1998 BMW M3 - Alpine / Modena / Sedan / Manual

[tmswell]

very nice!

+1 on how much spacers help. I'm running 25mm up front on my oem LTWs. (with 235/40 or 225/45s)

Gracias Amigo -- 25mm up front? that's wide, brother!

Personally I find the fronts sticking out a little bit too much. The vs pic, the one with less poke I like best.

Wheels don't poke--even a little.
Optical Illusion worked

[MParallel]

Even if it's an optical illusion, how it looks to my eyes, is how it looks to me eyes.

[Moron95M3]

Gracias Amigo -- 25mm up front? that's wide, brother!







Wheels don't poke--even a little.
Optical Illusion worked

Yours looks great! I run a bit more negative camber, and run more spacer to reduce the even larger gap I have lol.

(this was with 245/40, which have been swapped to 225/45)

GIMG_3908 by Eric W, on Flickr

[tmswell]

Yours looks great! I run a bit more negative camber, and run more spacer to reduce the even larger gap I have lol.

(this was with 245/40, which have been swapped to 225/45)

GIMG_3908 by Eric W, on Flickr

Nice work -- I can imagine the tire change making a difference there!

[TheDukeGTi]

Car looks great tmswell! I saw you're selling the Dinan springs, why didn't you get on with them? I'd love to come check the car out in person soon. We were going to meet at Alice's weren't we?

[tmswell]

Car looks great tmswell! I saw you're selling the Dinan springs, why didn't you get on with them? I'd love to come check the car out in person soon. We were going to meet at Alice's weren't we?

Thanks! Yes, I am selling the Dinan Springs. I initially bought the Dinan Springs because those were really close to stock with a 1/4" drop and similar specifications. Really modest but felt a little better. The initial goal was to keep the car completely OEM/OE. Then some parts started failing that really didn't make sense to replace with OEM (such as the electric fan conversion, etc). When the struts started to go, I thought it was time to just get Ground Control and enjoy those; on my last M3 I had Koni (Damping-adjust) and ride-height adjustment and really enjoyed the ride and feel from that. So, as the struts started to go, thought it was time to dive into the Ground Control Kit (earlier than expected).
SO, overall with the Dinan springs. I felt a little more confident with them but I really shouldn't have slapped them on struts with less than 50% left in them.
The springs were a good alternative to H&R, Bavarian Auto, Eibach (just the spring kit), etc.

[tmswell]

Had some time on Laguna Seca at the BMW CCA GGC Driving School.
A dry Saturday and a Sunday with rain/hail:
Saturday
A view missed by most at the top of the cork screw (I didn't know that was the view till I saw the pictures because I was focused on the track. Glad to have this shot).











Sunday
Picture doesn't do justice for the rain/hail



Not advised to touch the paint on a wet day but....

[MParallel]

Cool!

[VaTechE36]

Beautiful pictures!

[typed by ben]

Those are gorgeous. Car and the shots. Once in a lifetime

[CblockM3]

Sweet pictures, looks like a blast!

[crqflier]

Had some time on Laguna Seca at the BMW CCA GGC Driving School.
A dry Saturday and a Sunday with rain/hail:
Saturday
A view missed by most at the top of the cork scew (I didn't know that was the view till I saw the pictures because I was focused on the track. Glad to have this shot).

This is awesome and too funny. I had no idea either. Wish I had this shot too. Next time.


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[notMpowered]

Laguna. What an iconic track. Very envious you got to drive it!

[PT356]

Those are some fantastic pictures and your car is looking at home going down the corkscrew! I can appreciate the hail that came down on Sunday as I live just up the coast (Santa Cruz) and it was impressive. Once I get my car up and running correctly I plan to do a BMWCCA track day at Laguna.

[tmswell]

This is awesome and too funny. I had no idea either. Wish I had this shot too. Next time.
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Right? I showed this to a lot of people that have driven LS over the years and they all were shocked to see that's the view from the top.
GotBlueMilk took these shots -- if he's at the track, you'll get this shot!

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Those are some fantastic pictures and your car is looking at home going down the corkscrew! I can appreciate the hail that came down on Sunday as I live just up the coast (Santa Cruz) and it was impressive. Once I get my car up and running correctly I plan to do a BMWCCA track day at Laguna.

Yeah it was an interesting day. some pictures really captured the wet, other pictures looked dry!

[weedshoes]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing. Almost makes me tear up to think I dropped mine off for a motor rebuild in September 2014 and those fuckers still haven't finished. Meanwhile I've sent them $6k worth of parts, built a formula car from a motorcycle, graduated college, and moved 4 times.

[tmswell]

Brakes were so loud after the track day, I swapped in OE Rotors and Pads again. Not as aggressive but makes daily driving better.

[Nate047]

Once in a lifetime

Not really, there's a good amount of track days at MRLS every year (just sayin')

Looks like you had a good time! Glad to see people tracking these cars.

[tmswell]

Not really, there's a good amount of track days at MRLS every year (just sayin')

Looks like you had a good time! Glad to see people tracking these cars.

Haha -- should be more than once in a lifetime, true.
Looking forward to the next one, for sure.

[MPOWER1]

Adjustments made and finally some pictures.
I still think I should drop the front about 2mm and raise the back by 1-2mm.
Thoughts?
Also, anyone thing 15mm wheel spacers would fit on the front? Currents are 10mm all-round and I plan to keep the 10mm spacers on the rear.

Set up:
Wheels: OEM Contours - Style 23
Tires - 225/45/17 (Front), 245/40/17 (Rear)
Spacers: 10mm, Front & Rear
Suspension: (Ground Control) Koni Sport, Key-adjustable damping
Springs: (Ground Control) Eibach 450 (Front), & Eibach 500 6" (Rear)
Sway Bars: (Ground Control) Stiff/Large (Front), Soft/Small (Rear)







Yes, better (high quality pictures coming soon) also doing some micro-adjustments again so should look good.
At this point, the car FEELS INCREDIBLE.

I had a 95 M3 coupe and put my ground control sticker in the exact same spot! Brings back memories. That's a great suspension kit btw. Clean car.

[tmswell]

Figured out a thrown wheel weight caused a barely noticeable vibration (oddly every 2 seconds).

[ShaunB]

Beautiful M3, one of my favorite color combos!

[tmswell]

Alright, so I got a new car this week.. and out of 9 BMWs this is my first newer than 2002.
2014 BMW 328I M-Sport -- time to let my M3 go. (soon to be on Craigslist). If you're interested, PM me!

[tmswell]

M3 sold - 9/19 - hope the next driver cares for the car like myself and the previous owners have.