BC Racing Coilovers fitted to E60, new ride height, and new stereo ins
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My Ride: BMW E60 530i Daily
Porsche 986S Convertible Weekend
So the stereo is in now and the BC Racing coilovers as well.
dropped the car around 1.5in or so at a guess, im not sure.
Heres a couple of pics..
it rides fine, doesnt scrub on normal driving or around corners/heavy braking but when going into driveways with a lot of weight onto one wheel it tucks the rim into the guard and you would NOT want to turn the wheels else I'll end up with bent guards.
Still, its not as painful as trying to get my porsche in and out of the drive
dropped the car around 1.5in or so at a guess, im not sure.
Heres a couple of pics..
it rides fine, doesnt scrub on normal driving or around corners/heavy braking but when going into driveways with a lot of weight onto one wheel it tucks the rim into the guard and you would NOT want to turn the wheels else I'll end up with bent guards.
Still, its not as painful as trying to get my porsche in and out of the drive
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My Ride: BMW E60 530i Daily
Porsche 986S Convertible Weekend
Stereo also has been installed.. Consists of:
Morel Hybrid Ovation II front splits
Morel Tempo Coax rear speakers
2x Earthquake SWS8 underseat subs
1500wrms Rockford Fosgate Monoblock subwoofer samp
4x100wrms Rockford Fosgate amp for 8in subs (bridged to 2x200wrms)
4x150wrms Rockford Fosgate amp for front and rear speakers
1x Rockford Fosgate T12 12in subwoofer
1x 20 Farad soundstream capacitor
Audiocontrol LC7 sound processor (the MTX REQ5 i had blew up so we had to swap it out for the LC)
Morel Hybrid Ovation II front splits
Morel Tempo Coax rear speakers
2x Earthquake SWS8 underseat subs
1500wrms Rockford Fosgate Monoblock subwoofer samp
4x100wrms Rockford Fosgate amp for 8in subs (bridged to 2x200wrms)
4x150wrms Rockford Fosgate amp for front and rear speakers
1x Rockford Fosgate T12 12in subwoofer
1x 20 Farad soundstream capacitor
Audiocontrol LC7 sound processor (the MTX REQ5 i had blew up so we had to swap it out for the LC)
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My Ride: BMW E60 530i Daily
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Output from the GPS tracking system (pretty cool!):
Also while I was at it, we fitted the MTEC v3 angel eyes (AWESOME!), changed the lowbeams to 6000k (the 10000k were stupid), and fitted the umnitza canbus hid fogs.
Also changed the BMW badges to black/white CF and fitted the ACS badges:
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hows that sub sound. i had my subs firing thru the hole with the box pushed up to the seat. now i got 1 10 in a sealed box all the way agaisn the tailights firing backwards. do u even hear or notice the underseat subs with that 12 or do they cancel out.
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Looking good. BTW what size rims were those? I believe they were 20s, right? Do you have any spacers installed? Really love the rims you got. Looking to drop my ride as well, this turned out really nice.
I'm thinking of getting MTEC v3 as well. Do you have any pics of them installed in direct sunlight? Thanks!
I'm thinking of getting MTEC v3 as well. Do you have any pics of them installed in direct sunlight? Thanks!
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My Ride: 2008 550 sport with all the fixins, 07 yukon with all the fixins.
great mods. like the drop, looks like you would rub alot while turning. Hey, where did you get the gps from.
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lol nah the underseat subs are next to useless
i thought they might cover midbass but with 1500w rms of bass in the boot, i might try increase the crossover point so they cover some closer to mids.
ill grab some MTEC v3 pics tomorro.
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Porsche 986S Convertible Weekend
Looking good. BTW what size rims were those? I believe they were 20s, right? Do you have any spacers installed? Really love the rims you got. Looking to drop my ride as well, this turned out really nice.
I'm thinking of getting MTEC v3 as well. Do you have any pics of them installed in direct sunlight? Thanks!
I'm thinking of getting MTEC v3 as well. Do you have any pics of them installed in direct sunlight? Thanks!
I like how the front/rear bar isnt too low/big overhang.. means its still practical.
had car fully loaded with 4 girls last night and it still had no worries with scrapage.. then again, girls generally arent too large