[Mike.]

Originally Posted by justpete

Oh. That's deep sea blue metallic. Chestnut interior with satin aluminum trim. Will see what I can find or grab.

where did you get your trim? I cant do the walnut trim anymore, i feel like im getting into a hearse

[justpete]

Originally Posted by Emozoo

where did you get your trim? I cant do the walnut trim anymore, i feel like im getting into a hearse

The thing came with light walnut and it had to go so I had the dealer order the trim and install it. Verified the part numbers with RealOEM first.

[justpete]

Okie dokie - more pics, well a few anyway

[justpete]

And a few older ones, better color anyway

[justpete]

Forgot to mention I measured ground clearance and it's just under 3-1/4", no idea if that's really low or not. The shop said they set ride height one inch higher than their race cars to make it more streetable.

[justpete]

Originally Posted by justpete

Made some measurements, fwiw.

Front of rocker cover is about 4-5/16 and the rear is about 4-7/8" for a difference of 9/16"

Rear inner swingarm bearing bolt centerline at about 6-1/4"

Front wishbone chassis bolt centerline at about 5-1/4"
Front tension strut bolt centerline at about 8"

So make of that what you will, I've no clue where a meaningful number for rake comes from any of it, as a number independent of the car itself.

Thought I'd measure the distance from the inside surface of the jack points to the ground and the difference comes out to 5/8" but over a shorter distance than the length of the rocker cover. Might be the easiest way to compare between chassis since these points would tend to be in a single plane for all four and parallel to the chassis. Yeah, I'm easily amused...

[justpete]

Originally Posted by Emozoo

where did you get your trim? I cant do the walnut trim anymore, i feel like im getting into a hearse

Sorry, forgot to mention the dealer had to order most of the trim pieces from Germany. Not popular here any more I guess. Maybe Tischer has them but they don't list stock status on their site. Painful prices though, yikes. Still have the light walnut trim pieces for no apparent reason since I can't give 'em away, have you ever seen the satin aluminum trim come up in the for sale section?

[Mike.]

Originally Posted by justpete

Sorry, forgot to mention the dealer had to order most of the trim pieces from Germany. Not popular here any more I guess. Maybe Tischer has them but they don't list stock status on their site. Painful prices though, yikes. Still have the light walnut trim pieces for no apparent reason since I can't give 'em away, have you ever seen the satin aluminum trim come up in the for sale section?

I've seen some trim that has been wrapped. I think I may go that route

[justpete]

Originally Posted by Emozoo

I've seen some trim that has been wrapped. I think I may go that route

It's gotta be way cheaper, the stuff is just stupid expensive from the dealer.

[Taskmaster]

OMG, that car is drool worthy. I love it.

[Mike.]

I wish I had that interior. The car I originally was going to get sold the day I went to put a down payment on it. coral interior is my utmost fave, and yours is a close second

[justpete]

Originally Posted by Emozoo

I wish I had that interior. The car I originally was going to get sold the day I went to put a down payment on it. coral interior is my utmost fave, and yours is a close second

Never have seen a coral interior, that's gotta be something. What was the car you were going to put money down on? Same thing you have just a coral interior?

This car was sitting on the showroom floor, they couldn't sell it cuz of the 6MT. They had the color misidentified online in the inventory listing and the image was of the wrong color as well, some kind a pale metallic steel blueish something or other. Wandered around the lot for a couple of hours trying to find it. Finally gave up and went into the showroom looking for a 6MT, found it, but had to double check the VIN cuz the color was eye popping in the afternoon light especially with that interior. Had to have it. Sheer unadulterated luck, it was the only 6MT in town.

[JeM9]

I love that color, Pete! Gorgeous combo you have there

[justpete]

Originally Posted by JeM9

I love that color, Pete! Gorgeous combo you have there

Finally got around to setting up a BMW Garage entry, not sure I got all the mods listed from memory though. Added some more pictures there. Gotta admit it is purty. When the wheels are clean. Which is to say not very often often...

[justpete]

Originally Posted by TheAxiom

OMG, that car is drool worthy. I love it.

'Cept at the track where it gets dirtier'n hell...

Here's the reason I had the wheels powdercoated flat white



Heaviest dusting on the passenger side indicating the DSC was responsible for the power loss during an off camber corner exit. Asymmetric dusting indicates when it's time to turn off DSC and rerun the corners to see if it was slowing the sector time. Works great but looks like crap...

[Taskmaster]

What pads are you using?

[Mike.]

Originally Posted by justpete

Never have seen a coral interior, that's gotta be something. What was the car you were going to put money down on? Same thing you have just a coral interior?

This car was sitting on the showroom floor, they couldn't sell it cuz of the 6MT. They had the color misidentified online in the inventory listing and the image was of the wrong color as well, some kind a pale metallic steel blueish something or other. Wandered around the lot for a couple of hours trying to find it. Finally gave up and went into the showroom looking for a 6MT, found it, but had to double check the VIN cuz the color was eye popping in the afternoon light especially with that interior. Had to have it. Sheer unadulterated luck, it was the only 6MT in town.

fully loaded jet black coupe w/ idrive with low low low miles CPO

I settled with a jet black sedan non idrive but w/ mostly every package except i drive and the sport package with 19k miles CPO

my warranty is up in august.. crazy to think ive had this car for two years already... time flies when ya having fun I guess-- Im heavily debating trading this in for a g37x coupe. I really dont know but man does it look appealing

[justpete]

Originally Posted by TheAxiom

What pads are you using?

XP10

This pic is of the right front which was much heavier dusted than the left front due to the DSC asymmetrically braking coming out of the left hand off camber exit from the second half of a chicane. We could feel the car chopping as if a rev limiter were cutting in and this proved it was the traction control so off it went and the corner exit indexed much faster. Normally it wouldn't look anywhere near this bad but this was kinda funny as the dust was literally caked on. The wheels do dust up fairly quickly but I haven't bothered to clean them but once although they did get cleaned a couple of times at the dealer in the wash after some work. Gotta clean them again but it's just too cold to bother. Actually it's too cold to be running R1Rs as they can crack but it's too cold to bother changing them. Bit of a problem but it's TX so it'll warm up sporadically and soon I expect. Maybe not.

[justpete]

Originally Posted by Emozoo

fully loaded jet black coupe w/ idrive with low low low miles CPO

I settled with a jet black sedan non idrive but w/ mostly every package except i drive and the sport package with 19k miles CPO

my warranty is up in august.. crazy to think ive had this car for two years already... time flies when ya having fun I guess-- Im heavily debating trading this in for a g37x coupe. I really dont know but man does it look appealing

I have an '07 G35 sedan and unless Infiniti improved the hell out of the suspension in the coupe I'd have to say it doesn't handle nearly as remotely as well as the sport package on a sedan. The throttle and auto trans adaptation is psychotic and verges on lethal. Other than the great interior that disappeared when they cheapened the crap out of the G37, and made it buzzy as hell with the new engine (maybe it's better but the loaners at the dealership don't indicated it) I wrote off Infiniti for my next car in 2010.

Have to get a new car every five years for work and it has to be four door (dammit) and in 2011 the only choice was nothing. I dithered all year and got an extension which is how I walked into the dealership in the first week of January of 2012 and found my car on the showroom floor. Didn't want FI or a high revving V8 in a mushmobile so 328i it was. Felt like a pedal car compared to the G but in time that distinction disappeared given its vastly better handling. Just my opinion fwiw though.

[Kgolf31]

Originally Posted by justpete

XP10

This pic is of the right front which was much heavier dusted than the left front due to the DSC asymmetrically braking coming out of the left hand off camber exit from the second half of a chicane. We could feel the car chopping as if a rev limiter were cutting in and this proved it was the traction control so off it went and the corner exit indexed much faster. Normally it wouldn't look anywhere near this bad but this was kinda funny as the dust was literally caked on. The wheels do dust up fairly quickly but I haven't bothered to clean them but once although they did get cleaned a couple of times at the dealer in the wash after some work. Gotta clean them again but it's just too cold to bother. Actually it's too cold to be running R1Rs as they can crack but it's too cold to bother changing them. Bit of a problem but it's TX so it'll warm up sporadically and soon I expect. Maybe not.

I'm really surprised you guys are running R1Rs. They hate cars that weigh more than a Miata.

PS - Clean Wheels:



Dirty Wheels:

[Taskmaster]

I'm just going to get gunmetal and call it a done deal. Any reason to go with 8.5" over 9"?

[justpete]

Originally Posted by Kgolf31

I'm really surprised you guys are running R1Rs. They hate cars that weigh more than a Miata.

They seem to work very well as long as they have a lot of camber. And they stick like glue. Yeah, I'd clean the wheels if it mattered but I only do that before going to the track.

Really nice looking car!