M2 Competition

[Liamst]

nickfrog said:

Looks well priced...providing it's not LO68FHK, which has some "pedigree" (ex Youtuber car).

Would that be a problem?
Which channel might that car be found?

[nickfrog]

Liamst said:

Would that be a problem?
Which channel might that car be found?

Difficult to say for sure if this particular car has an achilles' heel.

Edited by nickfrog on Tuesday 22 December 21:42

[anonymous-user]

Mach said:

£360 sounds very expensive for RIS. I had mine done at Cooper Reading yesterday. They quoted £325 to start but I managed to get a good chunk off that as I bought the car from them.

I think I paid £270 odd for my F80 at a dealer oop norf.

[mikeN54]

Terminator X said:

Weirdly the M2 doesn't seem to register the RIS as mine (350 miles on clock) just has reminders for the first service in about 18k miles! The M5C did have a RIS reminder.

TX.

Odd, mine had a reminder for the RIS from day 1, 1 Yr or 1200 miles.

Only after the RIS did it then change to the 1st proper service reminder.

Even £250 is a rip off for the RIS which is just a basic oil service with £15 worth of diff oil on top.

[Terminator X]

mikeN54 said:

Terminator X said:

Weirdly the M2 doesn't seem to register the RIS as mine (350 miles on clock) just has reminders for the first service in about 18k miles! The M5C did have a RIS reminder.

TX.

Odd, mine had a reminder for the RIS from day 1, 1 Yr or 1200 miles.

Only after the RIS did it then change to the 1st proper service reminder.

Even £250 is a rip off for the RIS which is just a basic oil service with £15 worth of diff oil on top.

Strange then as mine just has a reminder for the first service in about 18k miles. Nowt at all yet about the RIS although I'm only at 500 miles.

TX.

[Bikeracer1098]

Terminator X said:

mikeN54 said:

Terminator X said:

Weirdly the M2 doesn't seem to register the RIS as mine (350 miles on clock) just has reminders for the first service in about 18k miles! The M5C did have a RIS reminder.

TX.

Odd, mine had a reminder for the RIS from day 1, 1 Yr or 1200 miles.

Only after the RIS did it then change to the 1st proper service reminder.

Even £250 is a rip off for the RIS which is just a basic oil service with £15 worth of diff oil on top.

Strange then as mine just has a reminder for the first service in about 18k miles. Nowt at all yet about the RIS although I'm only at 500 miles.

TX.

Mine also has the reminder for the RIS ar 1200 miles or 12 months

[Tom-M]

Same - it's an alert that you can't get rid of. Been there since day 1!

[Terminator X]

Lol not on mine then and just me it seems! I'm keeping an eye on miles though so will just take it in at 1200.

TX.

[dotty]

There's a lot of chat on the various social media sites to do with the M2C about the upcoming release of the "Chris Harris spec" bilstein coilovers developed by Litchfield.

Is anyone considering these?

The thought has crossed my mind about possibly getting the M-Performance suspension - these will at least keep the warranty intact...

I did have some AST coilovers on my original M2 but this M2C seems less nervous at the rear.

Aesthetically the comp could do with lowering a little which is why I consider the M -performance coilovers a solution.. but as the old saying goes - if it isn't broke don't fix it!

[rosino]

I think Chris has the ACT setup on his car already ?

[ben5575]

CH has bilsteins from Litchfield according to his various podcast/youtube appearances.

[dotty]

Yep he has the bilstein.

[thatsprettyshady]

I have Ohlins and they are a decent improvement, stock suspension is okay but I wanted a slight drop and springs only doesn’t do it for me. Lichfield/Bilsteins look interesting, my friend is in a similar dilemma and I recommended he wait for those.

[maniac886]

dotty said:

There's a lot of chat on the various social media sites to do with the M2C about the upcoming release of the "Chris Harris spec" bilstein coilovers developed by Litchfield.

Is anyone considering these?

The thought has crossed my mind about possibly getting the M-Performance suspension - these will at least keep the warranty intact...

I did have some AST coilovers on my original M2 but this M2C seems less nervous at the rear.

Aesthetically the comp could do with lowering a little which is why I consider the M -performance coilovers a solution.. but as the old saying goes - if it isn't broke don't fix it!

I am in the same boat - I'd like to drop mine to improve the aesthetics without compromising the ride quality as the car is my daily. I am not sure if there are any options out there that are on par with the ride quality of the OEM setup.

[dotty]

I am glad to see others in the same boat!

The other thing worth mentioning is that you can get them for £1850 from BMW - The caveat being that BMW must fit them to retain the 2 year warranty...

[rosino]

ben5575 said:

CH has bilsteins from Litchfield according to his various podcast/youtube appearances.

I stand corrected!! Need to listen to that interview where he talks about it. Wonder what the difference with ACT is then.. I thought that was the proven and tested setup litchfield had for the original M2

[thatsprettyshady]

rosino said:

ben5575 said:

CH has bilsteins from Litchfield according to his various podcast/youtube appearances.

I stand corrected!! Need to listen to that interview where he talks about it. Wonder what the difference with ACT is then.. I thought that was the proven and tested setup litchfield had for the original M2

Lichfield are moving away from using AST at the moment, they're pushing Bilstein for most of their upgrade packages for all brands of car.

[ben5575]

rosino said:

I stand corrected!! Need to listen to that interview where he talks about it. Wonder what the difference with ACT is then.. I thought that was the proven and tested setup litchfield had for the original M2

Ha sorry, I didn't mean it to come across like that

[maniac886]

CH mentions the coilovers briefly in the video below - sounds interesting!

https://youtu.be/N7lD0PQBvg4?t=1339

[Zanderman]

Can I ask how you are getting on with this. I got rid on my M5C recently and am considering a M2C, looks like your in a good position to add some insight!

Terminator X said:

Well I just swapped my M5C for a M2C and I must say even after just 2 days I prefer the M2. Compact, light(er) and whilst not as banzai as the M5 it still feels plenty fast enough for its size. Downside already though is boy racers glued to my tail almost everywhere I go!

TX.