Before & After (aka) "Beauty & The Beast"
08-29-2008, 06:50 PM
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Once upon a time.......I was a happy little motoring Bimmer neophyte as seen here, bone stock with a horrendous spoiler, no rims, non-sport, and crying for help:
AFTER:
This is the car dropped, with new 166 OEM rims, euro stickers, etc. Thanks David, (E60 forum member) who provided the Koni sport suspension, Eurogarage for the H&R Sport Springs, A&L Auto Body in Palatine, IL. (ask for Anthony), for the awesome service and installation, and Trinity for more solid advice than you can imagine. I'm ALMOST done!
Hopefully these H&R springs settle a little bit after today. I realize they are cold-rolled and probably won't settle because of higher quality, but one can hope. Regardless, I'm quite happy with the drop compared to what it was. To me, its a difference between night and day. Besides the asthetic improvement, the car handles amazingly well with the new shocks/struts/springs. Its literally a different car. Thank you E60.net!
Next up:
Mild Tinting
M-Tech front / Sides
Shadowline trim
AFTER:
This is the car dropped, with new 166 OEM rims, euro stickers, etc. Thanks David, (E60 forum member) who provided the Koni sport suspension, Eurogarage for the H&R Sport Springs, A&L Auto Body in Palatine, IL. (ask for Anthony), for the awesome service and installation, and Trinity for more solid advice than you can imagine. I'm ALMOST done!
Hopefully these H&R springs settle a little bit after today. I realize they are cold-rolled and probably won't settle because of higher quality, but one can hope. Regardless, I'm quite happy with the drop compared to what it was. To me, its a difference between night and day. Besides the asthetic improvement, the car handles amazingly well with the new shocks/struts/springs. Its literally a different car. Thank you E60.net!
Next up:
Mild Tinting
M-Tech front / Sides
Shadowline trim
08-29-2008, 06:54 PM
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My Ride: 2011.5 Alpine White E90 M3 | Black Novillo Leather | Carbon Fiber Leather Trim | ZCP | ZP2 | M-DCT | Navigation | Moonroof | 6FL Mods: TMS 12.5mm spacers all around l Hawk HPS Brake Pads l OEM M3 Edition Grills l Paint Matched Side Gills l Key Hole D
Coming along great...will look even better once you complete your to do list 
08-29-2008, 06:58 PM
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My Ride: 2011, E90 M3 Sedan. Alpine White.Competition package, Keyhole cover, fender reflectors in Alpine white, RPI Exhaust, 19
awesome narrating.. i was getting into it..(no wise ass remarks) you car looks very nice.. classy i must say
08-29-2008, 07:17 PM
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My Ride: 2004 530i | Sapphire Black | Sport | Premium | NAV | Logic 7 | DPE R07 Variant S Gloss Black with Polished Lip 20x8.5 front 20x10 rear | Falken FK452 tires 245/30/20 front 275/30/20 rear | H&R Coilovers | Smoked Tail Lights | M5 trunk spoiler | AC Schnitzer style roof spoiler | HID 8000K headlights & foglights | 35% tint all around | Sprint Booster | Speed Innovation ECU tuning | M5 trunk finisher | M-Tech body kit | Remus Quad Exhaust | AC Schnitzer style pedals | Euro Stickers | RPi Ram Air Induction | Smoked LED Side Lenses | AC Schnitzer style e-brake handle | AC Schnitzer style shifter | AC Schnitzer style iDrive knob | AC Schnitzer style carbon fiber diffuser | carbon fiber hood/trunk/steering emblems | carbon fiber grilles | carbon fiber door pillars | MTEC v2 Angel Eyes | Hamann style carbon fiber splitter
great update on your mods... looking good! having fun driving the new ride this holiday weekend!!
08-29-2008, 10:09 PM
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My Ride: 5series
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hello howitzer, if you don't mind me asking, can you please describe how the ride quality is with the h&r sports. Is it more bouncy? Do you feel the bumps on the road more? What setting did you recommend for adjusting the Koni's? Thanks.