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Llew's F10 M5
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TurboLlew
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Here are some "After" shots. No rubbing, no scraping, feels great - just as comfortable but somewhat more planted. Will give it a better review after I've driven for a few weeks. Rear needs to settle a bit but the front is as low as it is going to be. Thanks for watching
Few more pics
Few more pics
TurboLlew
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Hi Guys
Had a fair amount of of PMs and whatsapps asking for info so about 1000km later this is what she looks like.
Rear drop is roughly 27mm (It can vary depending on load and where the car is parked etc. It has settled about 5mm from when it was installed.
Front drop is way more than expected (closer to 50mm) but no rubbing or ill effects and it hasn't settled further since fitment.
Overall, it feels much better than stock. No appreciable loss of comfort in comfort setting. Feedback through the wheel is dramatically improved. Just have to be careful with speed bumps, sharp gradient changes (eg: exits to basement parking lots) and dodgy roads. Still higher than my S2000 was so I am quite used to it and I was careful even when the car was in 4x4 mode LOL. I have asked Schnitzer to take a look at the pics as it looks a fair bit lower than the pictures I've seen online (but then all those promo shots are taken on cars riding on 21 or 22" rims and I am on the 19s so visually there are bound to be differences). Isn't that I am unhappy at all: Just want to make sure. Tyre calculator sites seem to indicate diameter stays exactly the same with 19s vs. 20s.
For those who know it, the only hump the car will scrape a bit on are the ones outside Leeukop prison (Not impossible to go straight across it though... except for the pain going through your soul as you get onto it).
Hope that feedback helps anyone interested in doing this.
Stock ride height for reference
Had a fair amount of of PMs and whatsapps asking for info so about 1000km later this is what she looks like.
Rear drop is roughly 27mm (It can vary depending on load and where the car is parked etc. It has settled about 5mm from when it was installed.
Front drop is way more than expected (closer to 50mm) but no rubbing or ill effects and it hasn't settled further since fitment.
Overall, it feels much better than stock. No appreciable loss of comfort in comfort setting. Feedback through the wheel is dramatically improved. Just have to be careful with speed bumps, sharp gradient changes (eg: exits to basement parking lots) and dodgy roads. Still higher than my S2000 was so I am quite used to it and I was careful even when the car was in 4x4 mode LOL. I have asked Schnitzer to take a look at the pics as it looks a fair bit lower than the pictures I've seen online (but then all those promo shots are taken on cars riding on 21 or 22" rims and I am on the 19s so visually there are bound to be differences). Isn't that I am unhappy at all: Just want to make sure. Tyre calculator sites seem to indicate diameter stays exactly the same with 19s vs. 20s.
For those who know it, the only hump the car will scrape a bit on are the ones outside Leeukop prison (Not impossible to go straight across it though... except for the pain going through your soul as you get onto it).
Hope that feedback helps anyone interested in doing this.
Stock ride height for reference
TurboLlew
Honorary ///Member
Started to do a couple more things (Time has been an issue). I didn't really want to make the surround black/carbon and I liked the 3 fins as opposed to 2 on most of the others.
Did an M Performance carbon diffuser:
Shaun at JSN managed to get this for me OVERNIGHT from Germany (good timing I guess)
Install:
This is what is tempting me next (of course with the exhaust systems to go with them LOL):
and MUCH more expensive:
Did an M Performance carbon diffuser:
Shaun at JSN managed to get this for me OVERNIGHT from Germany (good timing I guess)
Install:
This is what is tempting me next (of course with the exhaust systems to go with them LOL):
and MUCH more expensive:
Twincam Shark
Member
Damn tis is nice
