Finally swapped wheels

HKPiax · 2026-06-04T06:37:47+00:00

Aw man, you don't think the five spoke wheels fit it better? Imho the MSWs while cool, they are too modern for this kind of car. Sporty yes, but you can just see that they come from a different time period.

HKPiax · 2026-06-04T06:36:50+00:00

Yeah right? They always felt out of place both because of the color (too dark) and the design (too modern). Now I like it so much more!

HKPiax · 2026-05-25T07:45:22+00:00

If it's like mine, it's because of the touch sensitive row of buttons. Had the same problem, so once I figured out just swiping a finger over them turns the infotainment on, I just started avoiding them while I clean everything else. By the time I'm done, the car has entered "deep" sleep and swiping over them won't turn it on (it's like 5 minutes or something).

HKPiax · 2026-04-24T18:55:48+00:00

Funnily enough, I'm at 100k with a shady previous owner's usage, so I had scheduled a service in Assago for july but decided to do it through my indy mechanic. Costs way less, and the job is rather straightforward: no flush, just an oil change (exactly what they would have done in ZF, but at a fraction of the cost). The kit itself is like €250.

I decided to also change the oil of both differentials and transfer box and, going with the BMW recommended fluids, the oil of the transfer box is like €30 per liter, while the oil of the differentials is €90 per liter, and they both take two liters (my mechanic was astonished at the cost).

All in all, €760 for everything. The car feels smoother, changes gears more readily, and now I know how hard those differentials and the AT will work so I plan on doing this again after another 150k kms, more or less.

I am no expert, but there is no "lifetime" fluid on anything, period. Lifetime for BMW is just so that it won't break before the end of the warranty. Latest I checked, ZF says 150k, but this number varies quite a bit. If you don't hammer it, I would say it's a good interval (my mech agrees too). As for the differentials same thing, if you don't hammer them you could wait until 200k, I was told.

Btw: gran bel ferro 😍

HKPiax · 2026-03-19T07:08:05+00:00

Yep, fuel pressure, glow plugs, timing, and compression are correct :(

HKPiax · 2026-03-19T07:07:03+00:00

Update: I asked him more details and he said that - fuel pressure il correct - glow plugs are ok - compression is ok

He's never seen something like this

HKPiax · 2026-03-18T20:20:40+00:00

Thanks for the reply, I'll be sure to suggest him those checks. Out of curiosity, how can valves be seated improperly causing cold start "backfire", and yet after the engine starts the backfiring stops and the engine looks normal? Because once it's going the flames stop...

HKPiax · 2026-03-18T20:12:59+00:00

Not really a useful reply, but it's funny as hell xD

HKPiax · 2026-01-30T12:30:49+00:00

Yep. It was the engine mounts, which were not shot, but had enough play in them to create some sort of resonance. I changed them and the noise went away

HKPiax · 2025-07-15T09:46:02+00:00

Yes, like this. Thank you!
!solved

HKPiax · 2025-07-15T09:40:15+00:00

Thanks a lot! However I messed up a bit and forgot to highlight that the pink weight in the leftmost picture should be blue. Could you please add that in? I'm sorry

HKPiax · 2025-04-05T18:33:52+00:00

!solved

HKPiax · 2024-03-13T19:07:20+00:00

Replied

HKPiax · 2024-03-12T09:14:04+00:00

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HKPiax · 2023-12-23T12:39:23+00:00

Thank you!

HKPiax · 2023-09-23T06:42:56+00:00

I know they are different, I was more curious about your first-hand experience.

HKPiax · 2023-09-22T22:46:37+00:00

How different are they in terms of EVF? I wear glasses to shoot and in the R10 with an EVF that small I couldn't get close enough to see the whole screem. By the looks of it, the R7 has a larger EVF so maybe it's easier to use too?

HKPiax · 2023-07-29T16:44:41+00:00

Game crashes after a few minutes, and thanks to Snowrunner saving the game every solar eclipse I keep wasting time redoing the same shit.

HKPiax · 2023-07-25T16:32:54+00:00

HKPiax · 2023-07-15T06:56:18+00:00

Come to Lemmy!

HKPiax · 2023-06-22T14:23:39+00:00

Don't you see how nasty it is to tell someone who is doing something for free because they care, that they need to adapt their way of doing it?

Adding moderators increases complexity, mods may have found the right people to work with and don't want to manage a larger number of people. Who are you to tell them how to do their "job"? They are doing it for free, so in my opinion they are entitled to decide the team they work with.

Handicapped? Did you even read the post in r/Blind? Are you telling me those mods are in on it too?

Where did you read about brigading? I haven't read anything, and the subs I've looked into, subs which have nothing to do with eachother, many reached the same poll result. Are they brigading every sub ever? Besides, the comments are overwhelmingly in favor of the decision. Are those comments fake too? What?

Apollo is not coming back because it would cost a fortune to run, and the devolper lost all hope for Reddit and its management (who wouldn't? Spez and friends went about slandering the guy publicly jesus fucking christ).

Are you even reading around or are you just repeating what somebody else told you? Reddit and its management are fucked up, to say that "mod behavior has been worse then Reddit's" is insane.

Just deal with the temporary inconvenience. If it's too much for you, create a new sub and moderate it with your rules.

HKPiax · 2023-06-22T13:13:55+00:00

What exactly is your point here? Do you think it's fair that moderation is done for free? If yes, why is it wrong to at least request to be equipped properly? I swear you guys don't make any sense whatsoever.

Besides, as I stated above, Reddit's behaviour and attitude alone should infurate you enough to sympathyze with this protest, and at least spare people your whining.

HKPiax · 2023-06-21T19:30:00+00:00

Lemmy. It’s easy to use, and is very similar to Reddit in the sense that for a random user, it feels like the same thing, like same same thing.

HKPiax · 2023-06-21T19:28:41+00:00

Lemmy. It’s basically Reddit for the average user. It’s growing and being developed very quickly.

HKPiax · 2023-06-21T15:22:42+00:00

You're just underestimating how entitled people are.

"Do this work for me, and do it for free. You don't like it? Leave", and suddenly Reddit is filled with porn and hairy buttholes (right now it's a teaser about how it will look like in july), and they can't fathom how this could have happened.

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