[Hunter51092]

what are the average prices for an Alignment,Wheel balancing and Flashing a car? please lmk what you guys have payed so i have an idea of what to pay more or less.

Another thing is what do you guys think as far as a flash?

To remove the hesitation the gas pedals have
curve air box? or something like that lol
something with valves
and tune car for another type of gas that idr

Yes im a noob i have never modded cars performance wise so yeah

any help would be highly appreciated thanks!

[Hunter51092]

Bump!

[monkey_wrench]

I can't even understand what you're wanting to do.

[jwalker87]

Alignment: $150 give or take for a 4-wheel alignment from a reputable shop. Could vary a lot though. Probably triple that from a dealership, but I've never done that.

Wheel balancing: normally you only do that when you get new tires mounted, but any tire shop should do it for less than $50 total. Not difficult.

Flashing: Not sure what options there are for 328i's, but head over to the engine mods subforum and see what people there recommend. You can probably just read up on what people do the most, and see what works. I know for the N54 engine (335i) it runs anywhere $500 - $1000 depending on which route you go.

Hopefully that helped somewhat?

[Hunter51092]

Originally Posted by jwalker87

Alignment: $150 give or take for a 4-wheel alignment from a reputable shop. Could vary a lot though. Probably triple that from a dealership, but I've never done that.

Wheel balancing: normally you only do that when you get new tires mounted, but any tire shop should do it for less than $50 total. Not difficult.

Flashing: Not sure what options there are for 328i's, but head over to the engine mods subforum and see what people there recommend. You can probably just read up on what people do the most, and see what works. I know for the N54 engine (335i) it runs anywhere $500 - $1000 depending on which route you go.

Hopefully that helped somewhat?

yeah man thanks alot! i need the alignment and balancing due to my car drifiting to the right alot, and one of my wheels are missing weights and the steering wheel shakes like crazy.

thanks again will read up!

[Hunter51092]

Originally Posted by Hunter51092

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about the flash? this is what they told me at the shop

it removes the hesitation the gas pedal has so more responsive
curve air box? or something like that i didnt understand it
something with valves they change it or idk what..
and tune car for another type of gas that idr

and they quoted me $400 wit everything

[Johnny D]

Originally Posted by Hunter51092

about the flash? this is what they told me at the shop

it removes the hesitation the gas pedal has so more responsive
BMW uses drive by wire throttles. This means the computer controls the gas instead of a throttle cable like older cars. They have a tendency to have a short delay. The tune would remove the hesitation and allow full throttle earlier in the pedal range.
curve air box? or something like that i didnt understand it
No idea honestly.
something with valves they change it or idk what..
They will adjust the valvetronic software. Our cars have variable valve control inside the engine. The tune would upen up some power by doing this.
and tune car for another type of gas that idr
They are probably talking about tuning the car for 91 or 93 octane gas which would improve performance.

and they quoted me $400 wit everything

Hope that helps. $400 is a good price depending on who the company is you are thinking of using. Who are you going through?

[Hunter51092]

Originally Posted by jntar

Hope that helps. $400 is a good price depending on who the company is you are thinking of using. Who are you going through?

thanks alot for explaining it to me really appreciate it!

and Autowerke offered it to me..my only questions now is, is it worth it? would it decrease my mpg?

[ceb]

Alignments vary greatly by region but are generally in the $100 - $300 range.

There are two ways of balancing wheels, the conventional way that costs about $15-20 per wheel and the 'road force balancing' that costs $25-30 per wheel. Road force balancing will actually move the tire on the wheel to balance the wheel as required. accordingly, it uses fewer weights and results in a much more precise balance.

There is no 'flash' for a 328 that does much as normally aspirated engines benefit little from computer upgrades. All a flash does for a 328 is lighten your wallet.

[jwalker87]

Originally Posted by Hunter51092

is it worth it? would it decrease my mpg?

Only you can decide if it's worth it for you. Not sure of the hp gains of the software, but like I said earlier, there are probably dyno results posted in the engine modification subforum.

Gas mileage will be unaffected, at least on a scale large enough to notice. However, with more power you will probably drive it harder => worse mileage.

[Hunter51092]

Originally Posted by ceb

Alignments vary greatly by region but are generally in the $100 - $300 range.

There are two ways of balancing wheels, the conventional way that costs about $15-20 per wheel and the 'road force balancing' that costs $25-30 per wheel. Road force balancing will actually move the tire on the wheel to balance the wheel as required. accordingly, it uses fewer weights and results in a much more precise balance.

There is no 'flash' for a 328 that does much as normally aspirated engines benefit little from computer upgrades. All a flash does for a 328 is lighten your wallet.

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Originally Posted by Hunter51092

is it worth it? would it decrease my mpg?
Only you can decide if it's worth it for you. Not sure of the hp gains of the software, but like I said earlier, there are probably dyno results posted in the engine modification subforum.

Gas mileage will be unaffected, at least on a scale large enough to notice. However, with more power you will probably drive it harder => worse mileage.

Thanks for your Feedback guys its highly appreciated!
and yeah i guess i wont do the flash! ill just start looking into which quad exhaust like the m3 sedan is best for my car!