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View Poll Results: Have you installed some sort of performance mod to you 1er? | |||
No, Pure Stock! | 20 | 33.90% | |
Yes, make it faster! | 39 | 66.10% | |
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06-07-2017, 08:56 AM | #1 |
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Stock vs Mods
Being very new to the 1er owner group I have been reading a bunch and I have a question. What number of 1er owners do some type of performance mod to their car?
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06-07-2017, 09:37 AM | #2 |
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I would recommend driving the car for a few before immediately jumping into modifying. That said, there are a goodly many of us that have tinkered something.
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+1 to the idea of running stock for a while and getting to know your 1ers personality and idiosyncrasies before modding. This period of time is great for getting your preventative maintenance fully up to date- always a good idea before modding, especially with an n54.
If you're considering tuning, I'd encourage getting a cable and MHD with the logging license so you can verify the engine is healthy and be sure things like the coil packs & injectors are well behaved. Then at any time later you can simply pick up a map pack and within the hour add quite a bump in performance without turning a wrench. After that it's all down hill.... as far and as fast as your goals & wallet will take you
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06-07-2017, 06:54 PM | #8 |
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I don't think I could ever leave a vehicle 100% stock. Maybe its a sickness.
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06-07-2017, 07:32 PM | #11 |
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I don't think there's a car I haven't "modded" in a long time. Some things I don't really consider mods but have changed:
Black grilles 35% tint Michelin A/S3+ 225/40-18 and 255/35-18 tires Only performance mod is the Dinan S2 tune. |
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Yup. Drive it for a few years. I did not start modding until after 50K. My mods are mild compared to some. I like the way it is now. I have nothing new planned except for maybe The BMW Performance exhaust. My mods in my sig.
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Greatness and stock 135i don't exist on the same planet. 128i with perf kit maybe.
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Even if you like 100% stock, blowing plastic chargepipes will get old
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I have a few upgrades:
- BMW Performance exhaust - BMW Performance suspension - BMW Performance 313 wheels - European blacklines - Dinan Stage 2 tune - 225/255 Pirelli P Zero tires |
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