Anyone planning on upgrades to their b8

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Re: Anyone planning on upgrades to their b8

Post by BMW2RS4 » Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:57 pm

Did u take those pics with a VGA camera
These images were resized as I am used to posting to the E90Post where 680 x 480 is the maximum; seems that this isn't the case on this forum.

I have to say that the process is much less complicated over there!
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Re: Anyone planning on upgrades to their b8

Post by bam_bam » Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:59 pm

HYFR wrote:Did u take those pics with a VGA camera
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Re: Anyone planning on upgrades to their b8

Post by HYFR » Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:01 pm

Bam, if you don't need that camera any more, stick it on E90 Post classifieds, should get snapped up in no time

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Re: Anyone planning on upgrades to their b8

Post by bam_bam » Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:04 pm

I would but that forum only takes punch cards for posting picture binaries.
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Re: Anyone planning on upgrades to their b8

Post by BMW2RS4 » Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:19 pm

And the old "banter" forum kicks in again
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Re: Anyone planning on upgrades to their b8

Post by Brooner » Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:35 pm

hows the ride in dynamic is it any harder as it does look a nice height not slammed to the floor
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Re: Anyone planning on upgrades to their b8

Post by BMW2RS4 » Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:39 pm

hows the ride in dynamic is it any harder as it does look a nice height not slammed to the floor
I don't sense a difference tbh. The ride in both comfort and dynamic has improved as the springs have bedded in and I no longer feel that there is any difference to stock in both.
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Re: Anyone planning on upgrades to their b8

Post by Brooner » Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:42 pm

where they fitted by an indy or Audi and did it require the DRC to be bleed down and re pressureized??
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Re: Anyone planning on upgrades to their b8

Post by BMW2RS4 » Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:53 pm

where they fitted by an indy or Audi and did it require the DRC to be bleed down and re pressureized??
It was fitted by Demon Tweeks of Wrexham. They didn't disconnect the DRC during the install.
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Re: Anyone planning on upgrades to their b8

Post by RIV » Wed Jul 23, 2014 3:07 pm

What's the drop on the KW's 20 mm ?

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Re: Anyone planning on upgrades to their b8

Post by MK2Golf24v » Wed Jul 23, 2014 3:08 pm

Brooner wrote:where they fitted by an indy or Audi and did it require the DRC to be bleed down and re pressureized??
The KW Insturctions state not to disconnect the DRC

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where they fitted by an indy or Audi and did it require the DRC to be bleed down and re pressureized??
It was fitted by Demon Tweeks of Wrexham. They didn't disconnect the DRC during the install.
How did they re-calibrate the Adaptive cruise etc?

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Re: Anyone planning on upgrades to their b8

Post by BMW2RS4 » Wed Jul 23, 2014 3:18 pm

What's the drop on the KW's 20 mm ?
I think that the range is 5mm - 25mm. I reckon that there is another 10mm left on nearside and 20mm on offside if I wanted it lower.
How did they re-calibrate the Adaptive cruise etc?
They didn't; but it all works absolutely fine. The KW coilover spring kit is the one fitted by MTM. I spoke with Kim at MTM and the only requirement was that the DRC was not disconnected during install.
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Re: Anyone planning on upgrades to their b8

Post by Brooner » Wed Jul 23, 2014 4:05 pm

it's pain that all the decant places for these sort of things are atleast 8hrs drive away from up here in Jocklandshire
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Re: Anyone planning on upgrades to their b8

Post by HYFR » Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:35 pm

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Re: Anyone planning on upgrades to their b8

Post by SWRS4 » Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:21 pm

BMW2RS4 wrote:Pictures of RS4 lowered with KW coilover springs as promised (apologies for poor photography skills)

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