Well, i made an enjoyable treck to Discovery Automotive to drop off my M5 today for some fun; minor stuff compared to the other projects going on. Regardless of the project size, i've got that warm fuzzy feeling that my M5 is happy with it's visit, hanging out with the Big Boys of M Power, and i'm happy knowing that my job is going to be done right, with the attention to detail that these guys put into their work. Obviously I can't wait, but at least i have a chevy malibu rental car to tide me over (do real people actually buy these cars?)
Mike
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Mike
91 M5 Alpine White II, Silver Gray 3/90 production
17x8/17x9 M system with PS2, 20mm touring roll bar; Ground Control Coilovers; EAT Chip, CD43; bmw/nardi blackline steering wheel, 3.8 Cam Gears
08 535i / 6 speed
Space Gray; Gray; Sport/Premium/Nav
00 M5 Ti Silver; Imola/black sportiv --Sold
Engine:
Supersprint Headers, Dinan CAI kit and MAFS, Throttle Bodies, Cams, Ported heads, Exhaust, Custom dinan software, Evosport Pullies, Dinan clutch and lightened flywheel; Ignition solutions plasma coils
Suspension:
Dinan Stage 3 with front and rear Strut Tower Braces, Beastpower Sway bar brackets, Dinan Wheels with 275/285 PilotSport, X5 Thrust arm bushings, Stoptech 355mm 4 piston front, 355mm 2 piston rear brake kit, Dinan 3.45 diff
Interior/Misc:
Eurodash, updated steering wheel, Bluetooth retrofit, Sirius Retrofit, hardwired V1, Widescreen Mk4 nav, M audio retrofit, Ice Link, BSW Stage 1 speaker upgrade, bmw towbar
Mike...first off LAYOFF THE CHEVY MALIBU! that was the first car that i bought with my own money and i love it. My Aol Instant messanger screen name still is an tribute to that car.
Hows my car doing?
When i pick up mine, ill give yours a kiss and let her know that her daddy still loves her, and shes there to become a beautiful young lady.
__________________ Im in the highspeed aluminum business
Mike...first off LAYOFF THE CHEVY MALIBU! that was the first car that i bought with my own money and i love it. My Aol Instant messanger screen name still is an tribute to that car.
Hows my car doing?
When i pick up mine, ill give yours a kiss and let her know that her daddy still loves her, and shes there to become a beautiful young lady.
Now i've been a happy american car owner, my first car was a pontiac lemans, (67, with a 400 from a 70 grand prix, crane 278 cam, hooker headers etc... not to be confused with the lemans of the 80's). I have a feeling my 05 I4 tan mailbu is likely different than yours...
Talk about being a kid in a candy store. I can't imagine there are 4 S/C'd S62's in one place anywhere else in the world. CF plenum's hanging from the ceiling, all in the middle of a very peaceful setting. I bet you can hear those cars fire up for miles, it's so quiet there.
Oh, and when i de-badged my car, i saved the lettering. I fooled around with various combinations, and have a pic of a potential D/A M5 Badge below
Mike
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Mike
91 M5 Alpine White II, Silver Gray 3/90 production
17x8/17x9 M system with PS2, 20mm touring roll bar; Ground Control Coilovers; EAT Chip, CD43; bmw/nardi blackline steering wheel, 3.8 Cam Gears
08 535i / 6 speed
Space Gray; Gray; Sport/Premium/Nav
00 M5 Ti Silver; Imola/black sportiv --Sold
Engine:
Supersprint Headers, Dinan CAI kit and MAFS, Throttle Bodies, Cams, Ported heads, Exhaust, Custom dinan software, Evosport Pullies, Dinan clutch and lightened flywheel; Ignition solutions plasma coils
Suspension:
Dinan Stage 3 with front and rear Strut Tower Braces, Beastpower Sway bar brackets, Dinan Wheels with 275/285 PilotSport, X5 Thrust arm bushings, Stoptech 355mm 4 piston front, 355mm 2 piston rear brake kit, Dinan 3.45 diff
Interior/Misc:
Eurodash, updated steering wheel, Bluetooth retrofit, Sirius Retrofit, hardwired V1, Widescreen Mk4 nav, M audio retrofit, Ice Link, BSW Stage 1 speaker upgrade, bmw towbar
Last edited by mottati; 11th December 2004 at 07:10.
Well, i made an enjoyable treck to Discovery Automotive to drop off my M5 today for some fun; minor stuff compared to the other projects going on. Regardless of the project size, i've got that warm fuzzy feeling that my M5 is happy with it's visit, hanging out with the Big Boys of M Power, and i'm happy knowing that my job is going to be done right, with the attention to detail that these guys put into their work. Obviously I can't wait, but at least i have a chevy malibu rental car to tide me over (do real people actually buy these cars?)
Mike
Mike:
Thank you for the kind words. Your gal is tucked in tight and axiously awaiting minor surgery.......
It was my pleasure to meet and to chat with you. The keyboard does wonders however face to face was wonderful indeed.
Mike...first off LAYOFF THE CHEVY MALIBU! that was the first car that i bought with my own money and i love it. My Aol Instant messanger screen name still is an tribute to that car.
Hows my car doing?
When i pick up mine, ill give yours a kiss and let her know that her daddy still loves her, and shes there to become a beautiful young lady.
All that enter "AREA 51" are sworn to secrecy …… but then you already knew that, nevertheless it was a nice try.
actually i had a 97 Malibu LS (3100 Series V6 with intake, ported throttle body/heads/exhaust manifolds, Venom 400 series performance chip, denso plugs, NGK wires, fully replaced manifold back exhaust plus more stuff----went from 155hp to 200...then got the m5 for 400 and then supercharged it to 800...can you see a patter starting?)
Although i can say that im dissapointed that GM killed the looks of the W bodied Malibu in favor of the epsilon platform based one that its now on. I like the platform, but i hate the exterior look.
I would have given anything to start with that new 3100 series V6 thats now availible in the car as well...i almost dropped in a Grand Am GT Ram Air'd 3400 series engine and was going to add a RK Sport Supercharger to it as well...untill a certain german came around
love the badge too
__________________ Im in the highspeed aluminum business
Bill, Same here, great to meet you. I'll tell you, i've been looking over that bmw car magazine repeatedly for quite a while, and seeing the workmanship in person is just amazing.
Mike
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Originally Posted by shadowman
Mike:
Thank you for the kind words. Your gal is tucked in tight and axiously awaiting minor surgery.......
It was my pleasure to meet and to chat with you. The keyboard does wonders however face to face was wonderful indeed.
Chat soon
Shadowman
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Mike
91 M5 Alpine White II, Silver Gray 3/90 production
17x8/17x9 M system with PS2, 20mm touring roll bar; Ground Control Coilovers; EAT Chip, CD43; bmw/nardi blackline steering wheel, 3.8 Cam Gears
08 535i / 6 speed
Space Gray; Gray; Sport/Premium/Nav
00 M5 Ti Silver; Imola/black sportiv --Sold
Engine:
Supersprint Headers, Dinan CAI kit and MAFS, Throttle Bodies, Cams, Ported heads, Exhaust, Custom dinan software, Evosport Pullies, Dinan clutch and lightened flywheel; Ignition solutions plasma coils
Suspension:
Dinan Stage 3 with front and rear Strut Tower Braces, Beastpower Sway bar brackets, Dinan Wheels with 275/285 PilotSport, X5 Thrust arm bushings, Stoptech 355mm 4 piston front, 355mm 2 piston rear brake kit, Dinan 3.45 diff
Interior/Misc:
Eurodash, updated steering wheel, Bluetooth retrofit, Sirius Retrofit, hardwired V1, Widescreen Mk4 nav, M audio retrofit, Ice Link, BSW Stage 1 speaker upgrade, bmw towbar
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