as of 1AM this morning, the car was on the ground again. the car now has all fresh fluids too. i drove it this morning, sans exhaust, to a trusted shop to have the exhaust welded back together and all 4 downpipe studs removed/drilled out.
it was raining, and the car hasn't been driven in over 5 weeks... but MAN it was good to drive it again. and it felt really, really good - not over the top in any respect, just balanced. it is currently sitting on Style 68's with michelin pilot sport AS3's, because it's only 43F out and i think it's too cold for the super sports. i think i have to raise the front up a bit, i eyeballed the height in the garage last night and of course it settled a bit after it's first drive.
the bilstein PSS feel a hair stiffer than stock, but much better body control. of course, my old dampers were tired - but not as tired as i was expecting when i removed them.
shifter is ballistically awesome. i think my wife will hate it.
i could not detect any whine from the poly diff bushings, but the lack of exhaust kinda made that impossible. the pops and burbles from the open headers sounded so good...
LSD felt good, very playful. i think i need to visit derbo's posts on recoding the DSC settings for the LSD.
can't wait to wring it out. more pics and a full maintenance/mod list recap coming later in the week. pic below is of shiny newness.... that rear swaybar is a 20mm bar from an E46 vert - got it for $60 shipped on ebay.
peter
2004 330i ZHP 2005 330iT ZHP 2010 328iT M Sport 2012 128i M Sport
the pops and burbles from the open headers sounded so good...
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