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Hi everyone, I'm new to the site, and new to BMW ownership. Just bought a 2007 130i (not sure if anyone knows this one?). Seems to be in great condition, and just the usual oil leaks that seem to be pretty common for BMW's! Looking forward to putting some kms on it, and enjoying the banter on here. Cheers Andy

Was thinking of chucking my staggered set up for around $3500. Or listing them in the US market.

Super cool !! Everybody getting their feature on the 'tube lately

Swapped pulleys on the compact so is now making 9psi. Seeing a man about a tune tomorrow. Should be rowdy!

Fun Easter Weekend so far - did some laps at Hampton Downs in this wee beastie (pretty good birthday present). Absolutely fantastic experience, obviously didn’t even touch the potential of it but the front end grip was mind boggling! Bit of time in my sim rig helped with lines and pedal modulation but nothing could prepare you for the intensity, noise and lack of visibility. Would love to do some proper seat time in one of these things.

For those interested - BMW alignment with the E36 M3 strut mounts at max positive camber. Ends up basically the same figure as stock mounts\springs with max factory negative camber, but with the nice bump in caster. Front does appear to have less grip in certain corners with less camber, but it tracks better at high speeds on rutted roads with a proper alignment. For <$250 it does alot for the money.

Little YouTube vid shot yesterday:

Have ordered a Mobridge Most25 8.1.1 Amplifier https://mobridge.us/product/mobridge-most25-amp/ This is a single box solution that contains 9 amplifier channels and DSP. It behaves in the same manner as the BMW Harman Kardon digital amplifier but has substantially more power. It’s also power efficient. Has some really nice features such as 10 channel DSP for time alignment and frequency controls on each amplifier. From an IDrive point of view Mobridge have coded the amplifier to be fully controlled by the IDrive. It supports all audio Sinks so you still get 4 channel PDC in surround, front audio for nav and telephone audio plus usual idrive music options.etc. All the factory sound controls functions work such as fader and equaliser. The two factory audio presets map to Morbridge DSP maps which is handy as I’ll be able to run 2 different Tuning curves so one for driver position and one tune for when passengers in the car. With the amp being MOST based music is fully digital from the idrive system. So Basically DDA in the audio path. Great for reducing system noise. Amp / DSP will be configured in the following way. Power is peak rating at 4 ohms Channel 1&2 Front L / R tweeters 150 watts x2 3500hz to 20;000hz Channel 3&4 Front Door L /R Mid bass 150 watts x2 150/200 hz to 3500hz Channel 5&6 rear door components running passive crossovers 150/200 hz to 20,000 hz Channel 7/8 underseat woofers 300 watts x 2 ( running 8 inch HK 7 ohm speakers so 150 watts expected ) 70-150/200hZ Channel 9 Boot subwoofer 2 ohm 800 watt. 20-70hz