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New shoes and charge pipe
- New General G-Max AS03. This has been said eleventy million times, but soooo much better than the hard as a rock Bridgestone S001 RFTs. Feels like a new car, and turns in a bit quicker. Haven't really hammered on them yet.
- VRSF charge pipe. No fitment issues. Next is MHD stage 1. |
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11-01-2019, 02:03 PM | #6118 |
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Exactly, I've been driving in snow only for the last three years, first two years were on the useless all season runflats that come with most of the BMWs. This year switched to lighter and wider APEX ARC-8 + MPSS(18x8.5 255/40) and put the winter tires on stock 400M wheels. Coming from runflats the steering felt lighter with APEX and MPSS and even lighter when I switched to winter setup, I prefer it to be a bit on the heavier side. However car handles way better and the noise levels have gone down too.
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11-01-2019, 03:30 PM | #6121 | |
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11-01-2019, 06:34 PM | #6123 |
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Surprised all season tires are so popular in the states. In Europe they became popular about 15-20 years ago. It didn't take long until people realised they are neither as good as summer, nor as good as winter and in reality only save you the swapping twice a year and nothing else (you run them down twice as fast as seasonal ones since you drive them 12 instead of 6 months, so same cost).
No one uses them here nowadays, they are barely sold anymore (probably all exported to North America ). Nothing substitutes proper (season-specific) tires.
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11-01-2019, 07:55 PM | #6124 |
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Picking up a set of 393 wheels for F32 on Monday. Then shopping for winter tires. I have winters on all my cars, even the FWD VWs I owned. Here in Atlantic Ocean influenced New Jersey I don't mount the winters until late December.
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11-02-2019, 12:03 AM | #6126 |
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i was going to put my snows on today too and decided to wait till Monday! Argh! |
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11-02-2019, 06:50 AM | #6128 |
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Ordered new ngk spark plugs - considering regapping to .022 or .023 since running stage 2.
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11-02-2019, 04:14 PM | #6130 |
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Wash & wax day. Did my Dad's Vantage in the back as well.
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11-02-2019, 05:30 PM | #6132 |
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11-02-2019, 09:37 PM | #6133 |
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Got it, ya that definitely seems new enough. No concerns over stock plug gap either? I'm curious because I really want to go stage 2 ...
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11-03-2019, 06:42 AM | #6135 |
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11-03-2019, 07:11 AM | #6136 |
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had a play with Bimmercode and did the following to make car better for me!
Rear DRLs 3 Flash indicator on lock Radio off on unlock auto stop start Corner lights (didn't work?) Tyre pressure with temp Sports display set to red |
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1. Have car manufacturers in Europe across the board misled the public into believing that AWD vehicles are required in winter like what's happened in us? 2. Modifying BMWs a popular or common practice among the BMW community over there as it seems here? |
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