Joseph02

Hi guys,

I gotta replace my rear brake pads and rotors soon for my F20.

Any recommendation for quality yet inexpensive brand? 

I looked at ebay and found protex rotors and pads which i find it okay.

but I need advice from you guys.

Thanks

1 minute ago, GorGasm said:

Ugh. Doing the wiper blades yourself isn't going to touch your warranty.  Same with the micro filter.

Thanks for the comment. I'll do next time.  Do you know what parts wouldn't touch the warranty? 

 

 

 

6 hours ago, qube said:

Another dealer bullshit is that they will always claim the car is "serviced" upon arriving from Japan. This is 99% of the time just outright lies. At most, they apply a thick layer of greasy cleaning product all over the car and engine bay and usually top up the engine oil instead of draining/replacing it properly.

 

Yeah that was what I was thinking. I think the car was sitting rotting since imported from Japan and has not been serviced until I bought it. Then I drove +10,000km without service which is bad. Learnt life lesson through mistakes and your comment.

2 hours ago, B.M.W Ltd said:

A couple of points are being missed here. The OP has indicated he has mechanical warranty by expressing the $350 excess. Which means it must be serviced according to the specifics of the warranty provider. He cannot service or repair the vehicle himself if he want's to maintain that warranty. He is also over the mileage between services as most warranties require the vehicle to be service every 12 months or 10,000 km whichever occurs first. What warranty company is it Joseph ?

You are absolutely right. I watched so many youtube clips of how to do DIY and researched where to get the parts but as my car has to be serviced for mechanical warranty I couldn't even try. I'm with autosure and need to be serviced every 12,000km. They have accepted the claim.

 

 

 

10 hours ago, KwS said:

 Could've been sitting rotting for a long period,

I think this is it. The last service this car had done was 2017 and I bought this car in October 2018. It should have been serviced before I bought it but it's my mistake as well not having checked all that. I was bmw newbie.. didn't know about much 

Hi guys,

I dropped my car 116i 2012 in BM workshop for service and I got this.

1. Drive belt and pulley cracked and require replacement $200.00
2. Air filter dirty $52.00
3. Spark plugs worn $260.00
4. Micro filter dirty $112.00
5. Wiper blades poor $158.00
6. Coolant expansion tank and rear connector leaking $? Excess ?? $350.00 Inc GST

I bought this car 6months ago at 52000 km ( 63000 km now). Is it common to replace those parts at this odometer? 

Just wasn't expecting to replace all that after 6 months. Any thoughts? Thanks,

On 10/23/2018 at 9:14 PM, KwS said:

 

Thank you all for the comments and advises.Much appreciated. Guess I'll start to learn more about BMW and DIY during mech warranty period. 

My one is msport and looks like i need to get bluetooth to be installed on my car. Cheers

14 minutes ago, qube said:

I also have a F20 116i, 2012 with over 105,000kms now.

These cars are pretty good, you dont have a lot to worry about, just get oil and filter service done AT LEAST every 10,000kms at the latest. 

That is the biggest and easiest thing to keep in mind to make sure your engine stays in good condition.

Make sure you get it changed with genuine filter and good quality good brand engine oil (5W30 grade)

There is heaps of modifications you can do to make this car fast but then your warranty will be declined so better not do anything haha

Thats good to hear. Do you have bluetooth and radio on your 116i? Coz i dont have it on my car and it cost 1 k to install the bluetooth. 

Sorry i typed wrong lol yes its F20 116i and its M sport

I bought this 116i E87 2012(52000km) for $17995 and $1550 for 3 yrs warranty. This is the only car I’ve got and plan to keep this car for 3-5 yrs. Yeah i guess ill just go to workshop to get the service done and learn more about the car step by step. 

I see. much appreciated for your knowledge. So is this mean those guys who does DIY do not have Mechanical warranty??

Hey guys,

I recently bought bmw 116i E87 and found out that there's no bluetooth and navigation function on idrive.

As it's imported from Japan, the radio is also not working. I called autogravity for installing the bluetooth and they say it's gonna cost about 1k

and navigation for 2.5k. I find this too expensive. Any alternatives? 

Thanks, 

15 hours ago, M3AN said:

It's difficult (read: not going to happen) for a shop to guarantee a part if they've not made some margin on it, keep that in mind.

 

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Yeah ture. Thanks  

18 hours ago, Gaz said:

You'll need to keep the receipts of the servicing if you plan on claiming on Autosure, stamps are not enough so best to use garage supplied parts for servicing

If I keep the receipts of parts that I bought and I replace by myself, would they decline the claim in the future? 

I don't know... feel like warranty is quite annoying. 

I live in Henderson but don't mind go up to north or down in south or in city centre if it's reliable independants. 

Maybe the independant that allows me to bring parts will be preferred. I looked upon forum and heard BM workshop is reliable and professional. Any other recommendation? Cheers 

Thanks millions for your comment.

Do you think the machanical warranty is worth it? Since i can’t really do the servicing by myself..... and since my warranty state that my car may be serviced at recognised service facility, can I go independent shop to get my car serviced??

Yeah I would love to buy some tools to do it on my own.

So when you have Autosure Insurance, you have to take your car in for a service to get the stamp.

What if I do like oil change and filter, brake pads etc., on my own and go to workshop to get the stamp?

I guess that can save some money? I heard getting service at the workshop is okay with reasonable price than dealership. 

Hi guys, I'm a BMW noob who recently bought the 116i. 

I need advise on a couple of things that I'm not really sure about. 

So for maintenance, how do you guys normally do it? 

As I don't have special tool kit to replace parts on my own and don't have much info of where to buy the parts, would it be better to

go the the authorised bmw repairer to do the service? Coz one of my friend sold his BMW as every service cost him about 1k~1.2k. So I'm bit worried.

And since I have the mechanical warranty from autosure, one of the requirements is to get a stamp when service is done from workshop. 

Do you guys normally do all of the easy thing by yourself? or just buy the parts with cheaper price and hand it to authorised dealer to carry out the work? 

Can any of you kind folk recommend me mechanic/technician/workshop/service centre in Auckland? 

Hey guys, I'm a BMW newbie who recently owned 116i 2012.

I'm excited to join the bimmersport as I can access to so many helpful information.

I'll be grateful if someone can guide me through all the tips on maintenance and things that I need to know.

Thanks,