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You know there will always be that one guy that will be "full hrc build, because $ is no concern" who will eventually become the "why is no one offering me a premium price for my car" guy. I like seeing the options at least, because you can then argue with the dealer when they try to tell you...

To be fair, it does have throttle and brake position sensors... Arguably that is the most useful function for true performance driving, outside of temp metrics. It just makes them useless the moment you turn off traction control. It also has no sense of oil temp or even washer fluid level,while...

I drive over them when I use them, does that count? 🤣

Imo, what you lose is far worse than what you gain with the Fl5 cluster swap. I could care less about the HUD, but parking sensors and tpms (on low pro tires especially) are very useful. The best approach here would be for someone to actually spend some time cracking the ecu and multimedia...

The tech in this car is miserable. Biggest oversight is how turning traction control off removes all valuable info and you just get a giant orange dot blinking at you. So you have a choice... Have a taster of info and rear brake pads that last 4-8 sessions on track or have zero data and brakes...

Yes you can do that with a custom tune, and a lot more around when/how the valve opens in what mode and how much. I had my tuner mess with my setup with an aftermarket exhaust to get what I want. With valve closed the pops will become a lot quieter as well. They happen much further upstream in...

I agree. It does look like some tire delam. The single line I'm not too worried about since that can happen with stickier rubber and hard driving (usually follows the belt line). The camo looking scrub is more toe drag-like. My other thought was maybe if it's a groan/creak sound when turning...

What does the noise sound like? Can you consistently reproduce it?

That's basically what the Rockford sub is. Other than a touch of trimming, it fits perfectly and is sized perfectly for the oem box. It's a solid bump, especially when you deaden the box a bit and add polyfill. Sorting out source quality also helps a lot. I had to turn off the dts 3d stuff...

Heat is always a concern! My rationale is that with a 300w rms amp, you likely won't go more than 25-30% on the gain, and definitely won't be pushing 100% volume unless you're looking to damage hearing. Realistically, I'd bet pushing 60-80 watts is more than sufficient to make all the rattles...

I was planning on just under the sub box! https://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/p_43664_Kenwood_KAC-M3001.aspx This guy is the best fit... Small enough, plenty of power, high side in, 2 ohm, and priced right. Also a good sale on it right now with the additional 12% off and free ship (plus...

Looks like some toe drag and also delamination. What's your toe at? Keep in mind autox or track use has a tendency to wiggle alignment loose if the lock nut wasn't cranked down pretty well or if they didn't roll the car a bit and recheck the alignment. The previous gen of falken 200tw were...

My understanding is you want the resistance in the opposite direction of the tendency to move. So reverse when downhill provides more resistance against the direction the car wants to move. Honestly, I'd argue either is really fine compared to nothing. I have some family members that always do...

I'm shocked to hear anyone doesn't leave it in gear. 1st on flat or uphill, reverse when downhill. It's like the "point your wheels at the curb on a hill in case it tries to roll" maneuver. It's "by the book". I've seen parking brakes fail before. In many cars with manual hand brakes, the...

Oh, and a borla exhaust fixes the quietness 😅😉. I went back to stock briefly and it was freakishly quiet!!

You've done basically everything I have at this point! It makes a really solid difference. You went heavier on the kilmat than I did, but you probably wasted less time than me where I was searching for the echoey areas to target with deadening before going to sound blocking. Agreed on the sub...

On the sub, positive to positive and negative to negative. Power/line in goes to one positive and one negative. When wiring the 4ohm into parallel it make it a 2ohm. Follow the diagram, it makes sense. You can do either side of it honestly, and I just did one side, bu in theory they want you to...

I had a used car dealer drop off a slightly used m3 at a bmw dealer for a PPI recently and they didn't communicate well. BMW dealer did two recalls, changed oil, changed plugs, cleaned and protected the leather, changed rear brake pads, changed cabin filter, and noted the tires had tread but...

It'll be fun to get my hands on it and do some virgin and used Blackstone tests. I was surprised how decent the factory fill was and how mediocre the dealer fill was 🤣. I'd love for someone to go to a dealer and say "I want the hrc formula R oil" where the dealer will look at them and then say...

I appreciate the feedback!! Thank you, both 😊