What did you do for your ZHP/BMW today?

Thanks guys, ride height is stock. your braver than I am, I don't think I could go lower with the car I worry enough as is

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Originally Posted by midlandtech

washed, clayed, and waxed the car... I am beginning to think that my neighbors think I have a problem....

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Love the tree reflection on the hood in the 3rd pic! Great looking car.

I used to be "lowering the car is stupid" or "performance is everything, stance is nothing." Then I lowered it between 1/2" and 3/4" with coilovers (for performance, is my official story) and was thinking "Hey this looks pretty cool" and it didn't really scrape in driveways or anything. Then the rear tires (track tires, a little wider with lower offset) started rubbing in turns so I raised it up a tiny bit. Then last night I went over a speed bump too fast and when the front end came back down off the bump, something under the car--probably reinforcement plate--landed hard on the speed bump. Yuck! So either I need to go over speed bumps more slowly or get higher front spring rate. Or raise the car back up to stock height.

Actually I already got higher rate front coilover springs (used from someone on M3forum), but I don't have the matching higher rate rear springs yet.

Today I put my M135's back on.. but only after I did a burnout in my blizzaks in my driveway just to see what it looks like. Sometimes I act like a 10 year old..

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Originally Posted by LivesNearCostco

I used to be "lowering the car is stupid" or "performance is everything, stance is nothing." Then I lowered it between 1/2" and 3/4" with coilovers (for performance, is my official story) and was thinking "Hey this looks pretty cool" and it didn't really scrape in driveways or anything. Then the rear tires (track tires, a little wider with lower offset) started rubbing in turns so I raised it up a tiny bit. Then last night I went over a speed bump too fast and when the front end came back down off the bump, something under the car--probably reinforcement plate--landed hard on the speed bump. Yuck! So either I need to go over speed bumps more slowly or get higher front spring rate. Or raise the car back up to stock height.

Actually I already got higher rate front coilover springs (used from someone on M3forum), but I don't have the matching higher rate rear springs yet.

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I'm lowered on my ///M (see sig) about 1 1/2" and try to avoid speed bumps whenever I can, but if I have to go over them I go really slow to ensure I don't scrape my strauss lip spoiler or anything underneith. The key with lowered cars is to go over speed bumps slow but try to avoid them if possible.

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Today I put my M135's back on.. but only after I did a burnout in my blizzaks in my driveway just to see what it looks like. Sometimes I act like a 10 year old..

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Winter's not over!

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Originally Posted by webster

Love the tree reflection on the hood in the 3rd pic! Great looking car.

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Thanks! One thing I noticed while clay baring was that the mothers clay bar pack smells like big red gum... I found it odd yet delicious


~Steve
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Originally Posted by iZHP

Winter's not over!

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It is to me! The temps now are in the 40's & 50's now so I'm putting away the blizzaks. If it snows, I just won't drive that day.. and wait for the next day when it's all melted :)

Is it better to leave the snow on the car or clean it off?

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Originally Posted by Meric

Is it better to leave the snow on the car or clean it off?

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Garage :)

But if it snows, I lightly push it off with my ice scraper/brush thing. Then I clear the windows and let the sun melt the rest.