First drive in our 152,000 Mile E92 M3 - Does it feel like an M3? 

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

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.

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!

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.

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 🔥🔥🔥

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

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.

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

That beginning graphics is madness

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 👍🏽💯

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 !

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.

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

Loving the series so far!

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

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.

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

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

Great content mates. Loving it here in the states.

Really looking forward to watching this project.

Aston is a legend! Absolute dude, great knowledge

Loving the new intro. 👍🏻

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

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

Love what Evolve has planned for this high mileage E92 M3

That video intro is hard.

Looking forward to the next instalment 👌

Really enjoying this content!

Intro is fantastic 🔥🔥🔥😎

Thanks, great video

Good to learn new things about the E92,

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? 😉

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😂

The new intro though!🔥

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

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

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

Love the new intro!

love the new intro

Beautiful.

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

New intro is awsome 👌

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 👍

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

Cheers guys 👌

Great vid

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 🙏

Locked in

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. 👌

That number plate is asking for a v10 conversion 🤣🙈

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.

Very informative video

Congratulations 100 subscribers

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

THAT INTRO THO!!!

E9x m3 videos are the best

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👊🤙🇩🇪

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.

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

Nice new intro, although I miss the glorious V10 😦

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!

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

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!

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

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.

Now that intro is boss level IMO 👌🏻😎

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…

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😎

Full send.

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.

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

I love seeing high mileage M cars!

Hello from bulgaria you are the top of the top

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

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 ?

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).

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.

I had steering wheel shake at around 70mph too, it was caused by my n/s front alloy being slightly buckled. You are obviously far more knowledgeable than me, but I just thought I'd share. Congratulations on 100k subs, really pleased for you, have a good weekend.

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

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

Amazing car for the money

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?

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

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.

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.

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?

Nice big split in the rear left tyre?? 🤔

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??

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

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

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

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

If You have a garage like evolve you could buy anything wit eyes shot

guys - you are so knowledgable. I've had my car in and out of shops recently to try and figure out why me e92 feels so 'jerky' and so far no one has been able to give me a reason why.. is there something common that is being overlooked? its only noticable in 1st and 2nd gear, car just does not feel smooth, throttle feels too sensitive almost. Car pulls away like a kangaroo especially when cold.

Like your watch...what is it ? A Tag Heur Carrera? 😁

I do suspension work first then everything else

It’ll be good to see the shock difference with used. From my e46 experience, they’re done by that mileage.