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Absolutely Gorgeous. Enjoy it in good health
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The color of that M8 is legit.
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Haha thats awesome man. 8 hours straight in an M8, its a tough life eh! Keep enjoying it, look forward to hearing more
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03-15-2020, 05:50 PM | #115 |
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Wow that color is amazing
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Speechless man, congrats!
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Congrats Ben!
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I'm sort of baffled by this. BMW owns a test facility at the Nurburgring where they test the M8 C for months to get the suspension set up nice and fast.
And then you let some random guy mod it away? For what purpose? How can you say it's 'better'? Better at what? The Nurburgring? Really? Hmmm. |
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Have to admit that I am also too lazy to type Nürburgring. And that's me being a German
The other correct way to write it is Nuerburgring. But then nobody would know what I am talking about... |
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03-16-2020, 06:51 PM | #126 |
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L8 to the part here. Congrats on the new ride sir and speed safely! Planning on doing anything else l8r on or are you good to go?
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Paint protection film, dual ceramic coating, tints and perhaps new tires if I suffer traction issues with these P Zeros. Other than that, she's already lowered, has spacers and new paddles. Currently, she has a both Racechip and JB4 under the hood for comparative testing scenarios a little down the road. |
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03-16-2020, 07:31 PM | #128 |
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Well I'm just confused. The M8 C is tested for sport to go optimum speed on the Burgerking ring and sport + for Burgerking big prize track [i also know some german ]
You can't just lower the suspension without readjusting the the whole system. All the pitch and camber and caster and all the rest is a system designed to go fast. If you lower the car all the angles change. You could have created an oversteer or under steering mess. Worse the parts might not be designed to bear the loads at certain angles. I saw a modded 3 series front suspension collapse and send him into a wall at a track last year. That's all I'm saying. Does this guy just put new springs on or does he actually test this stuff? |
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How many people is going to track anything >= M5 anyway...
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I've taken all (but one--an X5M) of my M-cars to one/the other/both the dragstrip and road courses. I've raced both mod'd (dropped/spacers/new wheels/non OEM tires/tuned/etc.) and stock cars (in before and after scenarios) and no perceivable degradation jumps out at me for turn in, launch traction, lap time, ET, etc. I'm no exception here... and your question makes me think you're possibly unfamiliar with this massive (after)market. There are tens of 1,000s of folks/enthusiasts/customers like me out there buying 1,000s more aftermarket springs, wheels, spacers, turbos, exhausts, intakes, brakes, etc. from H&R, KW, MSS, Pure Turbo, GruppeM, Dinan, APR, Burger, Racechip, Evolve, etc. This is a huge market and one in which you pay to play. That price is paid in both $$$ amount and risk. Some vendors offset the risk with warranties--most don't. The risk is *mine*, not the supplier that I asked to source me lowering springs and install them. That said, Ben offered lots of advice, recommendations and experience... but no guarantees. Again: risk = mine. |
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