BMWZ4MC said:
My suspension upgrades are sitting in boxes waiting for my return, so mine is a brakes and supercharger fund
What are you planning for your brakes? The thought of £3+K for an AP Racing BBK is really painful!
A friend of a friend who runs a independent/specialist Italian exotica garage got a deal on replacement Alcon calipers for his customers, but I've been offered a very reasonably priced pair to go on the front of mine. Just got to set a date and get measured up for a custom mount/bracket.
As I'm only buying the calipers & mount/bracket, and keeping the current discs (assuming they're not shagged), it's likely to cost me less than £1k.
It's more for the fact that at 100,000 miles I'd need to get my original calipers stripped & rebuilt, or replaced anyway, so may as well take advantage of a relatively cheap set of Alcon calipers.
Same goes for the suspension refresh. I could wait until bits start failing and replace them with BMW parts, or I can do the whole job once with aftermarket parts and use the money saved from going down the BMW route to part-fund the aftermarket stuff. Still undecided on what suspension to go for as I want something adjustable, but want it to be road-friendly too (i.e. road seals, not requiring a rebuild every 3 months, adjustable on the car without stripping interior out, lowering of 10mm at rear & 20mm at front, etc.). Bilstein B16 PSS9/10 are looking favourite at the moment, but I keep getting tempted by shiny Teins, Ohlins, Nitrons, etc. - and would love an in-car, electronically-adjustable set.
Liverpool
