✪ Alekshop Built | What Was a Street Car Became a Track Performer

Alekshop · 02-05-2013, 11:32 PM

The owner of this M3 called us one day and was interested in adding some cosmetic parts just to improve the appearance of the car. After the initial work was done, we talked for a bit and our customer mentioned that he is taking his M3 to the track for the first time and is really excited to see how the car performs.

A few days later, our customer called us back and all what we heard was "This car needs MORE "

and here it began

Within a short period of time, this car got, coil over suspension with camber plates, full exhaust, brakes, supercharger - you name it

Every time he would come back from the track day we would sit down and decide what goes on the car next

Keep in mind, this M3 was his daily car and we were not trying to build a track-dedicated M3 but something that will shine at the track!

The owner of this M3 got so excited that he literally put 100+ track hours on this beast within 1-2 months period!

Enjoy!

Installed Parts:

Akrapovic Evolution
KW V3 Suspension (installed by another shop,then reinstalled by Alekshop)
Vorshlag Camber/Caster Plates
ESS Tuning Akrapovic Tune
ESS Tuning VT2-600 Supercharger Kit
Brembo 380 Big Brake Kit
Pagid RS19 / RS7 Track pads
Arkym Front Spoiler
Arkym Rear Diffuser
BMW Performance Rear Spoiler
BMW Performance Grilles
LUX LED Kit
BMW LCI Tail Lights
Alekshop Rear Cam kit
Alekshop EDC coding
BBS CH-R Ti finish wheels
and some other parts

Thank you,
Aleks.

KEYON · 02-06-2013, 12:48 AM

More pictures.

Noob edit:

What do Vorshlag Camber/Caster Plates provide?

tha_good_life · 02-06-2013, 01:00 AM

Look'n good Alek!

03BeastCharmer · 02-06-2013, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KEYON

More pictures.

Noob edit:

What do Vorshlag Camber/Caster Plates provide?

Front end alignment adjustability. Think of camber as pushing in the top of the wheel, so the bottom comes out. Looking down the side of the car, the wheel goes from l to /

Google for full benefits of camber and caster.

Aleks - nice work!

sales@ESSTuning · 02-06-2013, 01:29 AM

Nice work

KEYON · 02-06-2013, 02:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 03BeastCharmer

Front end alignment adjustability. Think of camber as pushing in the top of the wheel, so the bottom comes out. Looking down the side of the car, the wheel goes from l to /

Google for full benefits of camber and caster.

Aleks - nice work!

Great explanation

Thank you for that.

Aleks what was his chamber and caster setup to?

And1M3 · 02-06-2013, 04:02 AM

Looks great Alek.

RingMeister01 · 02-06-2013, 08:19 AM

Perfect

IMG · 02-06-2013, 09:21 AM

Awesome work as always,i need to call you soon

Powerbeast · 02-06-2013, 02:37 PM

Nice and clean!

GOLFFRR · 02-06-2013, 02:44 PM

awesome!

Rob@MoveraDesign · 02-06-2013, 02:56 PM

Very nice

Alekshop · 02-06-2013, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KEYON

Quote:

Originally Posted by 03BeastCharmer

Front end alignment adjustability. Think of camber as pushing in the top of the wheel, so the bottom comes out. Looking down the side of the car, the wheel goes from l to /

Google for full benefits of camber and caster.

Aleks - nice work!

Great explanation

Thank you for that.

Aleks what was his chamber and caster setup to?

Keyon we do so many of these that I can't remember all the specs

but depending on what you do with the car you can get it set to -2.0 - -3.0 to cure the understeer.

Good thing that you can pull it back for the street driving

KEYON · 02-06-2013, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alekshop

Keyon we do so many of these that I can't remember all the specs

but depending on what you do with the car you can get it set to -2.0 - -3.0 to cure the understeer.

Good thing that you can pull it back for the street driving

Hmm interesting. I love how it looks

Would you consider it a good upgrade for a car that sees the track a couple of times a year?

Alekshop · 02-06-2013, 07:05 PM

It starts with a few days a year and turns into a monthly thing

You can use these plates with your stock suspension and it will give you a wider range on how you can adjust your camber and caster settings. It will make a difference how the car turns and rotates around the turn.

Then if you decide to upgrade to a different suspension something like KW V3, you can reuse the plates with that setup as well like we did on this car.

PM is if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to help you.

Aleks.

JEllis · 02-07-2013, 01:24 AM

Sheesh, you are guys are doing good work!

Jason

WOLF-PACK · 02-07-2013, 02:37 AM

Sick! Great work

Alen E90 · 02-07-2013, 04:11 AM

maaaaaaan you guys did a fantastic job with this beast, she looks AWESOME and i cant stop droooling over those GM CH-R's

GM wheels + SSII= WIN!!! thanks so much for sharing but we also need more pics please

the infamous... · 02-07-2013, 08:21 PM

dayum! excellent work.

+1 on moar pix

j2m · 02-08-2013, 03:32 PM

Beautiful!

phrozen06 · 02-08-2013, 03:42 PM

phlawless

Alekshop · 02-10-2013, 01:40 AM

Thanks guys! It was fun to work on this car ...

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