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Originally Posted by andy545' post='359387' date='Nov 23 2006, 12:55 AM
I must say I agree with the above. All that extra horsepower begs some improvement on the brakes and chassis stability. Come to think of it though, a lot of members have gone for pretty hefty chip tuning on their 530D let alone the 535D - what's their conclusion - have they noticed a need for uprated brakes or chassis improvement ?
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Originally Posted by daytrader0' post='359388' date='Nov 23 2006, 12:55 AM
Well done BetterMakeWay! I couldn't say it better. It's all common sense.
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='359441' date='Nov 22 2006, 11:44 PM
Indeed. And i'm sure it needs it, as the factory brakes don't cope that well with the extra stress and fade is iminent. I myself with stock engine ouput will soon start moding the suspension parts to improve the handling.
I disagree : imho it's possible to go even with factory brakes, in the normal drive on road ... Sure, if you go down *very* fast from a mountain for more than 5-10 mins standard brakes aren't sufficient anymore .
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Originally Posted by AlexFW' post='359462' date='Nov 23 2006, 04:05 AM
I disagree : imho it's possible to go even with factory brakes, in the normal drive on road ... Sure, if you go down *very* fast from a mountain for more than 5-10 mins standard brakes aren't sufficient anymore .
but if you sometimes drive it hard like you said or you just speed at over 250km/h then good brakes are a must. Stopping from 250+ won't have anything to do with brake fade. I for one like to do those things as often as possible, of course not on our roads and not when the law forbids it
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='359621' date='Nov 23 2006, 11:12 AM
If you drive normaly and acording to law you barely need brakes J/K
but if you sometimes drive it hard like you said or you just speed at over 250km/h then good brakes are a must. Stopping from 250+ won't have anything to do with brake fade. I for one like to do those things as often as possible, of course not on our roads and not when the law forbids it
but if you sometimes drive it hard like you said or you just speed at over 250km/h then good brakes are a must. Stopping from 250+ won't have anything to do with brake fade. I for one like to do those things as often as possible, of course not on our roads and not when the law forbids it
Here we are : imho M5 front brakes are enough .
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Originally Posted by AlexFW' post='359819' date='Nov 24 2006, 01:42 AM
Here we are : imho M5 front brakes are enough .
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='359987' date='Nov 24 2006, 08:27 AM
Here we go again...ok you do that. But please ask some brake specialists before you do that...jmho
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Originally Posted by AlexFW' post='360398' date='Nov 25 2006, 03:04 PM
Better, imho it is sufficient to install, on rear OEM rotors, good pads instead of OEM pads .
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='360443' date='Nov 25 2006, 04:47 PM
Ok...let's end this. To each of it's own buddy
Ok .. I have a ?1300 coupon for rims and mirrors that I have returned to my dealer .. I will add further ?500 and I will put M5 front brakes .
I will open a thread when it will be done .
bye!
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