They are fantastic mine has transformed my car. Not only corner exit but entry also. And much more predictable feeling. If you can afford one get oneronk wrote:An LSD is starting to sound good!
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Lost control of 35is !
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Machine monkey
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Re: Lost control of 35is !
My little blue zed is in lots of bits. With lots of things started and not many finished! I may have found the limits of my time and ability!!
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Onlineronk
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Re: Lost control of 35is !
The next question is costs?
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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chasBMW
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Re: Lost control of 35is !
Sadly I would sort of agree , at the limit it feels much more twitchy than my e86's ever did but on the plus side it does keep you on your toesoriginal guvnor wrote:I can remember reading a couple of reviews of the 35iS that suggested the chassis wasn't fully up to the job of handling the power and torque.
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Onlineronk
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Re: Lost control of 35is !
I get twitchy before the car does !
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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Machine monkey
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Re: Lost control of 35is !
I have a M factory (dont confuse this with the BMW M brand) its a helical type diff and i love it the diff cost £600 + new oil and output shaft seals and prop and drive shaft bolts say £750 tops. As long as you can reuse the diff bearings. I fitted min myself and gave the rear end a overhaul new bushes RTA limiting kit adjustable camber arms + new tie rod ends and front control arms. It probably cost me about £1100 + the coilovers and all the other bushes about 2k but everything is now new uprated and feels very tight where do you stop!!!! I would think you could buy the diff and get a garage to fit it for around £1kronk wrote:The next question is costs?
A quaffe diff is more money but are supposed to be very good. I have never tried them to compare them. But i am very happy with mine.
My little blue zed is in lots of bits. With lots of things started and not many finished! I may have found the limits of my time and ability!!
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Onlineronk
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That sounds ok. I reckon I might be able to get that under her radar!!!
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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pvr
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Re: Lost control of 35is !
Your wife probably thinks you are on drugs when you mention LSD ...ronk wrote:That sounds ok. I reckon I might be able to get that under her radar!!!
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Machine monkey
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Re: Lost control of 35is !
Mine had a worried look when i was talking about getting one!!pvr wrote:Your wife probably thinks you are on drugs when you mention LSD ...ronk wrote:That sounds ok. I reckon I might be able to get that under her radar!!!
My little blue zed is in lots of bits. With lots of things started and not many finished! I may have found the limits of my time and ability!!
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Onlineronk
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We are both old enough to remember LSD when is was popular with some people in the sixties! 
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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JustCruzin
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Just for the record I had not taken LSD when I lost controlronk wrote:We are both old enough to remember LSD when is was popular with some people in the sixties!
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Zed_Steve
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Re: Lost control of 35is !
JustCruzin wrote:Just for the record I had not taken LSD when I lost controlronk wrote:We are both old enough to remember LSD when is was popular with some people in the sixties!
Sure that would be mental !
Have you had the car checked out for any potential fault, or driven it since your scare? Seems otherwise to be the hallmark of oil spilt on the road, as with black ice you are a mere passenger when you lose control on stuff like this. You did well to retrieve it without crashing, or causing damage to the car.
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Then... E89 sDrive35iS(2012-2013), E89 sDrive30i(2011-2012), E85 3.0si Sport Roadster(2009-2011), Z3 2.8(2005-2009).
Then... E89 sDrive35iS(2012-2013), E89 sDrive30i(2011-2012), E85 3.0si Sport Roadster(2009-2011), Z3 2.8(2005-2009).