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      01-02-2017, 03:39 PM   #1035
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      01-02-2017, 05:14 PM   #1036
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Friend was driving the car and over steered off the road onto a dirt bank. Ended up costing a pretty penny but my friend covered almost all of the expenses.

Fenders and hood were fine. Undertray got demolished and somehow managed to break the thermostat. Thankfully, I already had a waterpump and thermostat sitting in the garage. Also took the chance to upgrade to the Aero bumper.

Managed to grab a m sport rear bumper in the same color from a forum member, but it had PDC holes. So I got these bumper plugs painted while the car was in for paint.
Looks great....been meaning to replace my stock bumper also, what are prices and supply like on the aero front piece? Or are we pretty much stuck paying full pop.....
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      01-05-2017, 10:04 AM   #1037
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With freight shipping, your best bet is to make friends with your local BMW parts dept and get them to price match or come close to tischer's price. It's around $650 for the kit. (Bumper, hook cover, ducts, grills and undertray adaptor piece).
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      01-05-2017, 10:38 AM   #1038
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With freight shipping, your best bet is to make friends with your local BMW parts dept and get them to price match or come close to tischer's price. It's around $650 for the kit. (Bumper, hook cover, ducts, grills and undertray adaptor piece).
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Question - did you do the actual brake ducts or just the "closed" version of the ducts? If I do this I'd want to do the actual brake ducts not the dummies, but they get expensive....
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      01-05-2017, 01:00 PM   #1039
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If you look closely, the sides of the center grill are solid pieces and blocked off. That's where the aero bumper specific brake ducts mount to. I didn't add them just yet because they're $125 per side and officially require the m sport fender liners. I probably will just cut the holes into fender liner myself since it looks like it's the only difference.
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      01-08-2017, 03:22 AM   #1040
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Also, car passed PA state emissions with AA headers and AA tune.
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      01-08-2017, 11:49 AM   #1041
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Short throw kit! This is before I removed the old one, but the short shifter doesnt look much different lol
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      01-19-2017, 12:38 PM   #1042
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Started getting some misfires and got an SES light. Brought it to the dealer who pulled the code and turns out it's one of the ignition coil. I got all 6 replaced under warranty. My car's at around 31000 miles in case anyone's interested.
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      04-12-2017, 08:55 PM   #1043
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Maybe now I can finish the aborted install of my Hotchkis 16mm RSB. Again, I have to find the time.
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      04-15-2017, 03:20 PM   #1044
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Swapped out the Eibach Pro kit springs with a set of Swift Spec R springs, put on the summer wheels and tires, and added 12mm spacers all around.

I also picked up a TRW M3 lower control arm kit, and while installing that, I realized that I had been sent two caster arms for the left side instead of a right and a left. Not the end of the world, but still a PITA.
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      04-17-2017, 08:28 AM   #1045
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      06-13-2017, 10:02 PM   #1046
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      06-14-2017, 04:34 PM   #1047
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Swapped out the Eibach Pro kit springs with a set of Swift Spec R springs, put on the summer wheels and tires, and added 12mm spacers all around.
Interested in how you compare the springs. Improvements?
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      06-17-2017, 10:40 PM   #1048
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Swapped out the Eibach Pro kit springs with a set of Swift Spec R springs, put on the summer wheels and tires, and added 12mm spacers all around.
Interested in how you compare the springs. Improvements?
My main reason for the switch was to raise the front end up a bit, the Eibachs were just too low. In that regard I am very happy with the switch.

Performance wise, I think they're pretty close, although I did firm up the Konis in the rear.
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