Hello all, name is Steve and Iv had my 2005 M3 for alittle over a month now. I love this car and upgrading from an '89 M323 with 200k+ miles makes me love it even more lol.. The previous owner kept the car mint as well as adding the rims, lowered suspension and exhaust.. Apologies if any of these questions are typical spam by new users

First of all here are a couple of pics






First question: My headlights at night appear to be pointed lower then they should be. Iv read over the lights section in my manual but It only shows you how to change bulbs, not reangle the lights..

Second: My car starts alittle retarded. To get my car to start, I turn the ignition and let the engine turn over and over for about 4 seconds, then let off the ignition for a couple seconds, and then try to start it again... Only then can I turn the ignition and have it start up like normal. If I just keep the key turned and not give it a second long break, it will eventually start but kinda jolty/violently.. Any Ideas?? Besides the start the car runs/sounds flawless.

Third: One of the only annoying things about this car is the cargo container and 2 floorboards above the spare tire not being secured down.. Every time I go over bigger bumps in the road I can hear those things smackin up and down.. Was wondering if any other members have had the same problem and what kind of solution they used to fix it.. Velcro?? snaps?? magnets??


Lastly: These 2 plastic things were in my glove compartment when I got the car, I have no freakin Idea what they do or where on my car they came from.. Any ideas??

 

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good looking car! love the rims.

Have the dealer re-align your headlights.

Put something in your hatch to hold the cover down! It shouldn't jump.

No idea what those plastic pieces are...I'd chunk them.

 

nice, car, like the rims!

 

"Lastly: These 2 plastic things were in my glove compartment when I got the car, I have no freakin Idea what they do or where on my car they came from.. Any ideas??"


There's a part number on them. Post it so I can google it and maybe figure out where the came from.

 

BN8F-502A1 } PP+TI6 {
BN8F-502B1 } PP+TI6 {

These are what appear below "Mazda" on these babies, both sides identical save the 1 letter


I tried for a few minutes googling these numbers in different combinations and got nothing

 

I entered the number on www.onlinemazdaparts.com and came up with this.

That's for the second one. The first one was right instead of left.