APP Tunes 1M Coupe to 410hp

[Dan Parker]

BMW legal is probably preparing their cease and desist letter regarding the M1 plate.

[James T. Kirk]

Originally Posted by G2G

Why have they taken such a poor equipt version for the tuning!!

Oh, you mean as opposed to the fully loaded baked potato of unnecessary weight?

I encourage you to check this out and brain some learnin'...

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=570080

[M3_CSL_E92]

Originally Posted by Motion

The entire photo shoot is photoshop?

? the photoshoot is made in the real world mate then you tweak the images with photoshop because cameras can´t replicate reality good enough on it´s own.

Just certain things that looks off to me. Especially the tires.
Check the tread on the back wheels. Notice it´s assymetrical compared to the other side.
I thought tires that are supposed to roll the same way will have the tread exactly the same but mirrored.
Notice the left rear tire, notice part of the tire is lighter then the rest of the tire. It´s a clear line right through the tire and through all colours of the tire.

Imagine we cut the tread up in 5 parts, 1st part to the left you have more or less horizontal cuts in the tread.
Same as on the other side. But check tread-pattern number 2 and compare it to the other side.

You can see on the left side that the tread marks that go straight across the tire itself first goes horizontal, then it goes up, then slowly goes down towards the inside of the tire.
Compare with the other side,
Tread is horizontal at first but instead of going up it goes down.

I thought that tires that are meant to roll in the same direction should have identical tread patterns. Maybe someone can de-bunk this for me?

[bimmer ///man]

The pinstriping was poorly executed. They should have accounted for the indents in the side and with the way they did the roof, it looks like there are four stripes with the white roof ledge.

Steering wheel is nice along with the seats but the roundels are just plain gaudy.

Post dyno with IATs. Anyone can retune it and make those numbers but is it daily driveable and reproduceable after multiple pulls?

[kyleb350]

Originally Posted by M3_CSL_E92

I thought that tires that are meant to roll in the same direction should have identical tread patterns. Maybe someone can de-bunk this for me?

I don't know how you caught that, but I think you're right. One of the rear tires (the passenger side) is mounted the wrong way.

[G2G]

Originally Posted by James T. Kirk

Oh, you mean as opposed to the fully loaded baked potato of unnecessary weight?

I encourage you to check this out and brain some learnin'...

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=570080

I agree that not everybody needs a navi/ idrive and e-seats!
but u cant tell me that the automatic air condition is soooo much heavier than the manual we can see here.....??

thx for the link, was always interested how much these extras weight exactly!

[1SerieStud]

My fav. 1M build so far! Great taste!

[bdaddylo]

Originally Posted by M3_CSL_E92

? the photoshoot is made in the real world mate then you tweak the images with photoshop because cameras can´t replicate reality good enough on it´s own.

Just certain things that looks off to me. Especially the tires.
Check the tread on the back wheels. Notice it´s assymetrical compared to the other side.
I thought tires that are supposed to roll the same way will have the tread exactly the same but mirrored.

I think you're getting unidirectional and asymmetric mixed up. Asymmetric have an outside and inside and do not roll the same/one way.

[SoCali E36]

Wow

[BeemerBoyUK]

minus the bonnet and hood stripe this looks real good! reppin' it for the EU tuners! love the colour accent on the vents

[GOLFFRR]

wow

[ScarecrowBoat]

Originally Posted by kyleb350

I don't know how you caught that, but I think you're right. One of the rear tires (the passenger side) is mounted the wrong way.

It's not, the tires are the same and made to rotate in either direction so that you do not need to buy a left and a right tire.

[Ash83]

nice.. but 20K!!!

[Chris H.]

Those rims are sick!

[d3l0n]

nice

[Superfly]

Originally Posted by RimasRS

410 hp with stock intercooler very clever

I think it's written "larger intercooler" in the original post

[mm1]

Originally Posted by Motion

Something is wrong with the tires for sure...the tread pattern does not look right at all.

Perhaps this tuner is so dumb he mounted the tire backwards?

You`re not very smart, are you, calling other people dumb with no reason.
These are not dirrectional tires.

[RimasRS]

Originally Posted by Superfly

I think it's written "larger intercooler" in the original post

Well look at the pics no trimming involved you can clearly see that. How IC can be bigger if there is no space for that

[Superfly]

Originally Posted by RimasRS

Well look at the pics no trimming involved you can clearly see that. How IC can be bigger if there is no space for that

There is space for the Helix for instance (with no or minor trimming) and it's thicker and a little bit larger than the oem one and it's very hard to notice it on pictures.

[BL 5]

Originally Posted by Ash83

nice.. but 20K!!!

No kidding! Just get an M3 at this point right?

[v1k0d3n]

i like the wheels a lot! 17.4 lbs (7.9kg) is really light for a 19 wheel. ATS mentions a different method to flow form. They say it's a "forging technology combined with ATS engineering know-how". Ah...I don't know what that means exactly, but is sure is damn light! I was looking at the Advan RS wheels, but I may check these out as well.

[M3_CSL_E92]

Originally Posted by bdaddylo

I think you're getting unidirectional and asymmetric mixed up. Asymmetric have an outside and inside and do not roll the same/one way.

Yea that might be right, sorry english is not my first language

Originally Posted by kyleb350

I don't know how you caught that, but I think you're right. One of the rear tires (the passenger side) is mounted the wrong way.

Yea i have no idea, maybe the tires are like that i don´t know, it was just my days when i was photoshopping that instantly as soon as i saw the pictures told me something just doesn´t look right.

Obviously that might be due to several natural causes but it seems to me part of the tire comes from another car with totally different lighting. Getting lighting done when c/p stuff is crucial to make PS cars look realistic.

Originally Posted by Motion

Got to my iMac and put that on the 27" screen! I totally see what you are saying...GOOD EYES!!!

Something is wrong with the tires for sure...the tread pattern does not look right at all.

Perhaps this tuner is so dumb he mounted the tire backwards?

Where else can you see photoshop? I thought maybe the tires looked stretched or an extra rib of tire pattern was pasted on.

Other stuff that just caught my eye but could be natural causes is for example the front tire in that pick.
Check the lighting on the front tire. It´s like the sun is up and shining pretty hard but then you look at the rest of the pic and you can´t find this type of sun-light.
My brother is fairly good with cameras so i know certain addons etc can make sunshine and reflections go away but to me it just looks off.

Other stuff that i reacted to was just the jaggies on certain stuff. This could be due to re-sizing the image though.

Check the profile thickness of the left and right front tire. I know the rim gets smaller in diameter as it goes inwards towards the suspension but if you look at the cars right tire you can´t see that type of extreme profile tires on that side under the car.

Also notice the cars right front tire. What is that white bit in the rim?
It´s impossible for it to be the sideskirt. Looks weird to me but again, no offense to the guy who took these images, some things just looks weird.

Also notice the shadow under the car in this image.

On the cars left side you can see the sun creep in under the car almost halfway under. Yet on the other side it looks like the images was taken at 12 a clock when the sun was at it´s highest point there.
This could be due to a flash that he put on the left side of the car.
It could also explain the weird lighting on the rims.
Front tire reflects some sunlight as you can see yet the rear tire does not.'
This could also be due to the angle of the front tire, i´m just saying

I checked the bmwusa.com site and looked for options on the 1M.
This car has parking sensors at the rear. I could however not find this option on the site nor does it look like it´s standard on the car.
I know USA has alot of packages etc so it might be included there, maybe someone with a 1M could clear that up.

I don´t know to me there was just some alarms that went off for some reason.
Interior looks 100% legit as does the decals but the first thought that came to my mind was that this was a 135i M kitted.

It´s probably a 1M that this guy has worked hard for and it was just the post processing that played with my brain :P