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      04-27-2016, 07:05 AM   #23
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Here's my car in stock form..........
Yuck!!!! Look at that fender gap???!!!
GOT CHROME? good thing u swapped those grills out!
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xDrive? Looks extremly high.
Nope it's just a 2wd 550i Msport with DHP & EDC. I'm wondering if the car lowered by itself a bit when I switched from the default normal mode to sport modes because you could feel the car doing something (while parked) when I selected sport or sport +. I still feel the car doing stuff when I put it in sport from normal, but I've always been in the car so I'll have my girlfriend switch from normal to sport while I watch from the outside to see if I can spot any changes.
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GOT CHROME? good thing u swapped those grills out!
Actually it was the first thing I did.
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Actually it was the first thing I did.
LOL, me too, my chrome grilles lasted about a week. A member here was selling gloss black OEM grilles and an AW spoiler - I snapped em up.
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xDrive? Looks extremly high.
Nope it's just a 2wd 550i Msport with DHP & EDC. I'm wondering if the car lowered by itself a bit when I switched from the default normal mode to sport modes because you could feel the car doing something (while parked) when I selected sport or sport +. I still feel the car doing stuff when I put it in sport from normal, but I've always been in the car so I'll have my girlfriend switch from normal to sport while I watch from the outside to see if I can spot any changes.
There's no way to change the ride height in a F10 with OEM suspension.
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Actually it was the first thing I did.
Same here.
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I swear i wasn't going to lower the car ( I don't believe in it for a number of reasons), but looking back at all the older 5 models such as the E60, E39 which looked felt and looked much better than the F10's floaty, fender 4x4 gappy look.

I've driven lots of 5's and the F10, although I love the look, needed at least 1/2 - 1 inch drop. My true test was my floor jack. When i put it under my car there was like 1 inch clearance to the jackup points. I was like "what the ####?"

I went the Dinan option (1/2 inch drop) because to me it was subtle and looked like the BMW OEM (how the 5 should have looked) stance.
Car drove like a 5 again! Its been a year and I will never look back.
Thats just my 2 cents based on "Dinan" springs and the Dynamic Handling Package (Sport Mode).
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