To Mod or not to Mod

[xander_g]

My car is pretty tame, I guess it can be called oem+

Dinan tune
Dinan dct tune
Dinan intake
Dinan exhaust
Dinan catless xpipe
Dinan front swaybar
Dinan pulley
Dinan strut braces
Pedalhaus dct paddles, pedals and heelplate
Painted reflectors
Carbon fibre splitters

[xander_g]

Originally Posted by Scharbag

I said to myself: self, if you get an M3, you will leave it stock...

That did not last long... Bought an M3 that had:

Dinan underdrive pulley
Dinan CF intake
Dinan strut braces
Dinan axle back exhaust
Dinan throttle bodies (not sure what these accomplish)
Dinan tune

Over the winter, I have added:

Macht Schnell 12mm spacers
Macht Schnell 75mm stud conversion
Alpine stage II
Active Autowerks test pipes

These cars are very cool and there are so many directions that one can go. I prefer the "stock" look. Although, some of the cars on here look pretty sweet. Some of the wraps do intrigue me

My plans are to keep the car for a good long time. In the future, I may do a stroker rebuild. Not sure if I will go SC ever. They are reeeeeeaaaaly fun but I am sure I will go through enough tires while NA!!

Cheers,

I'm thinking about ordering these. Did you notice any change at all?

[wildwestm3]

I modify everything I own to make it personal (albeit mine are more subtle), so the M is no different. My mods:

Borla Exhaust
Dinan CF intake
New stock steering wheel (hey, I like the stock one!)
Oversized black anodized paddle shifters w/ red "+/-"
MR red piping in interior
CF interior wrap (steering wheel/brushed aluminum pieces)
20% tint
CF high kick spoiler w/ MR stripe on the lip
CF side gills
M4 style black kidneys
12 & 15mm spacers
Gloss black power coated 220's
+1 MPS (255/275)
Euro front bumper (no reflectors, covers are ugly)
Black emblems
Red/Black roundels
///M high temp caliper decals
Gloss black trim wrap (vert is chrome )

I think that's about it. Going to add test pipes and a Stage II tune in the Spring...

[thetastelingers]

Active Autowerke Supercharger
Swift lowering springs
Work 20" wheels
Front carbon look lip
Wrapped gills
White Grills
High lip spoiler
black emblems
tint
Custom headlights
painted reflectors
Agency Power exhaust
secondary cats deleted
Hydro-graphic dipped interior trim
Alcantera shift boots
ZHP short shift knob

[Scharbag]

Originally Posted by xander_g

I'm thinking about ordering these. Did you notice any change at all?

Previous owner put them on so I cannot comment on any change. The stock openings are fairly large so I would be surprised if this part is a significant restriction to the engine (supercharged cars seem to make big numbers with no talk of this part being a bottleneck).

I am all for every little bit of flow will help but the HP/$ on this mod, especially if you pay to have them installed, is not very good IMHO.

Cheers,