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  5. Apex Arc-8 18x8.5 ET38 Square

    in Parts For Sale

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    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:

    • One wheel has a very slight bend according to big bear, though I could never feel while driving
    • One (or maybe 2, can't remember) wheel has a small curb mark about 1 inch long, will document when I clean the wheels up

    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. 

     

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  6. Catless downpipe install on an N54 xi

    in Services Offered/Wanted

    Posted

    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!

  15. Official Vanity Plate Thread

    in General Off-Topic

    Posted

    4 hours ago, m42b32 said:

    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. 

  16. ILC's E92 M3

    in Members BMWs

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    1 hour ago, i_love_cars said:

    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.

     

    10 hours ago, Daggerty said:

    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. 

  21. Official Vanity Plate Thread

    in General Off-Topic

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, YoungCR said:

    Matt just got 6 digit ones from the DMV in Madison this last week so I doubt you guys will have them up there yet. 

     

    7 minutes ago, wasnt m3 said:

    Some of the dmv's still have stock of the old plates. I know waukesha has the new style and anyone getting plates via mail will get the new ones.

    Dang it! Mine will be coming in the mail. The lack of symmetry on the 7 character is going to bug me

  22. Official Vanity Plate Thread

    in General Off-Topic

    Posted

    On 5/19/2017 at 2:26 PM, Snap said:

    only slightly on-topic:

    I saw my first 7 digit Wisconsin plate today and ive noticed that Texas and New Jersey plates don't seem to have a registration sticker on the plate, sup with that?

    Is there still a space in the middle? I should be getting a normal plate this week as I got rid of my custom plate. I assume I'll get a new 7 digit.

     

    Edit: simple google shows there's still a dash in the middle. ugh.

  23. N54 tuning

    in General Technical

    Posted

    14 hours ago, white96850turbo said:

    Yes I'm running MHD backend currently... ill have to play with map 6 some and do some data logging (only been running map 5 with a 30% e85 mix, and the car feels great).  Do you just adjust your boost target and leave everything else alone?

     I'm in the Milwaukee / Wauwatosa area, and by the way, your 135i inspired me to get one!

     

    Since you've got upgraded turbos, IMO it'd be a good idea to get a custom tune from somebody like Ken at Wedge, Motiv, etc.

    I live in Milwaukee and work in Tosa, what color is your 135i? I've seen a handful around the area recently.

  24. Fox Valley Meet

    in Local Scene

    Posted

    31 minutes ago, rmesick said:

    Well I'm staggered.

    Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

    It's definitely something with your camera. If you look the left building line and right building line, they are definitely not parallel as they would be in real life.

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