I genuinely did not understand how advanced a vehicle the i3 in fabrication means and methods was until I started watching this channel. BMW was truly ahead of others with the i3 and i8.
If you're intested look at the video by Munro Live on the 10th Anniversary of their teardown and full report on the engineering in the i3. He may not like the looks but he describes the car as one of the best engineered and advanced he's ever looked at.
I live in the Reading area, i think BMW locally must have done very well selling i3's because i typically see several every day round and about. I had one for 6 months about 5 years ago very nice except the suicide doors were very inconvenient when i had passengers or worse a baby car seat to get in and out.
Thanks for a thorough and informative explanation (as usual) of the door handle repair/adjustment. Arthur and the camera man 😂 You are absolute legends! You are both i3 video stars. That Protonic Blue looks Fantastic! Knowing all the time ,effort and attention to detail you put into this project I want to give you both, name check : Martin, a big thumbs up! 👍And a round of applause!👏👏Each.
thanks for this DIY video. I fixed my passenger side handle yesterday! The tools were a bit hard for me to find in my area but other than that it was pretty easy.
They've shown the driver's heated seat loom fix on a previous video... I'll see if I can find which one it's on - it was part of a wider range of repairs on a customer's car - I'll edit my reply to tell you which one to watch... 👍 EDIT: whilst it's not quite what I thought it was, there's some useful information on the video entitled, "Used BMW i3 - £3k of repairs" at 22:25 minutes in.
Really good looking car! Thanks for the detailed explanation of the door handle adjustments. Awesome channel! I appreciate all the information you share (especially about the I3).
For tightness adjustment there's a small marker in the door handle part which goes through the door panel when you move the handle. According to BMW instructions it should become visible when the handle is pulled, but not more than 3mm outside of the door panel.
Brilliant to see you tackling door handles, when I purchased my 2013 i3 REX the dealer told me to be gentle with the door handles, I have never had a issue with them in 111k miles.
Fab video!! Brilliant explanation about the weird door handles. I tightened them up on my old i3 (also protonic blue) once but I over tightened and then couldn't open the lock from the outside just how you describe. I ended up crawling in through the boot before I realised I could have just opened the window using the keyfob and opened from the inside - doh!
I did exactly the same thing - over-tightened the bloomin' thing and it wouldn't open the door. Fortunately, someone on the BMW i3 Owners and Enthusiasts Group on Facebook highlighted to me the open button long-press function on the key-fob.
I've got the same case, I got to the bulb on my driveway, it took 30 minutes roughly, it's doable. The inside door panel has to come off. My bulb seemed fine so I gave up on the whole thing as I believe there's a loose cable or sth. I'm waiting for an opportunity to have sb do the diagnosis as I don't feel confident at these electric stuff yet. Good luck with the repair. It drive me nuts though especially at night when only one side is lit. 16:15
We don’t source cars, however we usually have a handful of cars in stock which are in the preparation process. When you are ready to make a purchase, just drop us a line and we can send you a stocklist of everything we are working on :)
Thanks for the video (and channel !) Is there any listing of ALL needed panel P/number in order to change car colour by means of swapping all panels? Thanks in advance
I genuinely did not understand how advanced a vehicle the i3 in fabrication means and methods was until I started watching this channel. BMW was truly ahead of others with the i3 and i8.
If you're intested look at the video by Munro Live on the 10th Anniversary of their teardown and full report on the engineering in the i3. He may not like the looks but he describes the car as one of the best engineered and advanced he's ever looked at.
I live in the Reading area, i think BMW locally must have done very well selling i3's because i typically see several every day round and about.
I had one for 6 months about 5 years ago very nice except the suicide doors were very inconvenient when i had passengers or worse a baby car seat to get in and out.
Thanks for a thorough and informative explanation (as usual) of the door handle repair/adjustment. Arthur and the camera man 😂 You are absolute legends! You are both i3 video stars. That Protonic Blue looks Fantastic! Knowing all the time ,effort and attention to detail you put into this project I want to give you both, name check : Martin, a big thumbs up! 👍And a round of applause!👏👏Each.
Brilliant... The door handle explanation is exactly what I was looking for. Well played
thanks for this DIY video. I fixed my passenger side handle yesterday! The tools were a bit hard for me to find in my area but other than that it was pretty easy.
Very nice and a good overview of how to fix the handle, more importantly how to actually use the handle for real !
The car looks great and the door handle info is fantastic
What a fantastic video
Heated seat fix video needed next 👍👍👍
They've shown the driver's heated seat loom fix on a previous video...
I'll see if I can find which one it's on - it was part of a wider range of repairs on a customer's car - I'll edit my reply to tell you which one to watch... 👍
EDIT: whilst it's not quite what I thought it was, there's some useful information on the video entitled, "Used BMW i3 - £3k of repairs" at 22:25 minutes in.
Thanks
Thank you so much for your support! :)
Really good looking car! Thanks for the detailed explanation of the door handle adjustments. Awesome channel! I appreciate all the information you share (especially about the I3).
For tightness adjustment there's a small marker in the door handle part which goes through the door panel when you move the handle. According to BMW instructions it should become visible when the handle is pulled, but not more than 3mm outside of the door panel.
Thank you for the door handle info! Nice work on this project!
Brilliant to see you tackling door handles, when I purchased my 2013 i3 REX the dealer told me to be gentle with the door handles, I have never had a issue with them in 111k miles.
Fab video!! Brilliant explanation about the weird door handles. I tightened them up on my old i3 (also protonic blue) once but I over tightened and then couldn't open the lock from the outside just how you describe. I ended up crawling in through the boot before I realised I could have just opened the window using the keyfob and opened from the inside - doh!
I did exactly the same thing - over-tightened the bloomin' thing and it wouldn't open the door.
Fortunately, someone on the BMW i3 Owners and Enthusiasts Group on Facebook highlighted to me the open button long-press function on the key-fob.
What an excellent, details walkthrough. Thank you!!
Excellent video for door handle maintenance and repair 👏🏼👏🏼
You guys are awesome, thank you for all the great videos!
Love the color! Keep bringing on the videos!
Great video, helpful as always. I drove past your place the other day on my way to work. Looks like you've moved out?
If the Bridgestones cracks are just ‘superficial’ surface cracks, would they fail an MOT?
Great video....i have on mine the light on the inside of the door handle is out is it hard to change that bulb in there?
I've got the same case, I got to the bulb on my driveway, it took 30 minutes roughly, it's doable. The inside door panel has to come off. My bulb seemed fine so I gave up on the whole thing as I believe there's a loose cable or sth. I'm waiting for an opportunity to have sb do the diagnosis as I don't feel confident at these electric stuff yet. Good luck with the repair. It drive me nuts though especially at night when only one side is lit. 16:15
I ve got the part number of the left side driver door handle. It's a photo I can't attach it here though
I'm thinking of purchasing one of these cars next year, does Wisely source cars for customers?
We don’t source cars, however we usually have a handful of cars in stock which are in the preparation process. When you are ready to make a purchase, just drop us a line and we can send you a stocklist of everything we are working on :)
Thanks for the video (and channel !)
Is there any listing of ALL needed panel P/number in order to change car colour by means of swapping all panels? Thanks in advance
The panels don't come painted, so additional work is required to change the colour.
The i3 is still the most 'sensible' EV.
Avoid the Bridgestones, these are the worst for my i3 2017 Rex. No grip, wear out really quickly. Just awful.
What’s better? What do you recommend?
Shouldn’t you have put the new tyres on the rear? I’m not sure of the logic in it, but it’s what has been done when I’ve had the fronts replaced.
The front and rear tyres on most i3’s are a slightly different size (155mm F vs 175mm R) and so cannot be swapped around!
@@wiselyauto Wow, I didn’t know that.