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Re: Please put your hands together in warm welcome.....
« Reply #60 on: November 17, 2011, 07:13:03 pm »
hard seats ???
our seats still heat fast

seat heaters work ok, about the same speed as my jetta. 

but i've had Focus Titanium for a while, and i've seen the light.  it heats up so hot and so fast.. all others pale in comparison.  ;D


Driving thrills makes my wallet lighter.. and therefore makes me faster because i'm shedding weight... :D

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Re: Please put your hands together in warm welcome.....
« Reply #61 on: November 17, 2011, 07:25:40 pm »
it heats up so hot and so fast.. all others pale in comparison.  ;D



You've never been in a TT then!  8 settings!  My a$$ is on fire by the 2nd setting, and if I turn it up to 8, it smells like bacon is cooking....
How fast is my Supra?  I sh*t on Cessnas from a roll....

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Re: Please put your hands together in warm welcome.....
« Reply #62 on: November 18, 2011, 08:12:36 am »
it heats up so hot and so fast.. all others pale in comparison.  ;D



You've never been in a TT then!  8 settings!  My a$$ is on fire by the 2nd setting, and if I turn it up to 8, it smells like bacon is cooking....

Chestnuts roasting on an open wire......   :rofl2:

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Re: Please put your hands together in warm welcome.....
« Reply #63 on: November 18, 2011, 09:52:19 am »
 2 billion sperm just went to heaven......save on condoms tho'.... :D
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Re: Please put your hands together in warm welcome.....
« Reply #64 on: November 24, 2011, 08:09:47 pm »
it heats up so hot and so fast.. all others pale in comparison.  ;D



You've never been in a TT then!  8 settings!  My a$$ is on fire by the 2nd setting, and if I turn it up to 8, it smells like bacon is cooking....

Chestnuts roasting on an open wire......   :rofl2:

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« Reply #65 on: April 20, 2012, 04:03:57 pm »
with stock 18"s on. 

drives ok. 

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Re: Please put your hands together in warm welcome.....
« Reply #66 on: April 20, 2012, 04:11:03 pm »
Just ok? :-\
Everything in life is relative.

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« Reply #67 on: April 20, 2012, 04:24:13 pm »
Just ok? :-\

i won't go too much into details.  it's depressing.  >:(

but, it drives better, definitely. 

i have some semblance of steering feel back (now that the alignment is to spec.) where as before...  it was much garbled message thru steering.

one thing, though, is that steering wheel still randomly shakes...  i had the wheels balanced again at CT(where i bought the tires and originally had them mounted).  it's better than before.

I WILL have them road-force balanced sometime soon, to see if it gets the shake out of the steering.

i've searched online, and it seems if you even glance at the suspension on bmw wrong, it will shake.  ..  so i might just live with it.

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Re: Please put your hands together in warm welcome.....
« Reply #68 on: April 20, 2012, 06:14:34 pm »
How much of your front suspension was replaced when they did the bodywork?

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Re: Please put your hands together in warm welcome.....
« Reply #69 on: April 20, 2012, 08:26:55 pm »
Hmm..... well, I hope your baby continues to stay well......  :)

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Re: Please put your hands together in warm welcome.....
« Reply #70 on: April 20, 2012, 08:34:54 pm »
Hmm..... well, I hope your baby continues to stay well......  :)

Thanks!!

How much of your front suspension was replaced when they did the bodywork?

Strut assembly, wheel hub, lower control arm and something else on passenger side.


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Re: Got my car back!!!
« Reply #71 on: April 20, 2012, 10:02:39 pm »
with stock 18"s on. 

drives ok.

Looks great!

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Re: Please put your hands together in warm welcome.....
« Reply #72 on: April 21, 2012, 10:24:28 am »
Hmm..... well, I hope your baby continues to stay well......  :)

Thanks!!

How much of your front suspension was replaced when they did the bodywork?

Strut assembly, wheel hub, lower control arm and something else on passenger side.

Did they change the bushings with real OEM ones? I had some nasty "push" and vibration in the Z4 when I had aftermarket ones on. All fixed once I went back to the OEMs (made by Lemfroeder or something).

That control arm is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, no reason to cheap out on a $75 bushing.

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Re: Please put your hands together in warm welcome.....
« Reply #73 on: April 21, 2012, 10:57:49 am »
That control arm is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, no reason to cheap out on a $75 bushing.

$350 is $$$$$$$$$$$$$.....??

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Re: Please put your hands together in warm welcome.....
« Reply #74 on: April 21, 2012, 11:47:40 am »
Hmm odd. You are sort of right. I thought it was $1700+ OEM.

Turns out more like $570.

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Re: Please put your hands together in warm welcome.....
« Reply #75 on: April 21, 2012, 12:14:03 pm »
Turns out more like $570.

Only if you want to pay that much.  I can find M3 front control arms for under $300USD, $350CAD plus tax if you don't like ordering stuff over the border.

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/BMW-E46-M3/c-86-bmw-control-arms.aspx

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Re: uh.... sorry about the subject mix up.
« Reply #76 on: April 21, 2012, 05:47:58 pm »
Just ok? :-\

i won't go too much into details.  it's depressing.  >:(

but, it drives better, definitely. 

i have some semblance of steering feel back (now that the alignment is to spec.) where as before...  it was much garbled message thru steering.

one thing, though, is that steering wheel still randomly shakes...  i had the wheels balanced again at CT(where i bought the tires and originally had them mounted).  it's better than before.

I WILL have them road-force balanced sometime soon, to see if it gets the shake out of the steering.

i've searched online, and it seems if you even glance at the suspension on bmw wrong, it will shake.  ..  so i might just live with it.
I had a shake/tremor in the steering on my (recently replaced) 2007 Mazda3 Sport GT.  Drove me nuts and I'm really not that OCD, it's just that I remembered how perfect the steering and general rolling feel of the car was when new.  I took it to the tire shop and they swore up and down that the balance was perfect, the wheels were straight and true and the problem was in the suspension.  I didn't believe them and I put my winter rims/tires on the front and the problem went away completely.  I then replaced 2 of my front rims with new ones and I was back on cloud nine, everything was perfect again.  It turned out that I had very slight dents in my rims that had made the rims not perfectly round. 

I suppose some cars are more sensitive to this than others.  You hit the curb with your vehicle IIRC.  Short of pulling the tires off the rims and spinning the rims on a lathe or a balancing machine, you'll never know for sure if there's an imperfection in them.  The tires will smooth out most of a small dent and you will be left with a bit of an unsettled feeling in the steering that will be worse at some speeds and mimic somewhat the symptoms of a balancing issue.  If you're a student of physics (specifically wave theory) what will happen is that the natural frequency of vibration of the wheel/tire assembly will set up a sympathetic vibration with your suspension bits at certain speeds (and multiples of speeds).  If you're lucky, the natural frequency will be large increments (say 70 km/h) so you'll get the small vibration at 70 km/h and 140 km/h and 210 km/h...the latter 2 speeds being grossly illegal and speeds that you'll be unlikely to go.  ;)  If you're unlucky, the increment might be something small, like 30 km/h, in which case it'll drive you nuts:  30 km/h, 60 km/h, 90 km/h and 120 km/h being pretty common speeds.

If the wheels were damaged during your accident, the insurance company will have to pay for them.  I recommend that you take your tires off the rims and have a good look at the rims.

...Just a thought.
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