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08-26-2014, 12:10 PM | #1 |
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New Member Intro - New 535i M Sport
Hi Guys / Gals,
New member and new '14 535 M-Sport Owner here. My journey to an F10 was long overdue. I have raced Porsches for years and depended on my F350 Dually as a daily driver (because it pulled the trailer that took my racecar to the track and just didn't want/need to buy another car)...which is NOT fun as a daily, so last week I had enough & took the plunge and just got the M-Sport. I'm a tinkerer, and can't leave a stock car alone...so I am looking for some advice on tasteful mods. It seems there are tons of front and rear spoiler options out there, but I have no clue who makes them all. One thing I did already do is drop the car on ACS springs...huge improvement, along with black frt grilles. As far as the "gloss black" roof wrap I read about...are you guys just taking the car to any wrap place and they know what to do? I have wrapped many race cars, including my current one below with black roof and have found that clear wrap over the black really looks nice - is that what everyone is doing, or am I missing something? Here's a quick photo of the new daily driver, and one of my race car if any of you guys appreciate one of the "other" German brands. Any advice - especially on what NOT to do to the F10 - is greatly appreciated. |
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welcome...
Tuning: BMS JB4 Spoiler: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=161402094913 Just bought and installed this spoiler...looks perfect. I think one of the best improvements on looks comes with a wheel upgrade: 9' front and 10.5" rear width, 20" rims. |
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Welcome and congratulations on the new 5!! It looks great - and so does the Porsche!
As Ben suggested above, the 535 benefits nicely from the JB4 tune - the N55 engine is just very flexible and can be tuned without harm pretty easily (and inexpensively). I'm not huge into mods, so I don't have many suggestions - I think the M-Sport cars look pretty good as-is. The new suspension setup, however, is no doubt going to help the 5 drive properly. Without the sport suspension or DHP, the F10 is just like a wet noodle. Again, congratulations - please post some more pics if/when you continue to mod it... and more of the Porsche, too.
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@FLA997,
Congrats on the car. We had similar background, but I am in much much smaller scale. Had '92 964 C2 for daily and drove F350 hooked to a 2 cars trailer for most of the weekend pratice and events. Anyway, to give you an idea, these are the mods on my F10 528i. - KW V2 - 20" Forgestar CF10 - BMS Stage 2 - ER Catless downpipe - ACS Style Roof spoiler I would do more mods, but my wife took over the car. That's when I picked up the F15.
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Congrats, looks like you put on some spacers too.
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Yes, I did add spacers...I'd love to add a set of wheels, but its a lease and reluctant to purchase a new set - your wheels look gorgeous. If I could change mine, they would be black. I wish I had been there...I stay East Coast for racing, and to race the entire Tudor Series you are talking about a multi 7 figure budget...yikes. |
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Hi and congrats with the new ride! Hope you enjoy the BMW 5 and it is actually a honor to see the experienced Porsche driver making that choice.
As for the mods: you've been told about engine upgrade with JB4, and I would also suggest Steinbauer box (BMW dealers in Europe do it and keep warranty) or Hartge. Wheels (20" or 21"): HRE, Vorsteiner, MORR, ADV.1 or Forgestar (depending on budget). Carbon: Vorsteiner. Sway bars: H&R for 5-series. Exhaust: Meisterschaft, Supersprint. Hope you still keep your F350 to pull the trailer? Probably all mods are already in place on it Good luck! |
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@FLA997, unfortunately I have to sell it 7 years ago. Because I thought that I will be residing overseas for a long time.
I do regret selling it. Couldn't find a good one anymore today. I may look for the 993 though, after I finish with my W124 E500 project. Anyway, good luck with the mods shopping. Let me know if you need any help in ideas or obtaining the parts.
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