M3/M4 CS Owners Thread

[Driven By CM]

Originally Posted by Chsnsurf

To the CS owners out there, have you made any substantial coding changes to your car? I’m not talking folding mirrors or yellow DRL. I’m wondering more about MDM or DCT or anything else. Is the CS already at a 10 in the important categories so only thing left to do for those that want to is tune?

I tried messing with MDM and DSC on my 2020 and the car kept throwing ABS and Diff codes. Ultimately, car wouldn't let me do it for some reason. Asked on another thread and no one ever answered.

That said, I found out after that the CS version of MDM is better than the Euro version anyway and we have a factory DCT tune. If you feel like it you could do an XHP DCT tune, but my gut tells me it would only be better by placebo.

Long story short, I personally feel there's better mods out there than coding to improve the CS driving experience.

[Chsnsurf]

Allow me to properly introduce myself as a CS owner! I have found and actually taken ownership of a 15k miles LRG! I couldn’t be more happy. I’ve had the car about 2 weeks now and am absolutely in love. Very easy to daily and it will unleash a monster at the push of a button or mash of the loud pedal. Thanks for the above responses about coding or modding. I can’t wait to get this car out and about more and then over to Laguna Seca at some point. First time BMW owner and I can’t believe I’ve missed out for so long. Found the car from a fellow forum owner who was a pleasure to work with and took good care of the car before me.

[Ev0lutionx]

Originally Posted by Chsnsurf

Allow me to properly introduce myself as a CS owner! I have found and actually taken ownership of a 15k miles LRG! I couldn’t be more happy. I’ve had the car about 2 weeks now and am absolutely in love. Very easy to daily and it will unleash a monster at the push of a button or mash of the loud pedal. Thanks for the above responses about coding or modding. I can’t wait to get this car out and about more and then over to Laguna Seca at some point. First time BMW owner and I can’t believe I’ve missed out for so long. Found the car from a fellow forum owner who was a pleasure to work with and took good care of the car before me.

Congrats and welcome aboard! The F80 CS is a fantastic automobile and is sure to bring you a lot of joys. An incredible pickup being your first BMW!

[M3hf80]

How many CS owners lowered their car with MPHAS and how do you feel about it? I’m so tempted to keep everything OEM since I guess the point of getting the “CS” was not to mess with anything. I feel like throwing on MPHAS will takeaway from the “CS” experience lol

[Nyc911]

Originally Posted by M3hf80

How many CS owners lowered their car with MPHAS and how do you feel about it? I’m so tempted to keep everything OEM since I guess the point of getting the “CS” was not to mess with anything. I feel like throwing on MPHAS will takeaway from the “CS” experience lol

I run KW DDC’s on my CS I feel it’s a much better overall ride than w the stock CS suspension. Which I saved in case I ever wanted to revert back.

I personally wouldn’t run just springs I’ve tried EMD spring and removed them in under a week w the CS

[NickyC]

Originally Posted by M3hf80

How many CS owners lowered their car with MPHAS and how do you feel about it? I’m so tempted to keep everything OEM since I guess the point of getting the “CS” was not to mess with anything. I feel like throwing on MPHAS will takeaway from the “CS” experience lol

See my thread, love ‘em. Post #3 starts the suspension section. Other forum members have run the setup and really liked it as well.

https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...2#post31055712

[airkenny]

Now that my warranty expired, is this fair pricing for labor/install on the below parts?

quoted $900 for the install of the below.
-intercooler
-2 x side radiators
-front heat exchanger
-dct transmission cooler
-engine oil cooler
-mossellman thermostat
-charge pipes

[RugbyBro]

Originally Posted by airkenny

Now that my warranty expired, is this fair pricing for labor/install on the below parts?

quoted $900 for the install of the below.
-intercooler
-2 x side radiators
-front heat exchanger
-dct transmission cooler
-engine oil cooler
-mossellman thermostat
-charge pipes

That's a great price by WC standards. YMMV on location tho.

[Chsnsurf]

I bought the car with KWHAS installed. I have all the original parts to revert back if I feel the need. So far the car has a great overall ride and power distributes well when exiting the corners. I’ll do a laguna seca track day on this setup and then decide where to go from there. So far so good.

[Driven By CM]

Originally Posted by Chsnsurf

Allow me to properly introduce myself as a CS owner! I have found and actually taken ownership of a 15k miles LRG! I couldn’t be more happy. I’ve had the car about 2 weeks now and am absolutely in love. Very easy to daily and it will unleash a monster at the push of a button or mash of the loud pedal. Thanks for the above responses about coding or modding. I can’t wait to get this car out and about more and then over to Laguna Seca at some point. First time BMW owner and I can’t believe I’ve missed out for so long. Found the car from a fellow forum owner who was a pleasure to work with and took good care of the car before me.

Welcome!

[Chsnsurf]

Any of you CS owners running a square 18” wheel setup on track? Everyone sticking with the stock staggered setup? My car has KWHAS and the previous owner lowered enough that the driver’s front has a rub every once in a while on a decent compression. Thinking 18” all around might help that rub without having to change ride height. Can you get away with 18x 10.5 without camber plates? Does the front need spacers no matter what? Thanks

[JTM09]

Anyone install the Turner skid plate? It needs slightly modified to fit the CS. There are 3 areas that need notched out. What did you use to cut the aluminum?

[M808]

Any thoughts on what color wheels would look good on a black F80 CS? Thinking of powder coating my wheels. Want to do something fun and different that looks good.

[JTM09]

Originally Posted by M808

Any thoughts on what color wheels would look good on a black F80 CS? Thinking of powder coating my wheels. Want to do something fun and different that looks good.

frozen gold looks pretty good

https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...2000656&page=3