BMW parts reviews

Rain x wipers. The Rain X stuff works wonders...

I personally use Wagner Thermoquiet for my BMW because of low dust and noise-free. They are great pads.

I replaced the OEM BMW pads on my wife's X5 with a full round of Akebonos a month ago and the difference in dust is just amazing. They have a nearly-OEM feel and she (the wife) doesn't notice the difference.

Put a set on my last E38 and immediately stopped the blackening of the wheels, while still delivering excellent stopping power. You do give up a tiny bit of initial bite, but they are still quite progressive and predictable, which is just as important.

I was running Carbotech Xp12s in the front and XP10s in the rear. That and a good fluid is all it needs, but it's a relatively heavy car so it will take a toll on tires and brakes. Also, MDM (stability control) on the competition pack equipped models allows for quite a bit of of slip (yaw) before intrevening, which is nice whether is a novice driver or just wanting to approach the limit in a safer way. Tires are somewhat pricey especially with the 19" wheels, but not excessively so. A set of PSSs will run around $1400. Oil changes, DIY, are about $150 or so. Spark plugs should be changed at about 20K mile intervals. The only problem I had was a bad evaporator for the A/C which was replaced under warranty (book value on the job is about 9 hours). It's a great daily driver, except for the gas mileage and especially the range. It has a relatively small tank and you'll barely get close to 300 miles per tank. That's the most frustrating bit about it. I do wish it had a slightly bigger tank. The sound is great. It's addictive especially with a nice exhaust system (I highly recommend the M Performance exhaust).

I did track it extensively, probably 3-4,000 km of track use. The only thing it needs is brake fluid and better pads and you're good to go. My car was flawless for the entire time I had it. It threw a CEL right before I sold it that was solved with a simple spark plug change. It never overheated at the track and it was a lot of fun there and very refined and comfortable for highway travel.

Aftermarket ones go for under $300 and look quite good so I went that route. BAM! Check out the finished product. It looks 100x better than it used to.

In the 80's and early 90's, BMW sport cars used a simple single pivot struts and trailing arms for the rear. Although this setup has its weakness, but it has the feedback that fundamentally missing from the newer dual pivot and multilink setup.

have drilled and slotted rotors for it with pads not installed, only problems are it needs the new brakes installed the current ones are warped

No experience with the Yoko's, but i've had about 5 sets of 512's and they don't last long, even with a good alignment.