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      07-30-2021, 08:27 AM   #155
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I've tried this, I find 'RDX rubber remover' to be significantly faster.

When my cars get home from the track I powerwash them to get the bugs off as well as the brake dust, but the rubber remains unless I have a month before the next event.

Heads-up for CS/GTS owners: I've found strange permanent water stains on the plastic piece around the hood vent opening, and I speculate whether it's the RDX - haven't been able to test that theory one way or another yet!

No issues anywhere else using RDX all over my e90 and f80 CS, but heads-up juuuust in case
You must need some extra punch to cut through that sticky slick rubber. Just derubbered the GTS last week, plenty of year+ old marks. A few took a couple applications of the Mothers stuff, but all came off no problem. Maybe I'm just not going fast enough.

The R3 product is cheap as hell so that's a fit with my detailing interest. $9.99!
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      07-30-2021, 10:24 AM   #156
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You must need some extra punch to cut through that sticky slick rubber. Just derubbered the GTS last week, plenty of year+ old marks. A few took a couple applications of the Mothers stuff, but all came off no problem. Maybe I'm just not going fast enough.

The R3 product is cheap as hell so that's a fit with my detailing interest. $9.99!
I suspect the answer is simply you must be more patient than I am with the rubber stuff
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      07-31-2021, 11:29 PM   #157
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I'll be giving the R3 a shot this week. Anything will help, as the car is absolutely covered in rubber.


The M235iR was a fantastic purchase. We did an oil change + brake flush and sent it on the Pirelli DHHBs that it came with. Been a while since I've played with slicks, it was a learning experience to say the least.

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Livery from the prior owner still on the car. At some point I'll wrap the car. Step one is just cleaning up the vinyl/decals.

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Poor audio but the car does sound pretty decent in my opinion. It's loud as hell inside, and the cockpit resonates something fierce between 3000-3300 or so. Basically never run below 4k



This was a shakedown for the car, and I primarily wanted to let my old enduro Miata teammates drive the car. We plugged the Catalyst in to just try it out, and I was impressed. I didn't have the audio hooked up since 1) racecar with no speakers 2) forgot my bluetooth headphones. However the post-session information was pretty useful.

I need to dedicate a few days to just get comfortable with the car. I'm not used to having what felt like infinite grip, so I kept pushing things until I spun the car on turn 8. T8 is my damn nemesis with the GTS, it's a very tight 2nd gear corner, and I just ripped the rear free with the M235iR within 3 laps of turning off traction control

I'm very excited to learn more about this car. I'm probably done tracking the GTS, the M235iR was a lot more fun. I guess that's the difference between racecar and street car, even if the racecar is down ~180hp.
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I'm very excited to learn more about this car. I'm probably done tracking the GTS, the M235iR was a lot more fun. I guess that's the difference between racecar and street car, even if the racecar is down ~180hp.
I had much the same experience with my M3 GT4 car. Nothing like a prepared racecar, especially a factory motorsport car. I just do an occasional HPDE with the GTS when I'm not racing. I haven't driven an M235iR but they look like a blast.

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The M235iR was a fantastic purchase. We did an oil change + brake flush and sent it on the Pirelli DHHBs that it came with. Been a while since I've played with slicks, it was a learning experience to say the least.
BTW, I forgot add, be sure to stay off the curbs and rumble strips with the Pirelli's when the tires are cold. Give them a few laps to heat up and build pressure. The sidewalls are easy to cut down when cold.
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BTW, I forgot add, be sure to stay off the curbs and rumble strips with the Pirelli's when the tires are cold. Give them a few laps to heat up and build pressure. The sidewalls are easy to cut down when cold.
Good to know, I'll keep that in mind. I took it real chill the first ~3 laps out, I'll make sure to make that a rule moving forward. How does that work for a race? No tire warmers here, so just avoid curbing on the first lap or two?
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Good to know, I'll keep that in mind. I took it real chill the first ~3 laps out, I'll make sure to make that a rule moving forward. How does that work for a race? No tire warmers here, so just avoid curbing on the first lap or two?
Its hard in a race and not always easy to do, but I try to warm them up the best I can on the out lap. Even then it can take a lap for them to get to temp.
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It's been a while, and at this point I'll likely just start posting somewhere in the track sub-section. Porsche put out another teaser for the 718 GT4 RS. It looks incredibly appealing to say the least.

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Bath day for the cars. I'm gradually removing the previous owner's vinyl from this car, and I hope to get it in for a full wrap this winter.


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I've taken to driving the M4 on the street a good bit, up to ~3500 miles on the odometer. It still brings a smile to my face but it's hard to enjoy on straight 55mph roads.


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ASAP Tire is a neat tire mounting service that services the Denver area via Tire Rack. Highly recommend, it was a great experience not having to lug wheels around to get stuff mounted.


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Advan A052s are soft as heck. 265/35R-18 on the 18x10 BBS for the M235iR was an incredibly grippy tire with stellar lap 2 and 3 performance, but we achieved just under 300 miles on-track with them before I had the tread delaminating from the primary construction on front and rear. I rotated them aggressively to wear evenly. Not ideal for a practice tire with a bunch of novices driving it as well. I have a set of the Continental endurance tire on the way to try out next.

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Swapped from the PFC-08 to the PFC-11, and I think it was too aggressive of a pad for a 200TW tire, especially for novices. Just a bit too much bite vs the PFC-08.

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The kiddo loves his cars, so we snagged a used C7 Z06 for him to sleep in. I don't know how I feel about this.

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Portrait mode as I had planned on posting to instagram . My dad came out and we lapped the car a bunch in October.



That's probably it for this year with the GTS. Drove it on Tuesday in 35F weather and it was wheelspin city through 3rd.

I have one more planned lapping day with the M235iR and then it'll get torn down for some refurbishment + wrap work. A few folks have DM'd me asking what I think of the M235iR, and I'm 100% sold for what I do. For letting novices drive on track it is such an easy car to drive with all the nannies on. People have a ton of fun, the car is easy to drive at 6/10ths, and consumables have been reasonable.

When I take it out and drive 8/10ths or faster the car has been incredibly easy to catch when I cook a corner. I'm still ~2s/lap slower than the M4, while being down ~150-200hp, but I already know where I can find several seconds. At this point I'm exploring corners by just sending the car into the corner +5mph and feeling it out. This eventually yields very controlled slides where I know to back it off a few mph.
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