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Originally Posted by WinterSoldier
Great info Lutfy, thank you...Bilstein EDC Shocks vs JRZ Pro or KW Club Sports? Great value if effective. Do you have experience with more advanced suspension kits? The Bilstein option interests me, but I prefer a track suspension w/ blowoff capability. Thoughts?
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Michiel,
I had a race car with JRZ, have tried revalved KW (which is what clubsports are) before along with Bilstein Clubsport (or whatever they were called) on the GT4 Aston. That said, my goal was to have a street car (at the end of the day you are still compromising it on the track) without losing too much on comfort. Hence happy with Bilstein EDC shocks, Eibach springs and HR Front bar with -2.5 camber up front. Car is very quick on east coast tracks. And its a great drive back home and date nights. I wanted to keep it simple and would do it again in a heartbeat. In event you want to upgrade the Bilsteins to something more stout, you can have them revalved for diff spring rates, these are for stockish type springs. Basically they are electric single adjustable (compression only) shocks.
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Originally Posted by kaiv
I would strongly recommend to change transmission fluid sooner than 70k especially if you track the car. That's just an absurd recommendatioin.
Keep trans and diff fluids fresh (and engine oil but that goes without saying).
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Kaiv, this is a DCT car and most folks who have been tracking it tried to flush it and the oil came out pristine (there is a thread on blackstone report out there too) including a local fellow here. This is precautionary for me as its a lifetime fluid from BMW (if there is such a thing). Manual is a diff ball game ofcourse. Diff fluid I change every 3rd oil change. Whats your transmission type?
I also forgot to mention one more thing, get a power steering hose (there is a write up out there) extension/catch can. My fluid did turn a bit dark and I pulled out the old fluid with a baster and put a bottle of new CHF. Again this was done after 2 years.
Apart from that, none of the E36 power steering fluid, E46 subframe BS plagues this car. Enjoy the car!
Lutfy