X1 M Sport X35i Sleeper

[Jbam9]

New to the thread, and y’all know how hard it can be to find info about this car. Anyways, just wanted to put some info out there about my X1 build.

2013 Bmw X1 M sport X35i
Started modding it 2 days after getting it lol. List of mods below
BMS cold air intake
VRSF catless downpipe
VRSF chargepipe
Turbosmart BOV
MHD stage 2+ tune
Xhp stage 2 trans tune
H&R sport springs
Muffler delete
Carbon eyebrows
Carbon mirror caps
Black kidney grills
Sequential turn signals
Custom mud flaps
5 Panel mirror
Red suede panoramic roof headliner
M license plate cover & badge delete
Custom gauge cluster
Custom footwell lights
Brembo brake pads
Bride shift boot & 9 inch shift knob
Custom carbon skinned trim
custom spoiler
Alpha One speakers
Bimmertech amp
Bimmertech MMI Prime
BMW cowl delete filters w custom cut cowl
NGK 1 step colder plugs
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See attached pics:

[discoboy1]

why stage 2 on transmission tune? why not 3?

[Jbam9]

Stage 2 seems to be smoother irl for me. When on stage 3 and upshifting 3rd to 4th or even 2nd to 3rd, the car would throttle blip as if it were downshifting and it would violently jolt the car. After trying all three stages, stage 2 seemed to be the smoothest, especially after playing with the torque reduction slider.

[cwickberg]

My in Central Florida Also... How many miles on your 2013? Found that too many issues kept me from really tuning it up... Gave it to my Daughter and it has had its share of issues... Has not been as reliable as I had hoped.

Good luck... It has the parts of a great sleeper with the smooth I6 transmission and hydraulic steering. Hope it will last longer for you without the usual oil leaks, radiator issues and sunroof debacle,

[Gamb1t]

I dig the white faced gauges!

What's with the tow hook? Are you anticipating being towed often?

[Jbam9]

Originally Posted by cwickberg

My in Central Florida Also... How many miles on your 2013? Found that too many issues kept me from really tuning it up... Gave it to my Daughter and it has had its share of issues... Has not been as reliable as I had hoped.

Good luck... It has the parts of a great sleeper with the smooth I6 transmission and hydraulic steering. Hope it will last longer for you without the usual oil leaks, radiator issues and sunroof debacle,

Just rolled over 65k miles, bought it with 54k. I’ve since been through two radiators (covered under warranty) and have experienced oil leaks like oil cooler gasket and valve cover but those were easy to get done myself and only costed $100 together. The sunroof did peel, but I was able to rip everything off and glue some red suede to it without taking it out. i’ll update the thread with pics in a bit. Also we’ve probably seen eachother assuming your car is orange blue or white like mine because i know of three others in the area lol

[Jbam9]

Originally Posted by Gamb1t

I dig the white faced gauges!

What's with the tow hook? Are you anticipating being towed often?

No lmao it’s just for looks but i was planning on removing it when doing the splitter and skirts so soon!

[bassrebel]

Damn man! I just moved from Orlando last year! Would've been fun to roll around with two sleeper 3.5i's 🤪

[a4tek]

looking good, where can i get a set of gauges like that?

[cwickberg]

Originally Posted by Jbam9

Just rolled over 65k miles, bought it with 54k. I’ve since been through two radiators (covered under warranty) and have experienced oil leaks like oil cooler gasket and valve cover but those were easy to get done myself and only costed $100 together. The sunroof did peel, but I was able to rip everything off and glue some red suede to it without taking it out. i’ll update the thread with pics in a bit. Also we’ve probably seen eachother assuming your car is orange blue or white like mine because i know of three others in the area lol

I gave my x1 to my daughter... we used to autocross together. set up right, these are true sleepers...

[Jbam9]

Originally Posted by a4tek

looking good, where can i get a set of gauges like that?

They’re Venoxy Gauge faces, I found them on ebay for around $80 I think it was, they have a whole bunch of styles. Pretty easy install, you just take out the cluster, open it up pop off the needles and put the new faces on after peeling off the oe ones. The needles were like $30 from some canadian website lol

[Jbam9]

Originally Posted by cwickberg

I gave my x1 to my daughter... we used to autocross together. set up right, these are true sleepers...

Sounds like a lot of fun and I believe it, this thing smokes 392’s and 5.0’s like they’re v6’s lmao

[sqqkaka]

Looks pretty neat, and almost got me that manual knob ��

[cwickberg]

Originally Posted by Jbam9

Sounds like a lot of fun and I believe it, this thing smokes 392’s and 5.0’s like they’re v6’s lmao

Looks like I may need to get the pano sun roof panel reupholstered. Was it hard to do with the panel in place... I'm not looking for a perfect job but just to fix it. Got a quote of $1800 to fix but as the car is not worth that amount to fix the roof liner, I thought Id inquire as to how you did it with the headliner in place...

[toejam]

Nice build!
Do you have any video/audio of your exhaust sound with the muffler delete? I'm looking into deleting instead getting a new exhaust system.

[Jbam9]

Originally Posted by cwickberg

Looks like I may need to get the pano sun roof panel reupholstered. Was it hard to do with the panel in place... I'm not looking for a perfect job but just to fix it. Got a quote of $1800 to fix but as the car is not worth that amount to fix the roof liner, I thought Id inquire as to how you did it with the headliner in place...

I have to admit, it wasn’t the easiest thing I’ve ever done. I started by covering the inside of the car with plastic sheeting because you know that sticky foam gets everywhere. Anyways i started peeling the sunroof liner and then used a plastic wire brush to remove the foam. I then used the old liner as a rough template for the new material. Then carefully masked off the rest of the headliner, and sprayed headliner adhesive to the actual sunroof as well as the material. Then carefully stuck it in place while trimming and tucking to make fit. Was very tough on the shoulders to work for hours on the headliner while it’s still installed. I was quoted nearly 2 grand as well and this fix costed me about $40-50 maybe, albeit some elbow grease too. Hope this helps

[Jbam9]

Originally Posted by toejam

Nice build!
Do you have any video/audio of your exhaust sound with the muffler delete? I'm looking into deleting instead getting a new exhaust system.

Yes I just posted a youtube short of it.
Keep in mind I still have my second cats and my resonator still in the car, it’s just catless dp and muffler deletehttp://https://youtube.com/shorts/uyPKtnuumMA?feature=share

[cwickberg]

Originally Posted by Jbam9

I have to admit, it wasn’t the easiest thing I’ve ever done. I started by covering the inside of the car with plastic sheeting because you know that sticky foam gets everywhere. Anyways i started peeling the sunroof liner and then used a plastic wire brush to remove the foam. I then used the old liner as a rough template for the new material. Then carefully masked off the rest of the headliner, and sprayed headliner adhesive to the actual sunroof as well as the material. Then carefully stuck it in place while trimming and tucking to make fit. Was very tough on the shoulders to work for hours on the headliner while it’s still installed. I was quoted nearly 2 grand as well and this fix costed me about $40-50 maybe, albeit some elbow grease too. Hope this helps

thanks, I may try this method. I need to find original Anthracite headliner.

[Jbam9]

Originally Posted by cwickberg

thanks, I may try this method. I need to find original Anthracite headliner.

That’s the tricky part and why i opted for suede. Good luck to ya

[cwickberg]

Originally Posted by Jbam9

That’s the tricky part and why i opted for suede. Good luck to ya

Did you use Alcantara? My concern is that the original head liner has the foam back... I found some original BMW headliner, but may opt for something smoother and thinner that foam backed. I think I, going to by a little sample of each and see which is better.

[Botlfed98]

are your kidney grills gloss or matte finish?

[Jbam9]

Originally Posted by cwickberg

Did you use Alcantara? My concern is that the original head liner has the foam back... I found some original BMW headliner, but may opt for something smoother and thinner that foam backed. I think I, going to by a little sample of each and see which is better.

That sounds like a good idea, and no it’s not Alcantara because I wasn’t sure it was going to work, so I went to the local fabric store and got some synthetic suede and used that