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    Front shock absorber dust shields in shreds

    Just looked at my front shocks and noticed the dust shields are completely falling apart on a 2015 car, looked at my other one which is a 2016 car and it’s the same, I assume this is a common problem? Tip: difficult to notice when the car is on the ground but easy to see when it is jacked up...
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    Can you use the I3 as a WiFi hotspot if it has a SIM card

    Just wondering if you could use the onboard connectivity to log on to if you ran out of data on your phone ?
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    How do I turn off big brother ?

    I am aware that the car communicates with BMW including but not limited to sending tracking information. how can I turn this off? Do I have to disconnect the shark fin aerial ? I never use the cars Internet capability and I am not interested in speaking to BMW concierge or using their emergency...
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    BMW i3 auxiliary battery sizes

    Having had the auxiliary battery fail on the i3 I wanted to fit the upgraded 40ah version rather than the standard unreliable 20ah Version. The standard black EPM 20ah battery S 61 21 7 623 736 is listed at about £70 but the bigger 40ah battery 61 217 635 788 is only about £50. So a no brainer...
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    Charge cable not locking into the car giving red flashing light

    Tried to charge the car only to find that when the charge cable is inserted into that car the retention mechanism just constantly makes repeated servo noises and then the flashing red light illuminates. Have checked the auxiliary battery charge has enough voltage to adequately throw the servo...
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    Is it possible to reshape the CFRP?

    If the main cell had an impact which deformed it, does anyone think it could be heated to soften it and then re shaped? Looking at the factory video of the construction it seems they layer the carbon plastic sheets and then heat and press them together. Presumably we are just dealing with a...
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    How to remove the BMW i3 door skin

    Just replacing a broken wing mirror and removed the interior door card only to find that the mirror seems to screw onto the door frame with no obvious way of doing it from the inside so I assume it's done from the outside by removing the outer door skin. Does anyone know how to get the door skin...
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    Prematurely perished tyres ( tires ) on BMW i3

    Has anyone else noticed that the front tyres get perished really quickly ( after 2 years as read from the DOT marks as OE fittment ) ? I thought it was a one off thing until I bought another i3 and saw the same on another car. Bridgestone said it was due to the car not being used as the first...
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    How to replace a wing mirror

    Has anyone done this? Do you take the skin off the outside of the door or remove the inner door card and if so how? ( You need to remove the outer door skin) I have read that you need special tools to remove the panels ( you need one time clips ) Update Have done the job now See...
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