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03-13-2014, 02:01 PM | #1 |
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Pothole's E88 125i (Bilstein sportline and new wheels p2.)
So finally I'll a topic on my car. About one year ago I went to Germany to start looking for a car. I was driving an e90 320i at the time and the fact I was not driving a convertible (anymore) was driving me crazy. I was looking into e93's because I knew it had to be a 4 seater. So whilst I was checking out a bronze e93 325d I saw something in the back of the showroom. I was immediately in love..
I was allready aware about the fact the 125i was able to be tuned to 330i power levels so I was sold. So I bought the car, brought it back to Holland a week later. The first thing I did was golf tee, install performance kidneys and get it up to its full potential. So after that I enjoyed the engine a while. In between I installed the cyba scoops. But in the end I knew stuff needed to be done so in the last couple of weeks I ordered a performance exhaust and some coilovers. The exhaust got installed first and this is how she sounds now: Installation of the coilovers soon followed and this is how she stands now: These are all mobile phone pics and better ones will soon follow. The full install has been done by a dear friend of mine who deserves the utmost respect! Now for the modlist: - Performance kidneys - Tunex tune - Cyba scoops - Performance exhaust with golf tee - FK AK street ultra cheap budget coilovers (FTW) My first mod in the future will be wheels. Hope you like it! And don't flame me too much for the cheap coilovers..
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I am thinking about some BBS CH but I am also looking into other options like: fifteen52, 3sdm.
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03-20-2014, 12:24 PM | #9 |
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Thanks stig. I will defenitely keep this in mind. However, unlike your car, I am going for decent looks, decent power. Bit of show, bit of go. So if I find less strong wheels with even better looks, I'll go for that.
I also followed your advice and got me a sticker for absolute performance!
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Don't get me wrong, I personally would not run CHs. Faaaaaar too heavy for my wants and not strong enough.
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03-20-2014, 12:43 PM | #11 |
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Which I understand! You are tracking your car and I am obviously not.
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Those are my street wheels, which both need to survive potholes and match my driving style.
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Thankfully over here in Holland we have virtually no potholes. Roads here are very well maintained (and they better be with 52% income tax, 80% tax on gas, 42% tax on car purchases and a separate roadtax of about 100 euro per quarter). I could almost buy cheap china built replica wheels with the smoothness of our roads. But do not fear, I'm not planning on doing that.
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haha.. Holland. I rented a VW Polo there for a few days and took a journey around North Holland from Schiphol. Great little car. Struggling getting it up to the 130 limit though haha.
Also, you can have a performance exhaust AND golf tee mod?
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Today VW Polo's aren't what they used to be. I used to own one (a 1.4 litre engine) and that car topped out at 190kp/h. Not bad for 75bhp.
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But hey, we do have smooooooth roads. Too many speedbumps though..
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Exactly, why does no one understand this concept?!?!
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Wheels have been ordered!
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