From Alpine to Singapore

[Mbdurham17]

Originally Posted by wesleyan92

This will be a dumb question; what do the spacers do? Push the wheels out? Is it cosmetic only? Beautiful car; I have the exact build with the IND side markers (which I love) and the updated exhaust. Mine is black

Lol no not a dumb question yes it's mostly cosmetic. There should be some handling improvement with wider track however if there is it's negligible from what I've felt. Thank you and congrats on your car I am sure it's beautiful as well! I am currently trying to decide if I'm doing a tune next, CF lips & diffuser or wheels.

[vladberca]

Originally Posted by Mbdurham17

Lol no not a dumb question yes it's mostly cosmetic. There should be some handling improvement with wider track however if there is it's negligible from what I've felt. Thank you and congrats on your car I am sure it's beautiful as well! I am currently trying to decide if I'm doing a tune next, CF lips & diffuser or wheels.

That's not an easy choice!
Congrats for the beautiful car! And keep sharing your upgrades!

[Mbdurham17]

Originally Posted by vladberca

That's not an easy choice!
Congrats for the beautiful car! And keep sharing your upgrades!

Lol sure enough! Thank you! I had decided to stick with the 601 since I really like them but still kinda wanted to change up a bit more from my last car and powder coat them then I saw some bronze HREs on here for sale that I missed but got the bug for bronze with Singapore

[Mbdurham17]

Installed gloss black M5 emblems from IND front and rear. (See other thread Stolen M badge) and repurposed the original front emblem to the aluminum trim. Just stuck it there but kinda like it so it may get to stay since there aren't enough already

[GB///M]

Your car looks amazing well done! Subtle but nice mods

[Mbdurham17]

Originally Posted by GB///M5

Your car looks amazing well done! Subtle but nice mods

Thank you very much!!

[Mbdurham17]

Finally pulled the trigger on wheels!! 21" Velos Solo V from a forum member couldn't be happier. Will post more once she's cleaned up

[Mbdurham17]

Pic

[m5 guy]

Looking sharp!

[Bostons_Finest_]

Looks good bro!

[josec70]

Looking sweet brother! Welcome to the Velos family.

[cassidysdad]

Originally Posted by wesleyan92

OP - do you like the upgraded exhaust? I have the same set up too and there are times when I think it is too loud - specially starting it up early mornings on weekends where I feel like it wakes my neighbors up

I got the black grilles and immediately swapped out the side air vents with matte black. I have a black car. Beautiful car by the way.

i love the exhaust
sounds so much better than the cp standard exhaust

i have a feeling, neighbors hate it
great drone though in parking structure

i do miss my 14 singapore gray vehicle

enjoy

[cassidysdad]

Originally Posted by Mbdurham17

Finally pulled the trigger on wheels!! 21" Velos Solo V from a forum member couldn't be happier. Will post more once she's cleaned up

excellent parking
love it
i do the same
my wife hates it

[Mbdurham17]

Pics

[Mbdurham17]

Thanks all!! I'm really loving the look and can't tell a difference in the ride. Now deciding if I'm gonna go with HAS to lower it a little bit but I like how it's sitting now actually in the rear of the front was just slightly lower.

[josec70]

Love KW HAS; ride is great and you can adjust height to your taste.

[Mbdurham17]

Originally Posted by m5 guy

Looking sharp!

Thank you! I saw you were running 305/285 any issues rubbing? Mine are 305/265 but looks like 275/305 or even 285/315 would fit fine at the current height. Is this an optical illusion lol

Edit looks like 315 is not available in 21

[Mbdurham17]

The more I see it the happier I get with my choice

[m5 guy]

Originally Posted by Mbdurham17

Thank you! I saw you were running 305/285 any issues rubbing? Mine are 305/265 but looks like 275/305 or even 285/315 would fit fine at the current height. Is this an optical illusion lol

Edit looks like 315 is not available in 21

It depends on your offset. Plus my fronts are 10 inches so a 285 is fine. Regarding rubbing I'm still dialing it in. Just had camber arms put in and now need to get a final alignment. Currently the body does not rub, but very slight rub on the front fender well liner on partial lock. Full lock no rub. I'm running very aggressive offsets though with vey aggressive tires. My 285/30 is a hair bigger rolling diameter wise than stock so it makes sense the fender well might be close. It is worth it to me though to run a 285/305 Michelin super sport. If I did a Pirelli in 275/305 I would be fine, but I don't want to run a Pirelli.

This is similar to my old e46 build where I had 285 squared.

[gdavis]

Looks good man!!

[BDWonder]

Originally Posted by Mbdurham17

Had some time today so hardwired the detector, installed Mperformance pedals, clear reflectors and removed the charcoal filters.

Hey, I too have a passport escort. Can you please tell me where you purchased the rearview mirror holding bracket for this radar? And also, how did you hardwire it? Perhaps some instructions?

thank you!

[Mbdurham17]

Originally Posted by BDWonder

Hey, I too have a passport escort. Can you please tell me where you purchased the rearview mirror holding bracket for this radar? And also, how did you hardwire it? Perhaps some instructions?

thank you!

I just used the mount that came with the detector. I like it better above than below the mirror. I created a thread for the install. Hope this helps

http://f10.m5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1301292