Didn't you say you were close to LMB335is? Why not use the shop that he used?Well, I heard back from the only other driveshaft shop around me (in Mobile, AL) and:
Running out of ideas here.
@Begood69 That is an awesome build!
N54 DCT w/M3 Conversion
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Close is certainly subjective. ~450miles away is 'close'. I was trying to exhaust options in my area. If anyone has local options and wants to help my cause I can assist financially (including payment/incentive, of course) with anything you can throw at me or I can ship to the shop as long as they don't mind, I've even contemplated going with a custom driveshaft.
I was trying my best to get this project done before the end of March and our Tail of the Dragon cruise but it isn't looking good now. I have every bolt, bushing, fluid and part other than this damn driveshaft and I have all the measurements and spare shafts for this... I feel incredibly frustrated! It is minimal amount of work left as I've already gone through the GWS coding/fitment/testing (part of the original test team).
I welcome any help for this, trying to not throw in the towel. My area happens to be one of the worst for car modifications.
Well, I kept searching around in the area and pinged this shop, ~1+hours away from me:
transmissionshopfortwaltonfl.com
If they don't respond tomorrow then I will certainly PM, @LMB335is ... Hopefully it is for a cluster instead of a driveshaft. I am certainly not trying to impose or abuse your graciousness that you have spread across the forums I see you on.
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If they don't respond tomorrow then I will certainly PM, @LMB335is ... Hopefully it is for a cluster instead of a driveshaft. I am certainly not trying to impose or abuse your graciousness that you have spread across the forums I see you on.
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Im come to destin often and im not sure u will b able to find any to do it around there. Just ship it out.
In my case i used the AT oem which is the same length as the 335is. And i use a 3.08 diff from an MT pre feb2007 and put my LSD i had on my AT 3.46 diff. Fitted like a charm.
Good luck. Just take a trip to tampa.
occasion to meet someone that seems nice and may have good things for u.
Hope i will be moving to tampa back in jun2021 myself.
In my case i used the AT oem which is the same length as the 335is. And i use a 3.08 diff from an MT pre feb2007 and put my LSD i had on my AT 3.46 diff. Fitted like a charm.
Good luck. Just take a trip to tampa.
occasion to meet someone that seems nice and may have good things for u.Hope i will be moving to tampa back in jun2021 myself.
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If you decide to go custom, I know that @AUbeast86 knows who to go to and who not to go to
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Don't worry I haven't given up!
Got the M3 cluster installed. Definitely a huge pain in the a** sanding it to fit properly. I used a dremel and it took hours trying not to overdue it. Ended up fitting in without any screws by a nice click fit under the gauge hood.
Been driving around stock trans flash with the 2.81 and car seems pretty normal. Made a trip from (roughly) Seattle to Portland, then to Seaside, and back up to Seattle area. Nearly 8 hours of driving
but everything works great so far.
This coming weekend I should have time to get the GWS in and flash the M3 GTS software. I'll update again then.
Don't worry I haven't given up!
Got the M3 cluster installed. Definitely a huge pain in the a** sanding it to fit properly. I used a dremel and it took hours trying not to overdue it. Ended up fitting in without any screws by a nice click fit under the gauge hood.
Been driving around stock trans flash with the 2.81 and car seems pretty normal. Made a trip from (roughly) Seattle to Portland, then to Seaside, and back up to Seattle area. Nearly 8 hours of driving
but everything works great so far.This coming weekend I should have time to get the GWS in and flash the M3 GTS software. I'll update again then.
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Don't worry I haven't given up!
Got the M3 cluster installed. Definitely a huge pain in the a** sanding it to fit properly. I used a dremel and it took hours trying not to overdue it. Ended up fitting in without any screws by a nice click fit under the gauge hood.
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Been driving around stock trans flash with the 2.81 and car seems pretty normal. Made a trip from (roughly) Seattle to Portland, then to Seaside, and back up to Seattle area. Nearly 8 hours of driving
This coming weekend I should have time to get the GWS in and flash the M3 GTS software. I'll update again then.
DEDICATION! That is incredible progress! Looking fantastic.
I am also loving that the 2.81 is working well for you.
Im come to destin often and im not sure u will b able to find any to do it around there. Just ship it out.
In my case i used the AT oem which is the same length as the 335is. And i use a 3.08 diff from an MT pre feb2007 and put my LSD i had on my AT 3.46 diff. Fitted like a charm.
Good luck. Just take a trip to tampa.
Hope i will be moving to tampa back in jun2021 myself.
Well jeez I missed this post.
I certainly gave in and shipped it to @LMB335is ... He is a saint and is helping me get it shortened from a local shop. At this point I've spent close to a custom DSS piece but I figure I can test it out with this setup, measure required lengths for DSS and sell the shaft for someone looking to do this mod. The final setup should be a custom unit, for sure.
It's cool that you found a work around! I actually used an AT/DCT OEM shaft for my shortening; I didn't even consider a 3.08 diff. From the start we all assumed the M3 rear was the ticket and I purchased items before the realization of variance being allowed. Anyway, that sounds like a great way to accomplish the goal!
Awesome that you are in the state! I am really wanting to do a meet up for us fellow FL area members. Cleetus and Cars is down South FL or meeting at a place like a theme park would be cool? Even meeting for Daytona 24 weekend (Jan 2021) would be fun. Worth a thought?
What is the status of your ride now? Got it fully dialed in?
Yeah, I seemed to kick a bees nest of crazy posts in his thread... His post helped me understand how DSS approaches the custom driveshafts and it seems like DSS has learned from his experience and now understand what is entailed:
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Nice one, what is involved with this part? Fitting to the 1 series trim only? (Does the GWS fit otherwise?)
So far as I understand everything is plug and play besides trim (and of course wiring repin). I'll have to dremel out the "sport" button hole and restich the leather from the triangle to the rectangle fit.
And of course to get the GWS out of the 1 series requires removing the entire center console, rip
But I just got that out and am about to unbolt the GWS
So far as I understand everything is plug and play besides trim (and of course wiring repin). I'll have to dremel out the "sport" button hole and restich the leather from the triangle to the rectangle fit.
And of course to get the GWS out of the 1 series requires removing the entire center console, rip
But I just got that out and am about to unbolt the GWS
Ah, kickass. Sounds pretty damn challenging but fun to watch! Godspeed
Well bad news... the connector I received for the ShiftLogic button is a female connector... just like the button
Guess we'll see what I can rig up tonight, cause this is my daily lol
hey look! it's what I did a couple years ago!
I ripped one off of the M3 harness I had in the garage... lol
Lucky, I'm tempted to pull the passenger power seat connector haha
Any idea if the car will drive with the button disconnected? At least with the GWS in the wiring can be done with the console back in.
I've got the GWS in the park cable comected, the 8pin connector done, and the park connector done. Just need the shiftlogic button and coding it think.
Well bad news... the connector I received for the ShiftLogic button is a female connector... just like the button
Guess we'll see what I can rig up tonight, cause this is my daily lol
Nothing wrong with putting two female parts, let it ride!
Edit: Solved: Ran out of storage space
Well I had to redownload the e89 sp daten to get my winkfp to boot but now it keeps crashing when I try to update winkfp "unable to find object" or something like that.
Good thing I have lots of cosmetic bits to do
Any ideas? I open bmw coding tool, select my sp daten>e89 and it accepts. Then when j update winkfp it fails on line ci63f1
Well I had to redownload the e89 sp daten to get my winkfp to boot but now it keeps crashing when I try to update winkfp "unable to find object" or something like that.
Good thing I have lots of cosmetic bits to do
Any ideas? I open bmw coding tool, select my sp daten>e89 and it accepts. Then when j update winkfp it fails on line ci63f1
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Are you using the coding tool to update your daten? If not I was advised to use that tool by @LMB335is and works a treat and makes it easyWell I had to redownload the e89 sp daten to get my winkfp to boot but now it keeps crashing when I try to update winkfp "unable to find object" or something like that.
Good thing I have lots of cosmetic bits to do
Any ideas? I open bmw coding tool, select my sp daten>e89 and it accepts. Then when j update winkfp it fails on line ci63f1
Yeah I was using that, I panicked when it crashed but eventually figured out that it's literally copying the 10.6GB of data and I just didn't have enough space, haha
