Smart Brabus Forfour

[problemchild1976]

Does look good in black - the plastic panels gleam!!!!

My daily commute is 22mpg in my BRABUS forfour

BMW M3 driver followed me to shops and was asking me all about mine today (firstly asking what it was - always makes me smile) as he followed me on a little bit of a blast today

JJ

[GregK2]

problemchild1976 said:

Does look good in black - the plastic panels gleam!!!!

My daily commute is 22mpg in my BRABUS forfour

BMW M3 driver followed me to shops and was asking me all about mine today (firstly asking what it was - always makes me smile) as he followed me on a little bit of a blast today

JJ

That was in rush hour traffic, so was pretty much forced to drive like saint, my long term average is stuck on 36.6mpg which i'm happy with.

I do have a lot of people asking about it and what it is etc. had a play with a 2004 boxster s and there was nothing in it.

[problemchild1976]

BRABUS vs boxterS - good match

Although maybe the driver was in reverse as he forgot which end was the front?

JJ

[GregK2]

Had to get a new tyre due to puncture £100~ (Falken 452)
Rear wheel bearing was making a headache inducing noise: £201 (ouch)
On the plus side mpg capable continues to surprise.

Edited by GregK2 on Wednesday 9th August 16:49

[anonymous-user]

Very nice looking car you have there. 207bhp! Awesome.

[GregK2]

bulldong said:

Very nice looking car you have there. 207bhp! Awesome.

Thanks, but that dyno graph and power figure don't belong to me!

[anonymous-user]

GregK2 said:

bulldong said:

Very nice looking car you have there. 207bhp! Awesome.

Thanks, but that dyno graph and power figure don't belong to me!

Either way, it's a smart looking car you have. See what I did there?

[GregK2]

bulldong said:

Either way, it's a smart looking car you have. See what I did there?

[anonymous-user]

GregK2 said:

bulldong said:

Either way, it's a smart looking car you have. See what I did there?

Lol

[Brabus Jord]

haha - looks great - never got to have a go in one. my Brabus Roadster was epic through the winding roads

[GregK2]

Had Bilstein B14 coilovers fitted, as the standard suspension was ridiculously hard and unforgiving.

Edited by GregK2 on Wednesday 9th August 16:50

[problemchild1976]

Yummy - looking very good

Good quality set you have there.

JJ

[GregK2]

Exhaust mods begin!

I knew the exhaust manifold was probably cracked, the blowing noise was getting worse, luckily all my new parts finally arrived and i was able to get it booked in. Was shocked at the state of the old manifold!






New Manifold / Turbo outlet pipe / de-cat pipe (also had custom de-cat back exhaust fitted but no pics yet)







Next up, Re-map

Edited by GregK2 on Thursday 10th April 22:40

Edited by GregK2 on Wednesday 24th December 08:57

Edited by GregK2 on Wednesday 9th August 16:52

[Sline]

That is a cool wee car, I'm trying to convince my other half to get one for her/ME to drive

[GregK2]

Sline said:

That is a cool wee car, I'm trying to convince my other half to get one for her/ME to drive

Go for it! Nice silver one in the classifieds at the moment.

[GregK2]

Few more pics:

Edited by GregK2 on Saturday 12th April 08:40

Edited by GregK2 on Wednesday 9th August 16:52

[GregK2]

Got my Brab mapped by Tony at tune 4 performance today. It feels much much faster than before, really pulls hard from 3k rpm. Here is the before and after.

Before 194 bhp 216.4 ft-lb


After 205 bhp 247.6 ft-lb


Video
http://s659.photobucket.com/user/GregK22/media/Mob...

Edited by GregK2 on Wednesday 9th August 16:52

[GregK2]

Obligatory PH sticker added

Edited by GregK2 on Wednesday 9th August 16:52

[theguvernor]

Great little cars, i've got a low mileage one, although it is standard.

Get the Powertec filter fitted, for sound alone it's great.

However i've aquired another car so will have to pop mine up for sale soon.
Insurance is also filthy cheap for some odd reason considering the performance.

BTW, silver is the faster colour.

Edited by theguvernor on Friday 25th April 14:23

[GregK2]

theguvernor said:

Great little cars, i've got a low mileage one, although it is standard.

Get the Powertec filter fitted, for sound alone it's great.

However i've aquired another car so will have to pop mine up for sale soon.
Insurance is also filthy cheap for some odd reason considering the performance.

BTW, silver is the faster colour.

Edited by theguvernor on Friday 25th April 14:23

The pipercross filter i've got makes the same noise, it is good!

Blasphemy! Black is fastest, everyone knows this.