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Hey folks,
Looking for a decent shop (or forum member) to paint 1 or 2 bumper covers around Milwaukee. Some idiot rear ended me a while back without insurance so I'm just getting around to putting a new cover on, and possibly a new front as well.
I can dropoff the covers and leave them. Any recommendations?
Sold
would take $550
pics are up!
I recently went to some silver wheels because I prefer the look on my gray E90 so I'm getting rid of my anthracite arc-8s.
These with fit E36, E46, and E9x.
Issues:
The wheels come with the Apex 'carbon fiber' center caps. I also have a 5th wheel which has a bad bend which i could feel when driving so I replaced it, you can have this as well if you'd like.
WI Bimmer Price: $600 picked up in Milwaukee/Brookfield Area.
Folks,
I'm going to put some catless dp's on my xi n54 in the near future and am looking for a shop or a forum member that I can take it to. I'd usually do it myself but I don't have equipment to lower the subframe and support the engine like you need to do on the xi. If a member is willing to help me, I do have pretty much every Milwaukee power tool you can imagine so getting stuck bolts out will be no problem. I'm in Milwaukee area but would be willing to drive 2 hours or so for the install.
Thanks!
Sold.
LT1 F-Bodys are great performance bargains! My good buddy has one with long tubes and full exhaust and it sounds menacing. They can take some HUGE tires up front (305 probably) and are double wishbone up front. Not bad for $4-5k typically.
I'm digging your vids man! Great quality for just starting.
*drool*
E36 M3 by Bryan Kendall, on Flickr
Impeccably clean E23! 
At Quaker steak and lube last night. It was kinda funny, this thing was getting almost no attention compared to the Huracan spider parked near it. The GT was stunning.
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I'm really surprised the one series don't have a factory LSD besides the 1M? Is it available as a factory option at least?
No factory option. The first modern non-M car to get an optional LSD was the M235i.
I'm talking about Earl's compact (e36/5 318ti) haha
wow hahaha i totally read that wrong 
Isn't the vanity plate on the compact 7 characters?
I don't think so, I just received my normal 7 digit plate replacing my 7 digit custom plate. I'll compare side by side after work.
The new 7 digit plates just don't look right to me. I suppose in a few years they will.
I agree that BMW should offer better caliper design, to an extent. For new drivers who aren't gonna go that fast or push that hard, the car will be safe on track. For someone like me, it'll cook the brakes in 2-3 laps though. If you want to roll an M3 off the showroom floor and take it to the track, then it doesn't matter what kind of caliper they give you - street pads are going to fall apart and overheat quickly at the track. There's no getting around it. So yes, a good race pad and fluid is honestly all you need in the e92 to do well at the track with braking (the e46 was the real weak link). Which is why I said buying this BBK is kindof overkill, but at the price I just couldn't say no.
Bottom line is, you're gonna need a good race pad no matter what if you want to go through a day of braking at the track without issues.Also, "Brembos" don't really mean much. The 135i comes with 6-pot brembos in front and they come with sacrifices like shitty piston material that has literally been known to start on fire and melt during hard braking at the track. You need to drop another $400 to upgrade the pistons. They also didn't do that great at the track. Hell even my Acura TL-S came with 4-pot brembos in front standard and they were just not that great. You are still getting generic, mass-produced parts that are only slightly better than what a regular caliper would be.
Also, remember that piston counts don't mean anything. These PFCs I bought have 4 pot and they will stop better than any 6-piston caliper you can buy for this car. There is math and science behind why that is.
For sure I've now got more braking than my tires can make use of. In order to fully extract what this bbk is capable of, I need to run r-comps at the track, which will be next year. I jumped right into the E30 with slicks and it was very easy to manage because of how light the car was. I am going to run the M3 on street tires for a few events to learn the car a bit - r-comps just carry so much more speed through corners and with how heavy this car is, I want to get a feel for the weight transfer.
Nailed it. Even though the 135i has 6 pot calipers, they're a big downgrade from the single piston 335i brakes in stopping power. I think a common misconception is more pistons are always better.
The car should've came from the factory with fixed calipers.
A pure performance car that is going to be tracked shouldn't come with single piston fixed calipers just because they have a good stopping distance after one run.
Im sure with the right pads and brake fluid they would do alright but seriously if your selling a car for 90k put some decent calipers on. If Ford can put fixed brembos on a 40k focus, I think Bmw can sacrifice a little money for the upgrade.
Any street car sucks on track without track pads and fluid (excluding hyper cars, etc.). The F80 4 piston brakes are terrible on track as well. Also, the E9x M3 started at ≈$58k IIRC, not $90k.
Sounds like the turnouts will be getting bigger and bigger. It's nice that you don't have to get up at the crack of dawn like most C&Cs.
Some photos:
Untitled by Bryan Kendall, on Flickr
Untitled by Bryan Kendall, on Flickr
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Untitled by Bryan Kendall, on Flickr
Untitled by Bryan Kendall, on Flickr
Untitled by Bryan Kendall, on Flickr
Untitled by Bryan Kendall, on Flickr
Untitled by Bryan Kendall, on Flickr
Really good turnout for the guy's second time running it!
Back on topic....
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