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03-19-2013, 02:52 PM | #1 |
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Couple questions for you local people
I'm new to the forums and new to this 335i I just purchased, but not new to BMW in general. I have a couple questions that maybe someone could help with, if so, I'd greatly appreciate it.
First, has anyone had any experience with new hoods? I would like a more aggressive hood, but painted to match my Le Mans Blue car. The Arkym hood looks pretty cool and I'm considering it but could use help understanding which of the hood vendors have quality products (is Arkyms?) and how well does CF handle being painted? It looks like one of the posters here has one of the Arkyms on his white 335i and it seems to look good but I could use help. Secondly, I keep reading lots of posts about the Alpina tranny re-flash. I'm wondering what it really does for me as a daily driver and is it risky? Are any of the flashing operation (Cobb tuner as well) risky or are they pretty safe in general (assuming battery doesn't die, etc.) I appreciate any and all help any of you might have. Thanks!
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I daily drive mine with the Alpina and I have had it for a month with no issues
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03-19-2013, 05:44 PM | #4 |
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welcome! are you planning to do the hood as your first mod? or do you already have a few things slapped on to pull that aggressive hood into it?
btw, see you're in renton, where abouts? i'm over in fairwood, may have seen you before. not too many lemans vert 335s
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Thanks for the welcome!
I was in fairwood until last August, now I'm up in the Maple Hills area closer to Issaquah As far as my first mod, I'm thinking the hood is cool but it seems the hood should come after the Cobb so I'm not "all show & no go" So I'm going to pretty quickly do the white AE upgrade and am a bit lost on the first "real" upgrade. Should I do the Cobb AP or the Hood/splitter/diffuser cosmetics first? I also want to do a few of the TCU tweaks to get DRLs running etc. Later, I want to upgrade the exhaust to give it a better sound and higher perf... Problem is right now I'm a bit on "mod overload" and don't know where to really start LOL Any help would be appreciated.
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The unltimate mods to 335's is to Carbon Fiber everything!
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03-19-2013, 06:52 PM | #10 |
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from what I've seen on here, the quality is spot on (assuming that you aren't getting a replica from a vender), I just wasn't a fan of those hoods on our cars to start with. Unless you're going for an all out track look.
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03-19-2013, 06:55 PM | #11 |
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my opinion is flash & lower the car. lowering does the most overall imo. never have been a fan of aggressive mods + non-aggressive stance/ or even a slight drop.
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btw, the TCU flash is great. Makes the car much more responsive and shifts are night and day compared to the stock transmission. There's no lag between 4-6 and I love how it shift down to gear 1 when you engage sport/ manual mode. Contact rentonrider (kao) and he'll hook you up!
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Ok thanks for the input. I'm not into the CF look, as I stated I was going to have it painted to match the car. Having said that, I do get the "boy racer" look and that's not really something I want or had considered.
Sounds like Cobb is the first purchase then...
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Where can I find info on the protune?
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There are quite a few tuners on E90 post that can tune your car. I for one would go to Portland and have Cobb tune it in person. The Cobb shop in Portland can mess with more then just your DME.
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