[Orenji]

After being around the community here for the better part of two years, I've yet to post any images of my car. After putting fresh wax on and detailing prior to the holiday weekend, I decided to post a few images.

Before you ask or comment, the car is not going to be lowered.

Thanks for looking.

Short Mod List

Fabspeed Sport-cat Downpipe
JB4 Tuner
IND Front Reflector Deletes
IND Painted Mirror Covers
IND Painted Double-Slat Grilles
M-Performance Front Lip (Estoril Blue/Matte Black)
M-Performance Rear Diffusor (Estoril Blue/Matte Black)
M-Performance C/F Spoiler
VMR 710 19" 265/235 PSS

[pimp4cheddar]

Looks good! Seems like it's missing something though...just can't put my finger gap on it...

Any plans to lower it?






















Yea...I read the disclaimer above

[Orenji]

haha. Yeah, just will not work on Michigan roads.

[qnet]

Looks nice. I don't think it needs lowering with those 19" tires. It makes me wish I had got 19" 710's now.

[XutvJet]

Originally Posted by Orenji

Before you ask or comment, the car is not going to be lowered.

Good for you and the car looks great. Any rubbing issues with that setup?

[Orenji]

Originally Posted by XutvJet

Good for you and the car looks great. Any rubbing issues with that setup?

Thanks a lot! No rubbing issues.

[Beef Supreme]

Looks great. Is the sport-cat downpipe your only exhaust mod? How does it sound compared to stock?

[Orenji]

Originally Posted by Beef Supreme

Looks great. Is the sport-cat downpipe your only exhaust mod? How does it sound compared to stock?

It is my only exhaust mod. If the stock exhaust was a 5 out of 10 on an aggressiveness scale, my exhaust is a 6 or 6.5. When the car cold stats in the garage it is as loud as I would ever want. I've noticed a slight drone when the car idles after a long drive, however, no check engine light after 4 months. Really sounds great at WOT in sport mode now.

Fabspeed makes a very nice piece and I highly recommend it.

[VMRWheels]

It looks great! I especially love the wheels!

[overcoil]

jealous of the wheels ... what I noticed for first time is how good the painted side-view mirrors look. I got to start modding mine.

[Hrothgar]

Good looking ride!

I actually like the way the 19's sit in the wheel well better at stock height over being lowered. The circumference matches from the side making it look more aesthetically pleasing, imo. Not to mention less chance of ripping your front splitter off. Any issues with the lip going over speed bumps and such at that height? I've heard guys complain while lowered, but wasn't sure how troublesome it might be stock.

[Orenji]

Originally Posted by ScottSinger

jealous of the wheels ... what I noticed for first time is how good the painted side-view mirrors look. I got to start modding mine.

The mirror caps were the first mod I did a month after buying the car. Definitely will make you like your car more instantly.

[Orenji]

Originally Posted by Hrothgar

Good looking ride!

I actually like the way the 19's sit in the wheel well better at stock height over being lowered. The circumference matches from the side making it look more aesthetically pleasing, imo. Not to mention less chance of ripping your front splitter off. Any issues with the lip going over speed bumps and such at that height? I've heard guys complain while lowered, but wasn't sure how troublesome it might be stock.

Thank you. I've always thought 18s looked big on cars but I really felt they looked small on the 235. The idea was to get a tighter look with a bigger wheel and no spacers or drop. I'm pretty pleased with the setup Brandon got me.

The truth is that my car scraped on a lot of parking lot exits in this area BEFORE the splitter was added. I haven't tried to clear a speed bump since I installed it. I already have to avoid certain parking lots so I'd likely turn around if presented with anything greater than a small/moderate bump.

[wanofakind01]

Nice! Extremely clean set up. What are your wheel/tire specs? Also looking at the 710s 19" without spacers.

[MASHCT]

Looks real nice!

I painted my mirror covers - one of the VERY first mods I did. (Forget the site where I got the paint, but it was a perfect match.) The silver just didn't cut it, IMHO.

[Joe240]

Hey Orenji, love the car. My wife and I just put in our order for a 2017 m240i a couple weeks ago and are planning everything we want to change on the car when we get it. Glad you decided to put your pictures up because it is the same color and has basically all the mods aesthetically that we want to do when we get it.

The question I have though is about the rims you got. I'm wanting to go with the same 235/265 wheel size as well because our model will have xDrive and should keep the variance below 1%. Since your setup isn't rubbing, do you know the offset on those VMR wheels and did you go 8.5f/9.5r? Tried checking their website and it just said the bolt pattern and the wheel sizes they offer.

Only asking because we're stationed in Germany, so ordering rims from VMR will be too expensive to ship across the pond so will have to source some locally.

[vietboyx1115]

Woot! My old town A2. Looks good man.