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    That steering wheel clean works a treat. I couldn't find soap flakes at the super so used a bar of soap instead. I didn't even notice mine had "M" colored stitching until I saw this thread because it was so black, now mine looks like yours. Stoked!

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    Ha cheers man, yeh I keep doing that looking at big shiny American classics that are always driving around chch (still not used to seeing so many, being from the uk where I never seemed to see any). Yeh I'm really happy with how it looks now. Better start getting round to fixing all the little electrical things now + I'm goin to overhaul the cooling system. Loads to do! We need to get a meet sorted for spring, still haven't met everyone

    Definitely the cleanest one I've seen driving around. It's good to see one done properly and not all ricer with stupid headlights and tail lights like most the ones you see around in chch. +1 on the meet idea I haven't met anyone either

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    The problem is a cars dynamics are overly complicated, adjusting ride height effects more than just the look. I would hardly call it biased in this case.

     

     

    I managed to tune my suspension to work perfectly on the race track, creating a compedative track car. The down side is when I drive on back roads im at a disadvantage because of my linear springs and spring rates. Its great on smooth roads though :) I learnt this the hard way. As much as Ron can be a pain in the ass the way he puts his point across, he is right.

     

    There are members on this site who just want to lower there car, there are members who want to do it right and members who dont care. People with a lot of real world experience on this site especially on the suspension topic arent to common. They like every one at some point probably get a little cynical when offering advice.

    I do realise this and agree 100% with you on this. I'm not in any way saying a more knowledgeable explanation of the suspension components is not required, because it is. I was more getting at the fact that just because everyone on here doesn't have that kind of knowledge, it doesn't make it okay to criticize other members' input into this thread to the extend of Ron's comment, although I do appreciate his knowledge. I'm here to have friendly conversations and learn things not get put down for comments I make :)
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    so the simplistic  and subjective comments abounding above are meaningless.

    Have you ever considered that not everybody wants an over complicated answer about their car's components and wants something in lamens terms that everybody understands? Not everyone has such biased views like you, so calling other people's comments simplistic, subjective, and meaningless isn't really appropriate

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    I kind of like these, but I HATE how on the sides they don't look flush with the factory lip on the msport bumpers. To me it just looks odd. I think they look good from front on but the sides kind of put me off them. I wish there were styles that looked more like an extension of the factory lip as opposed to just sitting vertically, but I imagine this would be hard to replicate as the curvature of the sides of the m lips is weird

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    I have BC BR Gold's in my e36 328i coupe. The ride is ok, quite firm over bumps but I don't mind it too much. Definitely handles better than my old factory setup for sure. If you live in an area without smooth roads I probably wouldn't recommend it and if the only reason you want them is to go low you're probably barking up the wrong tree - having independant rear suspension means the rears won't go super low (well I guess it depends what you classify as low) unless you get a different rear spring rate setup to the most common 6kg front/8kg rear combo. I currently have mine set at the lowest setting in the rear, with the spacers taken out and the plastic inserts that come with them inserted (I personally think it's too low and will be raising it when I get some spacers). The front has ridiculous height adjustment so you're covered there no matter what height you're after

    Some pics of mine at the moment with rears rears wound right down:

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    Yeah 17x8 and 17x9 with 235/45s front and 255/40s rear I think. They were on my E34 when I bought it but quickly replaced with ACS Type IIs!

    No idea what a decent price would be. Basically brand new tyres so quite a few hundreds of dollars? Make me an offer I can't refuse!

    Those tyre sizes are probably going to be too big, not sure whether it's worth it to take them off and sell them + buy new tyres. Will give it some thought and PM you if I'm keen.

    Cheers

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    Looking for someone in chch who knows what they're doing and could wire in an 18 button obc in place of my current 11 button in an e36.

    Don't mind if it's just a member on here looking for a few $$ either, at least it won't cost as much as taking it into a shop.

    Will supply beers and probably some sub-par banter! :P

    Any takers PM me

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