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      05-10-2012, 11:32 AM   #38
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Originally Posted by kabalm18 View Post
Maybe this is BMW's way of telling us that we must lower our cars. We need to make the touch zone fall into the indent after all.
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Actually, it could make sense what you jokingly commented: it ain't excluded that the 1M was sitting a little lower in the fenders during development (no contact tire versus fender line due to compliant indent height), but suspension was fine-tuned a little higher in the final stages of the 1M development (more ground clearance). Fast development, as we all know. Consequence: rubbing due to a lower sitting "contact zone" ("indent zone" located a little too high) = compliance issue.
Mine is lowered(HR sport) and no rubbing, but very little clearance!
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