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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.
Thank you my friend! All i wanted to do it to be helpfull.
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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 .
J/Kbut 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
J/Kbut 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 .
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 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 .
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