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05-03-2012, 06:13 PM | #1 |
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ACS springs are awesome!
Just sharing my excitement over my new ACS springs. They were installed by my dealer today and the moment I got behind the wheel I felt the difference right away.
The body roll in turns has been drastically reduced and the ride is firmer in a really good way. The car feels planted and very connected to the road and the stability in turns is night and day. The drop is absolutely perfect in my opinion. The wheel gap on my 20's looks good and the car retains its driving characteristics without feeling like it has no suspension travel left. The combination of the 20x9/20x10.5 with 245/35-20 285/30-20 and the ACS springs is the perfect compromise between looks and ride quality. Thanks to this forum and the wealth of information here, I feel like I have the perfect mods done to my car I'll be posting pics soon! |
05-03-2012, 08:04 PM | #3 |
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Nice! I agree 100%
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Common!! Where are the pics??!!
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05-04-2012, 02:41 AM | #6 |
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What was I thinking posting something like this and not including any pics!!lol
Well...here's nothing...I snapped a couple of crappy pics tonight with my phone then processed them to look ok...and they turned out worst! I'll post something proper as soon as it stops raining! |
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This is my fisrt BMW F10 535i 2011 and I've been reseaching possibly doing this mod. or KW-V1 what did the dealer do about dynamic stability control system? What made you go with the ACS over the KW? |
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I forgot what my offset is but I'll find out and post soon. |
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05-04-2012, 01:49 PM | #11 | ||
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Like Alan pointed out...you're only changing the springs so all the functionality of the adaptive suspension etc. stays the same. I went with spring over coilovers since I was only looking for a slight drop and a more connected feel. The adjustability and performance of the KW was overkill and didn't justify the cost. The result of the ACS springs was exactly what I was looking for and at a reduced cost. If you want to really slam your car you'll need something that'll compensate for the extreme drop and work with the reduced travel, also if you want to be able to tweak the suspension to specific criteria and get maximum adjustability and performance...KW is the way to go. I just didn't need that much. |
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05-05-2012, 05:06 AM | #14 |
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The dealer confirmed that they do spring jobs all the time. My dealer is also a Dinan dealer so they do Dinan ECU, suspension and exhaust work. They also do H&R springs on a regular basis. They had never done ACS before but the idea of dropping a car wasn't something they weren't familiar with or were in any way opposed to. As far as warranty....the only thing they said was that if something happens to the car and it can be directly linked to the springs...it could/would be an issue. But this would have to be a problem that can be directly and specifically attributed to the springs. They also pointed out that they had never seen or heard of anything like that happening. They charged me 7 hours for the install...this is in part due to the xdrive requiring more time for a spring install. this seemed in line with other quotes I got and other threads on this forum discussing spring installs. Hope that helps! |
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I didn't measure before the install so I'm not sure what the actual difference is. I'll wait for it to settle then measure the difference between my car and stock M-Sport at my dealer and report back. |
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Couldn't agree more!
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05-06-2012, 01:36 PM | #18 |
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I have had my ACS for 3 weeks now and where I really noticed the HOLY &$#^ difference was on the highway! The ride is incredible and feels sooo much more connected to the road!!! LOVE EM!!!
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05-07-2012, 11:01 PM | #20 |
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how much drop does the AC spring have?
and as usual if the car has EDC, ur dampers will break after 3 years or so, as the spring and damper is not calibrated for each other. |
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05-08-2012, 04:43 AM | #21 | |
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Wait a sec: what about the M5 suspension? What components of theirs are different from ours? Anyone know? |
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05-08-2012, 08:24 AM | #22 | |
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ACS drops the car 1" which isn't very aggressive at all so no reason to think your shocks will blow out in 3 years. Will it put more wear on the shocks? sure but comes with the territory when it comes to modding. Alan
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