Active Steering is the real deal!!
07-29-2011, 10:03 PM
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I recently test drove an E60 with AS and I was speechless! I'd always thought my 535i is the car I'd want to own til the end. It has speed, comfort, swagger and you guys know the rest....
Yeah, it doesnt have some other options I'd like eg headup display, adaptive cruise control or even Nav, but the one option I think I can not do without is Active Steering!! The car was SO SMOOTH, it was surreal how just another sports suspension 530i felt so comfy (even with 20 inch rims) and so smooth. Steering/suspension response was almost like coilovers setup with minimum roll, nimble. It was a world apart from mine without this option. Man! I wish it's an option I can install. It'll be the best mod yet.
How many folks here have AS and appreciates it or have you driven one without it to appreciate it? Thanks!
Oops! thread will likely be moved to E60 Discusion.
Yeah, it doesnt have some other options I'd like eg headup display, adaptive cruise control or even Nav, but the one option I think I can not do without is Active Steering!! The car was SO SMOOTH, it was surreal how just another sports suspension 530i felt so comfy (even with 20 inch rims) and so smooth. Steering/suspension response was almost like coilovers setup with minimum roll, nimble. It was a world apart from mine without this option. Man! I wish it's an option I can install. It'll be the best mod yet.
How many folks here have AS and appreciates it or have you driven one without it to appreciate it? Thanks!
Oops! thread will likely be moved to E60 Discusion.
07-29-2011, 10:06 PM
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I have Active Steering and I hate it!!! jk. I was pretty bummed one of the rear lower Ultra Racing bars I ordered wouldn't fit because the active steering got in the way. But yeah I haven't driven an E60 that doesn't have AS so I can't really compare it to one. 
I can say that with one of the rear lower UR bars installed, and the front strut bar installed the handling is amazing now. I plan on ordering the front lower bar in the next week or so, can't wait!
I can say that with one of the rear lower UR bars installed, and the front strut bar installed the handling is amazing now. I plan on ordering the front lower bar in the next week or so, can't wait!
07-29-2011, 10:58 PM
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You can retrofit everything, but in this case $$$$$$$$/???????? on time and job to understand which parts you'd need.
07-30-2011, 10:54 AM
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Really? Hmm...
07-30-2011, 11:33 AM
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My Ride: ///M5 BEAST
Model Year: 2006
i have active steering in my car...a couple times the system went out (along with the Dynamic Drive Control System) and it handled like an old school cadillac.
i also drove my brothers 525i that has almost no options and of course does not have active steering, and damn.....could barely tell we owned a car on the same platform. i thought in my head 'how does he drive this thing?' (no offense to others w/o it).
i have 20s and my car is lowered on springs 2" past the original sport suspension and my car still handles like a dream....i love it....tho im mostly only using that handling for dodging potholes lol
i also drove my brothers 525i that has almost no options and of course does not have active steering, and damn.....could barely tell we owned a car on the same platform. i thought in my head 'how does he drive this thing?' (no offense to others w/o it).
i have 20s and my car is lowered on springs 2" past the original sport suspension and my car still handles like a dream....i love it....tho im mostly only using that handling for dodging potholes lol
07-30-2011, 02:09 PM
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damn I don't have active steering so do not know how it feels like...need to find someone who does to compare. Should have checked the available options for my year more thoroughly before I bought it. 
