New 1M owner

[NGEE]

Hey all, just completed the purchase of this 1M - should be delivered next week. I swore that my 135is was all the car I'd ever need, but when I saw this come available I just had to pull the trigger. No nav, manual seats.

Looking forward to experiencing it, and comparing to my Dinan Stage 3 135is.



https://www.1addicts.com/forums/show...8#post30892908

[ayao]

Congratulations!!! That is a great picture as well.

Tell us more about the car -- bone stock?

Please post up your impressions when you are able.

(BTW I have looked at your 135is ad several times and have been tempted more than a few times to do something irrational and throw out an offer...)

[NGEE]

Originally Posted by ayao

Congratulations!!! That is a great picture as well.

Tell us more about the car -- bone stock?

Please post up your impressions when you are able.

(BTW I have looked at your 135is ad several times and have been tempted more than a few times to do something irrational and throw out an offer...)

Thanks. It is stock afaik, though the PPI video seemed to reveal a coilover setup of some kind. I won't know much until the car is delivered.

I'll need to take down my 135 ad here since I'm prepping the car to go up on carsandbids. Detailed this week. Photoshoot next week. Weather not cooperating lately.

[changster]

Awesome, congrats!! Looks beautiful. I love mine as well.

[Topcarbon]

beautiful car.
any mods planned?

[7mDr]

Looking good! Care to share your suspension and tire setups?

I too just got mine!

[NGEE]

Originally Posted by Topcarbon

any mods planned?

Not 100% sure, but I'm considering Dinan Stage 3 and a carbon front lip.

Originally Posted by 7mDr

Care to share your suspension and tire setups?

Ha - you just reminded me to check. I haven't had time since purchase. But wheels are stock staggered, so 245 front and 265 rear. I'm having the wheels replaced with OEM at the dealer next week. And new OEM exhaust tips. Trying to keep things pretty stock.

I too just got mine!

Congrats! Did you post up pics anywhere?

[NGEE]

So I've had the car for 1k miles, so fully "assimilated". So far it's a dream. Really digging the single-hump dash and manual seats, and haven't seen that spec anywhere since purchase. I have determined that the car has a KW coilover setup which IMO is set at a perfect height. I don't know which variant, but the original rear shocks tell me it's probably V1.

After 1k miles I determined that the following needed to be done:

1. replace wheels (bent, cracked)
2. replace exhaust tips (permanently blackened)
3. tighten handbrake
4. replace battery
5. intake valve blast

Had the first four completed at the dealer today. All OEM original parts. I'm scheduling the walnut blast. I am trying to keep this as stock as I can, but at some point in the future I may upgrade the suspension and do a Dinan Stage 3 performance upgrade.

Crappy garage photos of the new bits:

[Tornado1M]

Originally Posted by NGEE

So I've had the car for 1k miles, so fully "assimilated". So far it's a dream. Really digging the single-hump dash and manual seats, and haven't seen that spec anywhere since purchase. I have determined that the car has a KW coilover setup which IMO is set at a perfect height. I don't know which variant, but the original rear shocks tell me it's probably V1.

After 1k miles I determined that the following needed to be done:

replace wheels (bent, cracked)
replace exhaust tips (permanently blackened)
tighten handbrake
replace battery
intake valve blast


Had the first four completed at the dealer today. All OEM original parts. I'm scheduling the walnut blast. I am trying to keep this as stock as I can, but at some point in the future I may upgrade the suspension and do a Dinan Stage 3 performance upgrade.

Crappy garage photos of the new bits:

Nice!!!

You had to replace all 4 rims? That’s not cheap!

[1'M Blue]

Nothing like getting freshened up !

Enjoy it !

[NGEE]

Originally Posted by Tornado1M

Nice!!!

You had to replace all 4 rims? That’s not cheap!

Thanks!

Wheels were $3,100 including labor. I got a quote of $1500 to refinish them, but I've been that route before and don't trust wheel "repairs". The original wheels that were on there had been refinished at some point and looked really bad up close.

Exhaust tips were $500 and had to be shipped from Germany, so took a while.

[Tornado1M]

Originally Posted by NGEE

Thanks!

Wheels were $3,100 including labor. I got a quote of $1500 to refinish them, but I've been that route before and don't trust wheel "repairs". The original wheels that were on there had been refinished at some point and looked really bad up close.

Exhaust tips were $500 and had to be shipped from Germany, so took a while.

Awesome!

I see your in MD, PM me some time. I’m in VA, we should get together for a drive out West.

Don’t have a 1M these days…but, rocking the M2cs now 😎

[NGEE]

Originally Posted by Tornado1M

rocking the M2cs now 😎

Nice. How do you compare it with the 1M?

[Tornado1M]

Originally Posted by NGEE

Nice. How do you compare it with the 1M?

Both are great. However, very different!

I’m not sure comparing them does either any justice. They are nearly a decade apart and both unique in their own way.

[ayao]

Originally Posted by Tornado1M

Both are great. However, very different!

I’m not sure comparing them does either any justice. They are nearly a decade apart and both unique in their own way.

C'mon. Don't be coy.