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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Bubbarossa' post='343504' date='Oct 11 2006, 04:20 AM
The car doesn't have to handle like it's on rails as i feel it handles pretty well in stock form, plus the fact that i slide allover in my seats when cornering, i'd just like to eliminate some of the body roll. Sounds like swaybars might be my first upgrade.

Sadly, i have yet to see a 5-series in "real" life with anything more than 18's on there and those have been OE sports package wheels. I do, however, like that size. Has anyone only upgraded from 17" to 18" wheels? The reason i'm asking, it seems there are more choices for 18" and 20" than 19. I'm not sold on getting 20s yet. In all honesty, i have been perfectly happy with how the car looks, rides, handles...until finding this forum, damn you guys and your 20inch rims! LOL!!! Anyway, any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! =)
I love the 20" wheels but for a 525 or 530 I know itis better to have 19" max for the engine size unless you supercharge it then 20" is OK.
If you put 20" the car will start off slower and use more fuel.
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by noonehome' post='343423' date='Oct 10 2006, 08:01 AM
You don't give to many specs about your car... if you have the sport Pkg ,in the US it comes with Active Roll Stabilization which is essentially Sway bars with a computer controlled hydraulic component. You won't be able to upgrade the sway bars without loosing this incredible feature.
Yep. I also asked Dinan about this and the reason why they haven't come out with their own sway bars yet is because they said the software has to be adjusted for the ARS. Once they get a handle on the software remapping, they'll probably release sway bars too but I'm not sure.
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='343429' date='Oct 10 2006, 11:22 PM
In Hk there is no sport PKG when I got my car in 2004 and If you go into my profile you can see the spec.
Now you can have the Active Roll Stabilization just like my sway bars but for a price in HK about $5800us
and my H&R sways bars is only $480us alot less

where did you buy the sway bars from?
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by EuroCarFan' post='343622' date='Oct 11 2006, 01:13 PM
Yep. I also asked Dinan about this and the reason why they haven't come out with their own sway bars yet is because they said the software has to be adjusted for the ARS. Once they get a handle on the software remapping, they'll probably release sway bars too but I'm not sure.
Is Dinan not making sway bar for non ARS cars?
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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by DY56' post='343626' date='Oct 11 2006, 01:19 PM
where did you buy the sway bars from?
TIA!
I got it from a local shop in HK.
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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='343630' date='Oct 10 2006, 10:26 PM
Is Dinan not making sway bar for non ARS cars?
I am not sure about non ARS cars. I was only asking info for my car. I'll try to get more info the next time I talk to them.
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