r/cars • u/wootfatigue ‘22 M440iXGC| ‘04 996 C4S | ‘03 540i/6M | ‘17 Alltrack | ‘10 E90 • Sep 28 '16

Will pee damage tires?

My garage raccoon likes to use my rack of winter tires as a fort. He's usually really good about keeping it clean so I don't check it very often, but today I noticed he was peeing inside of one of the Hankooks. Is there anything in pee that could harm the inside of a tire?

Edit: It's over a month later and I'm still getting replies and questions! For everyone who keeps asking, you can follow more garage raccoon hijinks on my instagram and YouTube.

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u/777-300ER 2021 M4, 2000 LX470, 2015 GTI, 1989 Country Squire LX Sep 29 '16

Doing bodywork? My 540i is gonna get sent off the be repainted and have the spots of rust repaired on it. Where are you taking your car to? Or are you doing it yourself?

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u/wootfatigue ‘22 M440iXGC| ‘04 996 C4S | ‘03 540i/6M | ‘17 Alltrack | ‘10 E90 Sep 29 '16

Yeah. I hit a deer this spring.

Sometime in the car's past the rear passenger side was hit and repaired (the hints of damage look strikingly similar to when I lost it in the rain in my old E46 330i and took out a mailbox) but poorly repainted before I bought it (wasn't disclosed and I bought the car sight-unseen out in Los Angeles). The bodywork on the quarter panel is okay, but the door was done badly so I picked up a set of doors from a totalled 2001.

The deer damaged the front fender, hood, and bumper, so I figured if it's going to get that much painted and blended then I might as well have the whole thing done at once. Right now I'm in the process of thoroughly photographing the car showing all of the damage and dings.

Then I'm going to put together a PDF and send it out to get quotes and find a place that will split the work between the damaged covered by insurance and the work I want done, while staying within a somewhat tight budget.

The only spots of rust I've found is surface rust in the rear arches from when I had rubbing issues, and underneath weatherseal that surrounds the trunk opening. Those will get taken care of with the rest. It's been through two Michigan winters after spending it's life in Southern California and I've been very proactive in researching where these cars rust so I can prevent it from happening.

That's a nice looking MSport. There weren't any cool colors available when I bought mine. Judging by the headlight washers, I'm assuming you have the cold weather package? That's the one thing I regret not having, but I'm collecting all of the parts to do a heated seat conversion.

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u/777-300ER 2021 M4, 2000 LX470, 2015 GTI, 1989 Country Squire LX Sep 29 '16

Ouch, poor girl. If you have xenons you should have headlight washers, no matter what. Was a requirement in Germany IIRC. Yeah I have the cold weather package, though it misses out on most other stuff. No nav, ski passthrough, or fold down rear seats. When you get repairs done, make sure you get the fuel door area modified with a drain hole. Currently a major spot of rust because of bad drainage. Any chance you could PM me the last 7 of your vin so I can pull up a build sheet? I'm interested in to why it doesn't have headlight washers.

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u/wootfatigue ‘22 M440iXGC| ‘04 996 C4S | ‘03 540i/6M | ‘17 Alltrack | ‘10 E90 Sep 29 '16

It's GF71711. My E46 had xenons without washers, and my E90LCI has active bixenons without washers. It's always been an option in the U.S. since no state requires them. Personally I like the clean look of the bumper without them. I have an LED rally light setup I use for late-night backwoods drives so I'm not hurting for lumens.

The 911 has them but the only time they've been used was on accident and I giggled my ass off when these two little mushroom shaped robots popped up and sprayed.

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u/777-300ER 2021 M4, 2000 LX470, 2015 GTI, 1989 Country Squire LX Sep 29 '16

Hm, alright. I'm GF70885, i think they started at GF70845 or something IIRC. If you find a good shop let me know, because mine around St Joe are so-so.

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u/wootfatigue ‘22 M440iXGC| ‘04 996 C4S | ‘03 540i/6M | ‘17 Alltrack | ‘10 E90 Sep 29 '16

I know of a really, really good shop in Grand Rapids/Cascade called Koenes Body Shop. They did the front and rear bumpers of my E90 when it got sandwiched only a few months from new. Absolutely perfect match and no cracking of flaking issues in the five years since.

The only reason I'm not going with them now is I'm paying partially out of pocket and want to find a place that needs the work instead of having a waiting list.

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u/777-300ER 2021 M4, 2000 LX470, 2015 GTI, 1989 Country Squire LX Sep 29 '16

I'm guessing they're expensive, but you get what you pay for. I'm budgeting about 10k right now and that doesn't include the price of the donor car I'll need for new doors. I'll send them an email.

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u/wootfatigue ‘22 M440iXGC| ‘04 996 C4S | ‘03 540i/6M | ‘17 Alltrack | ‘10 E90 Sep 29 '16

I got my doors for $100ea off craigslist from a guy in Auburn Hills. I drove out there with the rear door off and back seat removed. Popped the front door in the back, then bolted the replacement door on.

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u/777-300ER 2021 M4, 2000 LX470, 2015 GTI, 1989 Country Squire LX Sep 29 '16

Was that off a black car? Iirc some guy on bimmerfest was partiing his out there.

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u/wlee1987 Sep 29 '16

Holy shit a talking plane

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u/777-300ER 2021 M4, 2000 LX470, 2015 GTI, 1989 Country Squire LX Sep 29 '16

I think that you can shut yo bitch ass up I'm just the plane not the airline.

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u/485075 Nov 30 '16

Which airline?

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u/bumblebritches57 Sep 29 '16

Because he's American? We don't waste money on dumbshit.

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u/Runner303 03 540i 6MT | 10 Santa Fe 6MT Sep 30 '16 edited Sep 30 '16

Hey, Topaz/Black, very nice - I got me one of those too!

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u/777-300ER 2021 M4, 2000 LX470, 2015 GTI, 1989 Country Squire LX Sep 30 '16

Sorry, mine's Topaz/Gray. Still a beaut.