Now That's Better!!
Discussion
She now has her new H&R Springs along with Pagid RS29 pads & it's made a far bigger difference than i'd expected. The drop was closer to 15mm (i was expecting 10mm) & thus she feels a lot flatter through familiar corners.
After a few high speed runs with limeypride, i feel we bedded the brakes in sufficiently so i did a few tests again o familiar roads & the bite when required is considerably better than the OEM pads. I'm now extremely excited at the prospect of 4 back to back track days across Germany & Belgium in 6 weeks.
Photos below hopefully show the difference in ride height. The first photo is a before & the next 2 were taken today so with the new springs. Having taken them i realise the angles of the before & after are different so i'm not sure it's that noticeable, but believe me in the flesh it looks considerably lower (perhaps a touch more than i like but hey ho:
After a few high speed runs with limeypride, i feel we bedded the brakes in sufficiently so i did a few tests again o familiar roads & the bite when required is considerably better than the OEM pads. I'm now extremely excited at the prospect of 4 back to back track days across Germany & Belgium in 6 weeks.
Photos below hopefully show the difference in ride height. The first photo is a before & the next 2 were taken today so with the new springs. Having taken them i realise the angles of the before & after are different so i'm not sure it's that noticeable, but believe me in the flesh it looks considerably lower (perhaps a touch more than i like but hey ho:
likesachange said:
Will it not drop any more when settled?
Looks great tho needs 20's
It's dropped by 15mm so that's more than enough. Photos don't do it justice as the after shots are not taken at the same level as the before piccies.Looks great tho needs 20's
Not a big fan of the 20's as virtually every F10 M5 has them so the 19's look like the option wheel.
Also starting to think the 19's offer far better traction than the 20's (more on that later).
Schermerhorn said:
Looks awesome and much more purposeful.
Gotta admit, the 19s are a much better looking wheel.
The design of the 19s is much more attractive, but the car looks better with 20s. It's a big car and I think it needs 20 inch wheels to look right. I would swap the 'standard' five spoke 20s for those wheels if they were an inch bigger.Gotta admit, the 19s are a much better looking wheel.
likesachange said:
I don't think it needs dropped any more, far from it. Just thought that's what will happen?
You could be right that the 19's offer better traction, and probably better handling for the track??
I hope it doesn't so fingers crossed. H&R said around 10mm so 15mm was a bit of a surprise, but i think it just about works. Now thinking about 10mm spacers front & 12mm rear, but never had spacers on a car & not sure of their benefits or strength for track?. Took the car in for a Hunter 4 wheel laser alignment yesterday as was recommended post fitting of springs & all was fine with only marginal adjustment needed all round & she now feels a good margin more planted & flat when cornering, but fully aware some of that is likely the placebo effect.You could be right that the 19's offer better traction, and probably better handling for the track??
You may find they point down a little more, it depends on whether the front has been lowered more than the rear or vice versa. If so you should be able to adjust the base position with a screwdriver very easily under the bonnet
I prefer your wheels too, similarly I run the 18s on my m3.
I prefer your wheels too, similarly I run the 18s on my m3.
daz05 said:
You may find they point down a little more, it depends on whether the front has been lowered more than the rear or vice versa. If so you should be able to adjust the base position with a screwdriver very easily under the bonnet
I prefer your wheels too, similarly I run the 18s on my m3.
Drop is the same all round according to the laser measurement yesterday.I prefer your wheels too, similarly I run the 18s on my m3.
I've had mine lowered 20mm (acs springs) and added 12" spacers all round today will add some pictures tomorrow.
Looking good there w8....
Not the best pictures will try and get some better ones today,
before
After
Wheel arches filled
And this one because I like it:
Looking good there w8....
Not the best pictures will try and get some better ones today,
before
After
Wheel arches filled
And this one because I like it:
Edited by Wills2 on Saturday 29th August 10:11
Edited by Wills2 on Saturday 29th August 18:20
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