Track forum general chit chat.

[bigjae1976]

Originally Posted by dogbone

So——does that mean there's a Mrs. Bone? Hmm something tells me Mrs. Bone will kick my bass if she hears that nickname......

I'm kind of in the same boat...Mrs. Big

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Worse yet...combine the last three and you have Mrs Big Moose Bone

[bigjae1976]

Originally Posted by Shmelgy

Why not just clear bra the whole car and have a beautiful and unique track car?

Been there. You're constantly maintaining or replacing the clear bra. I've reached the conclusion that it's futile to protect paint from track debris.

[dogbone]

Originally Posted by ThunderMoose

I shared this with Mrs Moose. We had a good laugh.

Haha nice!!

[dogbone]

Originally Posted by bigjae1976

I'm kind of in the same boat...Mrs. Big

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Worse yet...combine the last three and you have Mrs Big Moose Bone

Let’s make sure they never end up in the same room. Don’t want Mrs. Big Beef Moose Bone Bot kicking our asses!

[okusa]

Originally Posted by dogbone

Let’s make sure they never end up in the same room. Don’t want Mrs. Big Beef Moose Bone Bot kicking our asses!

Not to worry. Mrs. USA will protect you.

[roastbeef]

Got the titanium hardware on the wing. I don't have a weight comparison because I don't have a sensitive enough scale. Car feels more tossable tho.

Looks 1,000% better though. The 1/2 depth nuts make it extra clean and sleek looking.

[dogbone]

Originally Posted by okusa

Not to worry. Mrs. USA will protect you.

Haha!!

[M3ANMACHINE]

Originally Posted by bigjae1976

I want to turn my E90 M3 into a track car so bad but I can't get over the thought of ruining a $5k individual paint job. It's a bare bones E90 with MCB paint and DCT. Sounded awesome when I ordered it, makes zero sense now. It's a track spec car that will be a garage queen. I would kind of like to have Bluetooth and folding rear seats.

I'm leaning towards an E92 in a year or two. Also thinking about swapping in an S65 into a 1 series. Crashed E9X M3 + 128i = awesome!

Full body clear bra

[dogbone]

Originally Posted by bigjae1976

Been there. You're constantly maintaining or replacing the clear bra. I've reached the conclusion that it's futile to protect paint from track debris.

I put the Xpel self-healing clear bra on my car in March 2013. I gotta say, it's done a pretty damn good job of holding up over almost 6 years and 100+ track days. It's definitely showing some wear and tear now after all this time, but c'mon, I've been very nasty to it. And I bet if we peeled it off, it would look pretty good under there.

In my opinion, the self-healing aspect of that clear bra is legit and has been worth it. Recently, I've been wondering if I should do something about the fact that the clear bra is showing some age, but I haven't been too motivated to worry about it because the car still looks pretty darn good!

[roastbeef]

Look what's back boys!!!

Just took delivery of this little beaut. Happy to be back in a smart.

[OG Shark]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

Look what's back boys!!!

Just took delivery of this little beaut. Happy to be back in a smart.

Perfect track car! Don’t even have to load it on the trailer - just throw it in the back of the truck and go!

[roastbeef]

Actually, now that I actually own it (last one was a lease) I kinda want to mod it... tint, a quick wrap job (all black), and kw makes coilovers for like $1,400.
I know it seems like I'm nuts, but it's a really fun car and dirt cheap.

[OG Shark]

Do all that and maybe look at swapping out whatever drives that thing for one of them high performance weedeater engines (preferably an Echo) and that hamster gonna screeeaaaaammmmmmm! And look pretty f'en cool.

[SQ13]

S85 swap

[roastbeef]

Originally Posted by jktx

Do all that and maybe look at swapping out whatever drives that thing for one of them high performance weedeater engines (preferably an Echo) and that hamster gonna screeeaaaaammmmmmm! And look pretty f'en cool.

if it ever takes a complete dump i'm going to swap the smart body onto my truck's drivetrain and keep it registered as a smart. lol
you sit up like its a mini truck cab in the smart already.

[M3MPH1S]

Finally taking the plunge and starting to work towards a fully solid rear end

[roastbeef]

Originally Posted by M3MPH1S

Finally taking the plunge and starting to work towards a fully solid rear end

What do you have now? Oem?

[M3MPH1S]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

What do you have now? Oem?

Yep, OEM rubber with 155k miles on it. Actually your YouTube video of subframe movement was what really enlightened me to the importance of swapping to solid.

[roastbeef]

Originally Posted by M3MPH1S

Yep, OEM rubber with 155k miles on it. Actually your YouTube video of subframe movement was what really enlightened me to the importance of swapping to solid.

Solid is de way.

[Richbot]

Kitchen scales are handy for measuring in grams relatively accurately. I don't think I've ever used ours in the actual kitchen. I feel like sharing tips on how to measure weight loss in grams might mean I really am the worst

[OG Shark]

Originally Posted by M3MPH1S

Finally taking the plunge and starting to work towards a fully solid rear end

Awesome. Picked up some of these as well - trying to decide if worth installing now on stock suspension or just wait until the jump to coilovers, etc.

[StripclubDJ]

Originally Posted by jktx

Awesome. Picked up some of these as well - trying to decide if worth installing now on stock suspension or just wait until the jump to coilovers, etc.

Now

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