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I just got my first M5 over the weekend. Years ago, all through middle school, high school and college M3's/M5's were my dream car. I had a few M3's. Then went through a phase of focusing on my career while driving a 2005 Toyota Corolla. It was a great feeling to finally step into one of my longtime dream cars! Anyways, I had a couple of questions I haven't been able to find great answers to and didn't want to create lots of threads. Is it possible to turn off the easy entry/exit? The seat bolsters go out, but when getting back in they never go back to the same position. I'm pretty lean and need them all the way in, and it takes a while to do that adjustment. After an ECU tune, what's the next best mod, downpipes or intake? What kind of gains are expected? Seems like it may not be worth it. Everything I've found is tune and downpipes. I'm curious how much downpipes add to a tune. Should the footwells have color led lighting? Mine are just white, but the display shows them being the set color and somewhere else I read that they are supposed to be. Are there any good tires for the 20 inch wheels (drag radials or r compound) that will hook up well off the line with a tune? I saw someone broke into the 9 second 1/4 mile range with a tune, downpipes and drag radials. |
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Given a thought to the loss of Warantee by any chance ?.
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Same here, why tune while the car is under warranty? Aren't 600/625 hp not enough?
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It's not just the engine, what about drive-train and transmission? I agree with the 2 other guys isn't 625 enough
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What is going on here? I thought most of the people here were all about modding their cars? Someone just posted their new M5 with a JB4/HR M550 springs (https://f90.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1655982), etc. and no one commented saying "Why would you do that? You just lost the warranty!" In my first post here after a test drive, saying the car felt slow, if I remember right more than one person said a tune would change that. Which comes back to why I want to mod it, yes, it feels like it could use more power.
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Anyways, let's just forget the mods question.
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By the way, do you have an M5? I just see C63s in your profile. I had one of those on order, but they keep pushing back the release date for the 2020 model. I'm a little regretful that I didn't wait. I think the M5 is a "better" car. It's faster and nicer. Those seem more exciting though. Wondering if you could compare them.
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Not sure why you got the hater time of day responses on the mods. There are some guys here who can be a great resource for you. Post pics of the car btw. For the mods it seems like you've been around enough to understand the risks so by all means, go crazy!
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In the end... it's your car, do as you like. Most common tunes I read about here are: Down pipes, race cat (or delete), exhaust, airbox and engine tune. Considering the dampers people go with the K&W V4 if I recall correctly. Other stuff is about cosmetics and looks.
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Go take a look at my 2020 M5 Comp thread. It lists all my mods and performance gains/numbers from a JB4.
And no, to whoever asked, 625hp is not enough. It's possible to provide cautionary guidance without implied judgement. |
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Well, 'nuff said then.
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I'm sounding like a broken record but I've had JBs on:
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So far at least, I've yet to drive a car (even my own) that has *enough* power. |
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Is it possible to turn off the easy entry/exit? Is it Live Cockpit (2020) or a 2019? Linking your driver profile to your key fob (or selecting it manually) should restore the seating position once you've plugged the seat-belt in but, having said that, I occasionally need to repeatedly press and hold seat position 1 to restore everything. Doing so before you're in the car restores everything in a single push. After an ECU tune, what's the next best mod, downpipes or intake? JB4 only on 92 pump yielded 715 awhp and 740 Ft Ibs of aw-torque on a Mustang dyno. Should the footwells have color led lighting? The ambient color choices are typically grouped as one single color or a combo of that color + white. Perhaps you've got the white setting. I'll check a bit later but I think my footwells are blue albeit not quite as vivid as the bands of color around the dash. Are there any good tires for the 20 inch wheels (drag radials or r compound) that will hook up well off the line with a tune? With my current setup, I'm expecting this to be a 10.3 or better car on race gas. As it stands, though, I've upgraded to Michelin PS4s @295/30/20 rear and 285/30/20 front and I have no traction issues on even crap surfaces. I've not seen an F90 in the 9s yet, hmmm, at least I don't think--do you have a link? Last edited by limeypride; 10-08-2019 at 04:44 PM.. |
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It's a 2019, doesn't have live cockpit. The seat returns to the correct position, everything except the side bolsters? Maybe I need to look into custom coding to make it stay in place? That would be great if you could check on the footwell lighting. It's on the all blue setting. Footwell is still white. Definitely not a big deal, but would prefer it to match. Hmm, I tried to post the link to the 9 second M5 but it wont let me. Google, "Bolt on BMW F90 M5 from Ramon Performance". Had tune, downpipes and midpipes.
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It's funny when you google blown engine from tune, some forums like Ford have hundreds of posts with people blowing their engines lol. BMW/Mercedes it almost never seems to be an issue.
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Me too. I can't wait to race my boss in his new GT3 RS. Hopefully I'll have the JB4 by then haha.
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