Polished the car after 3,500 mile trip across Europe

IWC Doppel · 08-17-2008, 12:29 PM

Well after a fantastic trip across Europe, the 'ring' the Stelvio pass, route Napolian and many more legendry roads I treated the car to a bit of Zymol and a set of carbon grills.

JEllis · 08-17-2008, 12:35 PM

Looks great

BCMPOWER · 08-17-2008, 12:38 PM

Great driving roads, I am so jealous. Nice clean car, it looks like it has been lowered is that correct?

IWC Doppel · 08-17-2008, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by BCMPOWER

Great driving roads, I am so jealous. Nice clean car, it looks like it has been lowered is that correct?

Yep H&R springs and 10mm spacers all round, rides fabulously

BCMPOWER · 08-17-2008, 12:45 PM

I noticed the wheels being more flush with the body, looks good!

Big Windy · 08-17-2008, 12:51 PM

Great job with the Zymol. Sounds like an awesome trip. I really wanna do the Stelvio pass.

KKSigs · 08-17-2008, 12:56 PM

Beautiful Pics

RandyB · 08-17-2008, 12:58 PM

Wow, that looks great! The 18s are growing on me by the day. The spacers along with the springs makes it look pretty serious. Well done!

positiveions · 08-17-2008, 01:57 PM

pittsy · 08-17-2008, 03:18 PM

nice pics, IMO the 18s look much better than the 19s!!!

ChaneRZ · 08-17-2008, 03:22 PM

keep it clean!

Davinhci · 08-17-2008, 03:43 PM

very clean

IWC Doppel · 08-17-2008, 04:53 PM

Arriving in Italy after 1,500 stellar miles

e92leon · 08-17-2008, 05:40 PM

generations of insects were killed on that front lol

hamann330ci · 08-17-2008, 05:49 PM

Looks

w/ the spacers and lowered height!

FrenchBoy · 08-17-2008, 05:52 PM

Really like the stance as well. My car on order also has 18s and it seems like spacers are the way to go. I happen to have 10mm spacer on my 325Ci right now. I guess I will keep those ;-)

BTW, I thought the H&R Springs did not lower the car much. Yours looks lower. Is it an illusion with the spacers? Do you have EDC? Do the 3 settings still feel different with the H&Rs or did the springs attenuate the variations?

Thanks

IWC Doppel · 08-18-2008, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by FrenchBoy

Really like the stance as well. My car on order also has 18s and it seems like spacers are the way to go. I happen to have 10mm spacer on my 325Ci right now. I guess I will keep those ;-)

BTW, I thought the H&R Springs did not lower the car much. Yours looks lower. Is it an illusion with the spacers? Do you have EDC? Do the 3 settings still feel different with the H&Rs or did the springs attenuate the variations?

Thanks

The drop is with standard H&R springs, I have not measured to see how much the car actually dropped. The visual appearance is lower with the 18's. Regarding handling and the improvement in feel and road holding please see this this thread

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=149729

IWC Doppel · 08-18-2008, 04:23 AM

Ready to do battle at the route Napoleon

Stunnerable · 08-18-2008, 08:07 AM

I need to buy a house in Europe.

swiss_cornholio · 08-18-2008, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by IWC Doppel

Well after a fantastic trip across Europe, the 'ring' the Stelvio pass, route Napolian and many more legendry roads I treated the car to a bit of Zymol and a set of carbon grills.

How many laps did you do on the Ring? Best lap time? No problems what so ever?

ruff · 08-18-2008, 10:45 AM

The Euro 18's are so much better looking than the U.S. versions. Not even a close call.

IWC Doppel · 08-18-2008, 11:16 AM

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How many laps did you do on the Ring? Best lap time? No problems what so ever?

Just two laps, no problems at all. The turn in was excellent and the balance in the corners great. I was genuinely surprised at the composure, grip and feel of the car on the limit and beyond. The car felt fantastic.

I have driven the ring a number of times on public days and track days, still not enough to know the whole track but enough to drive the car hard in some parts. ALL other road cars modified or stock have felt very soft ungamely and out of water. Not so with the M3, I have driven a 911 (964) RS round the ring and yes this is more at home BUT the M3 felt beautiful up to and beyond the limit. By comparison an e39 M5 with PSS9 Bilsteins, negative camber plates, DINAN strut braces all round, Eibach roll bars and a full compliment of powerflex bushes felt heavy, unbalanced and clumsy. Yet on the ROAD the M5 felt awesome. The M3 really does both very, very well.

Accepting that the Ring is more road than say Silversone or Spa BUT the M3's performance was a genuine surprise to me. For anyone who has never taken their performance car on the track you will not of experienced the usual feeling of driving something that felt sporty, tight and great on the road only to feel as though you have swapped the car for a badly set up boat !

In short the M3 was SUPERB round the ring

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