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Picked the car up from the body shop today, and couldn't be happier with the result. The car looks fantastic. I feel like it finally has the looks to match it's personality, and think everything really accentuates each other nicely - the color, the body kit, the Euro headlamps and black line tail lamps - the car really does look good from every angle now. Pictures hardly do it justice, but here you go:
I'd say the car is more or less done cosmetically. Maybe some of the carbon fiber bits later on down the line, we'll see. I'm very happy with the current look just as it is, though. In other good news, got my Simon 3 cable from the good people at Active today, so I'll be reading the ECU and sending the file out this afternoon. Crossing fingers for a quick turnaround.
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Wow your car looks good! What camber are you running on your car in the pictures above? I like how it looks aggressive without looking like stancenation.
Edit: I just noticed you also took off the fog lights. How hard was that to do? Maybe I missed one of your earlier posts where you mentioned it?
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I noticed you had the fixed 128i headlight washers on your old bumper..did you simply delete them on the new bumper or is the retractable one functional as well?
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I just recently went from the standard Pre-LCI 128i bumper to the BMW Performance bumper, which deletes the foglights. I believe the wiring is just tied back. I still need to have the car coded, though, so i stop getting a bulb error on the instrument cluster.
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The Performance bumper includes the parts necessary to convert the fixed washers to retractable ones (assuming you order the bumper for headlamp-washer-equipped cars, that is - there is also a version with no cutouts for cars without the headlamp cleaning system).
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Dropping some cash there Bob! Car looks really clean.
I am trying to catch up to you and Stig as fast as possible, but it looks like you had xmas in July. Stage 3 up next, along with the perf brakes and AA tune. The magnaflow exhaust does have a nice growl to it. When reading about it on the forum people were saying the BMWPE was deeper and more aggressive. Besides the pops, what really the difference? Ive only had the stock and magnaflow. That performance bumper tho
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#16525. If you decide to buy, I'd recommend Hottxhaust.com. They're an official MagnaFlow dealer and will ship free to US & CAN. Make sure to ask for a coupon code and they'll give you a smoking hot deal (I got ~$200 off).
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Both good mods, although the brakes are pretty expensive. I still remember when Turner was selling the kit for $995! Wish I'd jumped on it then. A lot of people will tell you that they're not up to extended tracking sessions, and that may be true, but I find them to be excellent for street driving as well as autocross. I do have a track day coming up next month, so we'll see how they do. I'm on stock pads, and it seems like all of the 6-piston caliper failures I've seen have been in conjunction with aftermarket pads of a slightly different shape than OEM. The Stage 3 intake manifold is really good with a tune. See if you can pick one up used, though. I found an excellent example for under $300. Just be patient! There are a ton of BMW's that came from the factory with that manifold, and more and more of them are being wrecked every year. [/QUOTE] Quote:
I know. I had only ever seen it in pictures before (almost always in white) and was sort of on the fence about it - sometimes I liked, sometimes I thought it looked a little goofy. But seeing it in the flesh, in Crimson, and on my car - I'm sold on it.
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On the bumper, agreed - it looks way better in red than the white.... Last edited by asbrr; 09-11-2015 at 11:06 AM.. |
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Are you in NC????? Was this cherry point?? Haha I go to these events man. You went to the one I didn't go since I didn't have tires at the time lol. |
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Yeah, this was at Cherry Point. You go to the ones in Wilmington, too?
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So nice - Aero & Euro LCI. My dream.
How much lower is the front bumper vs 128i ? Are you more careful now For the ducting, just use the 135i brake ducts for Aero bumper and cut holes where the duct joins the wheel liner. Its the most elegant clean solution outside of making e39 style pot light shrouds/sink drain mod on the 128i Aero brake duct blanks. The large bottom Left 128i Aero side duct can also be used to run a hose from he top to the Airbox = like Dinan e90 intake n52 The large bottom Right 128i Aero duct can be replaced with the 135i part for the n54/5 oil filter housing & cooler mod
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In other news, I got the LED eyebrows working today: See here for the how and why, if interested. Last night I also flashed the ECU with the new tune from Active. This morning I took the car out and it felt pretty darn good. I wasn't sure if the off-road tune did much more than clear the SES light, but I know it at least contains new throttle mapping, per the tech that did my tune file. It may modify the fueling as well (just a guess) but either way, it felt pretty snappy and responsive, even if it's just a throttle remap, and the headers definitely make power. So if the car is more or less done cosmetically, I think I'm getting closer as far as performance mods go. I've got a few suspension tweaks to make, but the only other really big thing is an LSD. I want to live with the headers for a while before I decide, but I'm strongly leaning towards doing a more aggressive final drive at the same time. The torque multiplication just seems too good to pass up, especially at the lower end, which is sort of this car's Achilles' Heel, IMO. Of course, I will probably never be done modding this car, but the only performance stuff after an LSD is sort of the crazy stuff: stroker kits (I'd love to stroke this thing to a 3.2L...too bad the Noelle Motors kit doesn't seem to be around anymore, although IIRC it was stupid expensive) and superchargers (the ESS kit is somewhat tempting, but besides being spendy is sort of anathema to the spirit of this car, I think...but then again...). |
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Wow! Those LCI headlights look so nice with the eyebrows lit up. Great job!
Of course, the performance aero kit looks badass too! Great build! Love the color of your car as well.
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