What did you do to your M or Q Today ....

[DeanM45]

Something most will never see.....pulled off the engine cover, polished it out and waxed it.

[06M4.5]

ilya made this pic for me today:



Before:

[JohnsHall]

Installed Z-Tube

[pedsemdoc]

1. Changed in cabin air filter
2. Finally changed the worn out first Homelink button on my rear view mirror...bugging me for a while, have been out of warranty and I'm sure the stealership would charge an arm and a leg for it. so bought a used mirror on Fleabay and swapped the buttons out.
3. Bought a used UpRev Osiris tuner cable and license!!! gotta do some data logging...

[Larz]

Dean, mate - you know better than to just tease with a great pic and not tell us clearly how you did that ! LOL
Seriously though, did you just use a random orbital and some plastic or metal polish to get it that smooth?

[DeanM45]

Dean, mate - you know better than to just tease with a great pic and not tell us clearly how you did that ! LOL
Seriously though, did you just use a random orbital and some plastic or metal polish to get it that smooth?

It was a PITA. Block sand everything with 600, then 1000 and then 1500 grit. Epoxy prime, re-sand and then color paint and clear coat.

Did everything by hand because once the plastic gets warm it gets SUPER soft so electric sanders were out.

[Larz]

All your efforts paid off, mate. It looks brilliant!

[Divindra]

2007 M35X VQ35DE
List of all Mods:
0. Stickers. Lots of them
1. NWP Lower intake spacer
2. NWP Throttle body spacer
3. NWP Throttle body plate
4. NWP 75mm Throttle Body & Plug in Adapter
5. Motordyne Upper Intake Plenum Spacer
6. Megan Blue Tip Axle back and mid pipe exhaust
7. Injen Short Ram Air Intake
8. Real Auto Dynamics Uprev Tune

[ophdeheeezy]

Loving that mid range!

2007 M35X VQ35DE
List of all Mods:
0. Stickers. Lots of them
1. NWP Lower intake spacer
2. NWP Throttle body spacer
3. NWP Throttle body plate
4. NWP 75mm Throttle Body & Plug in Adapter
5. Motordyne Upper Intake Plenum Spacer
6. Megan Blue Tip Axle back and mid pipe exhaust
7. Injen Short Ram Air Intake
8. Real Auto Dynamics Uprev Tune

[CPJ LB]

2007 M35X VQ35DE

1. NWP Lower intake spacer
2. NWP Throttle body spacer
3. NWP Throttle body plate
4. NWP 75mm Throttle Body & Plug in Adapter

good work...I think this is the first M35x dyno results I've seen. Others have done the data log method. thanks for sharing. As far as the NWP throttle body upgrade, did you have any issues when fitting the Injen intake tube back on? Did the rubber connector hose fit or did you have to change it for a larger diameter? I've been hesitant on going with a larger TB because of possible fitment issue with the intake tube... do you have any pix as well? thanks in advance....

[jiggersplat]

Today I had my M towed to te dealership after the check engine light came on and it went into limp mode and started overheating. 69,7xxx miles on her. Good timing I guess.

[JoshTex]

Did you ever have the fans replaced? there was a recall on them. had mine replaced after overheat while getting car cleaned.

[jiggersplat]

I was told there was an extended warranty, not a recall on the fans. I'll ask them about it Monday when they open up.

[avishal26]

My exhaust pipe near the muffler rusted off from the flange... so went to a muffler shop, had them cut out the flange and replace with stainless pipe and delete the muffler while they were at it.

Sounds a lot better - just loud enough. Only cost me a quarter of what a full cat-back system would have cost me.

[06M4.5]

Fans had a recall and given extended warranty when re place by dealer.

[TDot]

2007 M35X VQ35DE
List of all Mods:
0. Stickers. Lots of them
1. NWP Lower intake spacer
2. NWP Throttle body spacer
3. NWP Throttle body plate
4. NWP 75mm Throttle Body & Plug in Adapter
5. Motordyne Upper Intake Plenum Spacer
6. Megan Blue Tip Axle back and mid pipe exhaust
7. Injen Short Ram Air Intake
8. Real Auto Dynamics Uprev Tune

Is the red before and green after or is it just two different plots while they were working? If that is the difference do you TRULY feel a difference in the pickup and power?

[LouCast]

Tinted the tail lights with 3 coats of tint and 3 of clear. Painted the grill satin black, and polished her. Not bad for an OEM paint job, but I will paint her again soon, just unsure what color.

[The00Dustin]

Fans had a recall and given extended warranty when re place by dealer.

When the fan issue came up, I got a letter from Infiniti saying that most fans would be fine and they were extending the warranty instead of replacing fans just to make sure that all defective fans were fixed under warranty. The letter came with a sticker to add to the warranty booklet making note of this.

[Costee]

Close on to 95k one of my IVT sensors began to trigger off the SES light afer a straight drive of 50 miles or more. It was on bank 2. I interchanged the two sensors, and the code followed the problem; bank 1 code came up after the 50-mile drive. So today at 95,004 miles, I decided to replace both with oem as well as the two interrelated cam/crank sensors. I also replaced the two original drive belts, the engine air filter, and did an oil/filter change. The last oil/filter change I did was on 2 January this year at 92.5k...the M is strictly not my daily driver.

[svard75]

Picked up one of these http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Wifi-Mir ... 96878.html

Will be installing the DVD/NAV bypass hack and this little box this weekend. It's supposed to be capable of displaying your cell phones screen on the AUX input. Will do a complete photo writeup. The Mirabox cost me $105USD with DHL shipping. This version contains a manual mode button to toggle between airplay and miracast. There is a new version out there that has automatic switching. It's neat because it acts like a wifi relay using your cell phone so people in your car can surf and enjoy playing games on the big screen. We shall see...

[NascentHorizons]

Installed brand new Yokohama YK580 tires on my 2010 M35.

Damn thing rides like a dream now. Best. Decision. Ever.

[Divindra]

2007 M35X VQ35DE

1. NWP Lower intake spacer
2. NWP Throttle body spacer
3. NWP Throttle body plate
4. NWP 75mm Throttle Body & Plug in Adapter

good work...I think this is the first M35x dyno results I've seen. Others have done the data log method. thanks for sharing. As far as the NWP throttle body upgrade, did you have any issues when fitting the Injen intake tube back on? Did the rubber connector hose fit or did you have to change it for a larger diameter? I've been hesitant on going with a larger TB because of possible fitment issue with the intake tube... do you have any pix as well? thanks in advance....

Fits perfect. I will take pics tomorrow for sure. Sorry for the delayed response.

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2007 M35X VQ35DE
List of all Mods:
0. Stickers. Lots of them
1. NWP Lower intake spacer
2. NWP Throttle body spacer
3. NWP Throttle body plate
4. NWP 75mm Throttle Body & Plug in Adapter
5. Motordyne Upper Intake Plenum Spacer
6. Megan Blue Tip Axle back and mid pipe exhaust
7. Injen Short Ram Air Intake
8. Real Auto Dynamics Uprev Tune

Is the red before and green after or is it just two different plots while they were working? If that is the difference do you TRULY feel a difference in the pickup and power?

That red is baseline of all the mods before the tune and the green represents all mods including the tune.
I truly felt a difference from all the mods being installed, then another difference when the tune was complete.
Before the tune the car definitely felt faster, but idled terribly even after the relearn process. Was told it was running very lean in the low RPMs and very rich in the high RPMS. After the tune i felt the biggest difference in the everything above 5500 Rpms and idled like stock again. Definitely recommend it.

[jiggersplat]

Picked up one of these http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Wifi-Mir ... 96878.html

Will be installing the DVD/NAV bypass hack and this little box this weekend. It's supposed to be capable of displaying your cell phones screen on the AUX input. Will do a complete photo writeup. The Mirabox cost me $105USD with DHL shipping. This version contains a manual mode button to toggle between airplay and miracast. There is a new version out there that has automatic switching. It's neat because it acts like a wifi relay using your cell phone so people in your car can surf and enjoy playing games on the big screen. We shall see...

Interested to see how this works out...

[svard75]

Lol. Biggest piece of crap this mirabox. The resolution is so low on our cars screens that you can barely make out what it says. Second I can only connect to it 1 out of 10 tries. There's no support post sales so $80 out the door. On a positive note I performed a permanent av controller hack. I just cut the green wire and grounded the pink lol. Cool eh?

[40belowceo]

Cleaned, 2 coats of plasti dip, & clear on my 19 sports & swapped them out with my 20's getting ready for another brutal winter here in the North East.

[CPJ LB]

added a steering wheel cover that slips over the OE steering wheel. the upper portion of the steering wheel was wearing down and fading, so instead of getting the steering wheel re-wrapped I went with a quick fix. the steering wheel now has a thicker feel to it - kinda like my old E class.

I picked up the steering wheel cover on eBay for $26 bucks...not bad investment. there are other steering wheel covers that you can sew together, but I didn't feel like spending the extra money and having to sew

I'll try and take some pix today and post later....as well as find the eBay link....

[CPJ LB]

added a steering wheel cover that slips over the OE steering wheel. the upper portion of the steering wheel was wearing down and fading, so instead of getting the steering wheel re-wrapped I went with a quick fix. the steering wheel now has a thicker feel to it - kinda like my old E class.

I picked up the steering wheel cover on eBay for $26 bucks...not bad investment. there are other steering wheel covers that you can sew together, but I didn't feel like spending the extra money and having to sew

I'll try and take some pix today and post later....as well as find the eBay link....

here are some pix and the eBay link. it's a quick fix for those of you that have a worn steering wheel.... or who want a thicker feel to the steering wheel. no sewing involved, just slips over OE steering wheel.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-57001E-PV ... 6d&vxp=mtr




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[mexillis]

washed and detailed finally.

[stm37s]

washed and detailed finally.

She looking good mexillis

[stm37s]

added a steering wheel cover that slips over the OE steering wheel. the upper portion of the steering wheel was wearing down and fading, so instead of getting the steering wheel re-wrapped I went with a quick fix. the steering wheel now has a thicker feel to it - kinda like my old E class.

I picked up the steering wheel cover on eBay for $26 bucks...not bad investment. there are other steering wheel covers that you can sew together, but I didn't feel like spending the extra money and having to sew

I'll try and take some pix today and post later....as well as find the eBay link....

here are some pix and the eBay link. it's a quick fix for those of you that have a worn steering wheel.... or who want a thicker feel to the steering wheel. no sewing involved, just slips over OE steering wheel.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-57001E-PV ... 6d&vxp=mtr




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Looks factory, very nice CPJ LB