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Alan323i 
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Joined: 29-September-2005
Points: 78
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 Posted: 30-December-2005 at 15:01 |
Thanks for that mate!
I used to have a wrx before so you can tell why i'm being picky! LOL
It just feels dangerous and like the car weighs 800 kilo's were as before it felt like a tank but i could shift the rear if i ever wanted.
Bushes it is first then!
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T.J.
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Joined: 22-September-2003
Location: Cork, Ireland
Points: 2332
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Posted: 30-December-2005 at 15:13 |
Sounds like a plan alright! the Scooby setup is a hard one to replicate - it just feels so right on the road with enough travel that back roads don't hold any fear, but well enough tied down. I'm pretty chuffed with the handling of mine now.
I fitted OEM BMW bushes all around, cos they worked out pretty cheap, and I wanted to see what they were like before I went to any other setup. I'm still running them now, though the front are a bit tired again after 25k and some trackdays, so I may fit poly bushes there in the new year.
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Alan323i
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Joined: 29-September-2005
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Posted: 31-December-2005 at 14:02 |
Were did you get the OEM ones from mate BM?? Online?
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scarface
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Joined: 16-June-2004
Location: Surrey, UK
Points: 414
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Posted: 03-January-2006 at 20:10 |
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TJ, that's interesting if you say that bushes can be tired after that length of time. Would you say it's worth telling dealers to shut up and just fit them? One inspection on the 328 came back that they were on their way out, when I asked them to change them another mechanic said they weren't needed.
Alan, I'm now running 30F 34R, and it seems much better behaved, even in the wet.
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T.J.
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Joined: 22-September-2003
Location: Cork, Ireland
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Posted: 04-January-2006 at 03:31 |
@ Alan - I bought them off the local dealer.
@ Scarface - It's the front ones on the rear of the lower control arm. The design of them, and the direction the loads go through them, seems to speed up the process. They're not completely gone by any means, but they're on the slippery slope!
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David321
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Joined: 13-October-2004
Points: 202
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Posted: 04-January-2006 at 11:30 |
Hey guys.
The roads in Essex are lethal at the moment, irrespective of tyre pressures. I have noticed that my tyres (Continentals) lose a bucket load of grip when the air temperature drops below 5 degrees.
That's probably why sensible people on the continent have a set of winter tyres and also why they can deal with snow so much better...
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Alan323i
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Joined: 29-September-2005
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Posted: 04-January-2006 at 16:07 |
Scarface that's exactly what i run them on now mate after the advise you gave me mate :)
Feels a lot better but being so busy in work i havn't had a chance to get the bushes checked out yet :(
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scarface
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Joined: 16-June-2004
Location: Surrey, UK
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Posted: 05-January-2006 at 18:07 |
It's strange the difference it's made. The traction light still flickers quite a bit but I don't get it really kicking in and cutting engine power like it was. It feels like it allows a bit of slide now before it kicks in. I had to learn to trust it, but now it feels great. (CRASH!  ) I think I just had too much grip on the rear with the fatter tyres, and not enough on the front.
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E36 traction control???