arms is expected.

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

A little but nothing like what is shown. When we change the arms we can do a direct comparison to show compared to fresh parts.

Full send.

THAT INTRO THO!!!

I love seeing high mileage M cars!

@umarkayani9203

2 жыл бұрын

Very rare

@KrayKidProductionZ

2 жыл бұрын

@@umarkayani9203 Not really

Hello from bulgaria you are the top of the top

Surely not much life left in the stock dampers at 60k? My rears were gone after 85k.

Uk roads and weather are dammed hard on cars. I relocated to Florida and it's much more common to see high mileage cars with no rust or issues. The roads here are so boring and straight though. No cheeky back lane blasts. Just traffic lights and grids.

Is there any issues related to the journal bearings or the thrust bearings, or just on the rod bearings?

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

We haven’t seen them be an issue.

This is the best video I have seen about buying a high mileage M3. Nice! One thing that gets me is how folks like the British and Japanese, etc, like to drive on the left hand side. My American brain just can't come to terms with it.

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words and glad you enjoyed :) I’m not sure if ‘like’ is the best word, it’s literally how our road network is setup, we don’t really have a choice!

@sugarnads

2 жыл бұрын

Lol 'like'.

Like this series. We have all looked at similar cars and thought, _how bad could it be_ ...

hi is wavetrack available for E60 whats the cost fitted 535d do you offer XHP gearbox remap

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, please email sales@evolveautomotive.com for enquiries, thank you

Is it a real comp pack?? It doesnt come with those wheels

Yes agreed, please make small but incremental changes. Buy used then buy brand new aftermarket OEM. So we can see the progression. That car even in the video felt soft and loose. Definately needs bit of work

Amazing car for the money

Isn't there a rubber doughnut between the steering rack and the column that wears out on these BMW's

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

There was on the earlier M3’s (Matt changed it to a solid one on his E36) but not on the E9x M3 as far as we know

You've probably answered this question before but what country road do you test your cars on? I live in Luton so it should be fairly close. Many thanks!

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

We have a few locally we use. Should be able to figure it out based on the road signs 😉

@dannyh6511

2 жыл бұрын

Aaah found it! Much appreciated - I shall take the E46 out there soon :)

What does the gas update on the gearbox do?

@EvolveAutomotive

2 жыл бұрын

Assume autocorrect and you mean GTS? Less lag shifting into Reverse. Default D2 Shift mode on start up S Mode Shift Memory Crisper, faster shifting throughout Crisper smoother rev matching on downshifts General improvement throughout DCT operation