My modest photoshop contribution of the 1M.

[Bart@AUTOcouture]

They are nowhere near perfect, and I am aware of all the imperfections. Please excuse me, just learning photoshop.

Original


Edit 1 (suspension, black grille)


Edit 2 (suspension, black grille, CF splitters, powdercoated wheels)

[Robert]

I like the color of the wheels to the red.

[ORIGIN M.]

The wheel-wells would have to be rolled to have it that that slammed.

Maybe lift it up a little in the rear.

Grill and CF looks great!

[Mu Mu]

Like the CF grills and splitters. Maybe some CF mirrors?

[MrHarris]

Splitters look awesome. Whereas splitters on the M3 look terrible IMO.

[fly135]

The last pic looks sick. The 1M, with those pumped wheel arches, is going to look great dropped on its ass.

[eugegall]

Nice PS dude. Can you make it Alpine White please? With dark wheels and CF roof if it makes a difference please? Thanks

[bluecat]

Looks awesome with the PC wheels!

[BrokenVert]

Those splitters look sick.

[Sal@AUTOcouture]

Originally Posted by red-sauerkraut

The wheel-wells would have to be rolled to have it that that slammed.

Dude, I'm so glad you mentioned that.. I went ahead and installed the "rolling fender" filter in my CS5.. so you don't have to worry.. at all.. really.. it's done.



For everyone else, I am taking donations via paypal for more photoshop work, i need to live you know.

[///M1]

Nice job, the one thing the stock car needs is a drop, real bad. And de-chrome, love the black kidneys and splitter. That chrome side thingie also needs to be black, I believe one is available for the M3 so will look to the tuner community to come up with one shortly. And yes, titanium colored wheels would look stellar!

[Moo]

Love to see a wing a la M3 GTS

[BerkTechnology]

I thought you guys all hated wings? haha

Love pic #2.

Not diggin the bronze wheels or CF vanity covers. The CF covers make the front end of the car look like a mustache.

Nice PS skills!

[PyratOne]

I gotta ask. Whats the (performance) purpose of CF the splitter? Weight savings?To me, it would get beat up by track time, no?

[GotBoost?]

love this 1m.. looks like the rear is rubbin..lol

[Novator]

The chop further shows how much a drop is needed with the 1M. I know the handling is leaps better than a stock 135i, but how in the hell do make the center of gravity higher? Hopefully the car will be dropped an inch before sale.

[M3 Adjuster]

Originally Posted by Novator

The chop further shows how much a drop is needed with the 1M. I know the handling is leaps better than a stock 135i, but how in the hell do make the center of gravity higher? Hopefully the car will be dropped an inch before sale.

We were definitely told that the suspension setup was not complete, that it was still being fine tuned... In the flesh, the car was simply amazing, and I hope each and every one of you gets to drive one... someday.. somewhere.......... If I am lucky enough to own one, I might even let you drive mine, I'm just that type of guy...

In my review when I returned, one of the questions I was asked was what would I change first.... and for sure I think the ride height could stand to be dropped just a little bit..... just to fill the fender wells a bit more.... so it looks like......... ..... a 335..... ?!! Is it me.... or does every single 335 on the road just look like it's already slammed? They all look tight... bone stock! At any rate... one of the engineers rode with another participant and I while I drove on the autobahn/city route.. He sat in back. He switched cars more than once so perhaps the three mules even had different setups on them ... who knows... ?? If the Valencia Orange car that we saw is the final ride height, the aftermarket will want to start to ramp up early on spring and shock packages.

[Novator]

1M+decent drop=autocross king and car show bling . . . tried to make it rhyme. But with a drop I think it would help that little bit more. The 1 series already is a very upright car and is probably the tallest out of the lineup when it comes to coupes (1, 3, and Z). I don't know if it would make all that much of a difference, but do you think since they based the 1M's suspension off the M3 that due to the lower weight that the springs struts aren't as compressed? I am most likely wrong, but it has been a thought lurking in the back of my mind after looking at the photos. As most know 400 lbs. is a big difference and the 1M shaved between what, 75-200 lbs? 75 lbs. is already enough of a difference in whether or not my rear tires rub over a bump or dip. I love the photoshop by the way, not sure if I complimented you earlier on, but I meant to.

[Drillslinger]

Dude, that GTS Splitter would look nice on the 1M

[MDORPHN]

Originally Posted by Novator

The chop further shows how much a drop is needed with the 1M. I know the handling is leaps better than a stock 135i, but how in the hell do make the center of gravity higher? Hopefully the car will be dropped an inch before sale.

I may be missing something here, but the center of gravity is not necessarily higher simply because the car is taller. It is, of course, all about where the weight is located.

Neil

[///M1]

Originally Posted by Novator

1M+decent drop=autocross king and car show bling . . . tried to make it rhyme. But with a drop I think it would help that little bit more. The 1 series already is a very upright car and is probably the tallest out of the lineup when it comes to coupes (1, 3, and Z). I don't know if it would make all that much of a difference, but do you think since they based the 1M's suspension off the M3 that due to the lower weight that the springs struts aren't as compressed? I am most likely wrong, but it has been a thought lurking in the back of my mind after looking at the photos. As most know 400 lbs. is a big difference and the 1M shaved between what, 75-200 lbs? 75 lbs. is already enough of a difference in whether or not my rear tires rub over a bump or dip. I love the photoshop by the way, not sure if I complimented you earlier on, but I meant to.

I certainly hope, and in fact EXPECT that BMW didn't just take the M3 springs as-is and throw them into the 1///M with no adjustments. I can't see them NOT factoring the weight, different layout, dimension, etc. and customize the suspension geometry. But yeah, if there was ever a car that badly needed a drop from tthe factory, this would be it