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      01-03-2013, 10:30 PM   #1
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iS vert

Just picked her up last week. Here are a few to start. Any other is people out there?
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      01-03-2013, 10:32 PM   #2
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      01-03-2013, 10:33 PM   #3
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      01-03-2013, 10:49 PM   #4
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looks really good..congrats
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      01-03-2013, 11:21 PM   #5
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Looks very nice, good to see a local on here.
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nice... real nice
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      01-04-2013, 10:26 AM   #7
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Congrats. Beautiful car that I'm sure you will enjoy. There are lots of other iS guys in the fourm. In fact there's a whole thread dedicated to everyone sharing their deliver pics of their 2013 135is. Look in the coupe convertible general discussion section. It's in there started by mb135is
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Looks like a beauty! Who did you buy it from at Darien?
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Very nice, but really needs a drop
+1 a modest drop would do wonders for it. Great platform to start on though, enjoy your car OP
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Thanks fellas. The car is amazing. Beats my 10' 335i vert I just got rid of. I bought it from Barbara M. I'd consider dropping it but I'm sure coilovers aren't cheap for this thing.
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I kept reading is as "is" as in the word "is"

The car looks great though. Youll have fun with the vert!
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OP here's a quick and cheap mod you can do, replace the OE antenna with a short version, which is not at all hard to find. Costs maybe 30 bucks shipped, and "installation" is a sub 60 second type deal. IMO the OE unit is ridiculously long, it makes the car look much better from behind.
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Get the BMW Performance suspension.... Should have come std on the IS

Never seen the shark fin on the boot before? ... Is that new for verts?
The shark fin is for verts with sat radio and/or BMW assist.

Its just a separate sat antenna - standard since the start of the car.
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Thanks fellas. The car is amazing. Beats my 10' 335i vert I just got rid of. I bought it from Barbara M. I'd consider dropping it but I'm sure coilovers aren't cheap for this thing.
That's who I bought mine from as well. She's great!
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Short antenna

I 100% agree I need the shorter antenna. Does anyone have feedback on how well it's reception is? I have Sirius and I don't really want to compromise reception much.
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I 100% agree I need the shorter antenna. Does anyone have feedback on how well it's reception is? I have Sirius and I don't really want to compromise reception much.
I have not noticed any issues with reception with my IS and the satellite radio.

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So that exhaust is the performance one.... Is that std on the 'is' ?

Damn nice car!
Yes, the Performance Exhaust is standard with the IS.
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I 100% agree I need the shorter antenna. Does anyone have feedback on how well it's reception is? I have Sirius and I don't really want to compromise reception much.
Valid point and one that I really didn't think about when I replaced mine, I never listen to the radio so it was irrelevant to me how much a shorter antenna compromised reception...I'll do a bit of testing tomorrow and get back to you. Don't have sirius though, but we'll see how FM/AM work out.
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Sirius goes through the shark fin on verts. Only am/fm is picked up through the whip.
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Yes we are out there. Search the regular forum for the 135is thread. Beautiful car!
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Tyco relay?

So I opened my hood for the first time to check out what was involved with changing out the h8 bulb for halos and I came across this relay and I'm not sure what it does. It seems to have been installed after the fact as I see metal shards where it's attached. Any idea what it's for?
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      01-05-2013, 09:27 PM   #22
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New 135is

Hell yeah I just got mine a couple weeks ago
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