New F82 Owner M Heritage Edition in Imola Red: Must-Have-Mods?

[Carnut12]

Lightweight Lip for Sure

[Kurt206]

Isn't it strange when BMW does that? Offer everything in a certain finish except one piece... The M Performance shifter with Silver Trim vs. Gloss Carbon (like every other M performance upgrade) will always be a mystery to me.

Appreciate that, OEM is definitely the way but I don't mind making an exception or two when it's a tasteful and high quality aftermarket part.

Agree on not jumping the gun on performance mods, shit i'll be enjoying finally driving for the first time in a few years with a 6MT. The cosmetic mods coming from an F32 make it a bit easier in that I have a strong sense of what the car looks like with/without and I also spent the last 3-4 months drooling over M4 parts, styles, builds, etc.

Originally Posted by TheMrB

All OEM everything. I figure if BMW wanted me to have CF side skirts, BMW woulda made them.

I think ur mod choices are dope. I also agree with the other posters, spend some time with the car as is, before you make ur mod choices. Walking away from her a few dozen times really helps you choose what you’d like her to look like. I see a lot of reselling on here because the seller “wanted to go in a different direction”. To me, that says (mostly) they were premature in their original choice.

All that said. Big congratulations!! Do want makes you happy. YOLO.

[RugbyBro]

Kurt206 Buy or fabricate an equal length mid-pipe / exhaust. If I was to do all my mods all over again I would do that first, and if I was only allowed to have/keep one mod it would be that.

I'm not going to flood this thread with examples as there is already a massive thread on it - feel free to PM me and I'll send you what I would consider the most accurate/representative videos out there.

[zamboni]

Originally Posted by Kurt206

Ahh I see. They do look nice, assume this is the part: https://www.getbmwparts.com/p-f8x-m3...pkf82lcilights

Do the OEM ones resell? $5K for some new headlights on a new car.... thanks BMW.

The wheels are factory finish 666 Style in Orbit Grey, not sure if they offered that as an option with the Competition upgrade but they are on the Heritage.

And yes, once this baby comes in for detail, ceramic, PPF, and tint then we will get some nice shots.

I got the front lip and splitters from Getbmwparts as well, man the LED lights are not cheap glad the car came with this option.

[Kurt206]

Originally Posted by RugbyBro

Kurt206 Buy or fabricate an equal length mid-pipe / exhaust. If I was to do all my mods all over again I would do that first, and if I was only allowed to have/keep one mod it would be that.

I'm not going to flood this thread with examples as there is already a massive thread on it - feel free to PM me and I'll send you what I would consider the most accurate/representative videos out there.

Funny you mention it, that was one of the threads I was looking through and I can confirm it is a massive one... listening to all the sound clips

[overfreeze]

Driver mod is the best mod you can do.

[Kurt206]

Car arrives next week, PPF scheduled for 5/28.

Interior alcantara M performance parts ordered, still on the hunt for a good alcantara shifter...

Exterior parts ordered: OEM CS Front Lip/CS Rear Spoiler, Status Gruppe OEM style CF Skirt extensions, Vorsteiner 4250 style rear diffuser (to stay with 2x2 weave)

[Kurt206]

Some progression shots...

Huge shoutout to Marius for the headlights + coding - best upgrade by far everyone was right!

[Taco_Bueno]

Looking great man!!

[N1rve]

Front end PPF, Side Skirt PPF, Bigger Rear Quarter Panel PPF.

Window Tint (can't tell if your car is already tinted).

Oil cooler guard.

Full screen apple car play.

Custom coding for better QoL.

I feel the car is already great in stock form for the most part.

[Kurt206]

I was close to doing a full body PPF but decided against it. Full hood and fenders are PPFed as well as rear quarter panel. The skirts and front lip will also be PPF’ed.

Tint is incoming just way backed up schedule with my shop.

I used BimmerCode to do a bunch of the comfort updates as well and Marius did mention the full screen which I want to look into.

I’m loving the car and thrilled with how it performs stock it’s such a beast….

Originally Posted by N1rve

Front end PPF, Side Skirt PPF, Bigger Rear Quarter Panel PPF.

Window Tint (can't tell if your car is already tinted).

Oil cooler guard.

Full screen apple car play.

Custom coding for better QoL.

I feel the car is already great in stock form for the most part.

[mapster37]

beautiful car!

[WhiteF80M3CompCT]

Originally Posted by swagon

Congratulations and welcome! All hail 6MT and Imola Red.

You should first spend a lot of time driving your car in various ways before buying any performance modifications. Learn the car, find out any likes/dislikes based on your driving style, usage and preferences.

To be completely honest with you, the absolutely last thing this car needs is an aftermarket intake and more power (especially from Noelle...). Encourage you to go out in Sport+ with DSC off, come back, and tell me you need more power.

This is essentially where I am at…I LOVED my E46 M3 and even though it wasn’t crazy fast, I never felt like I had to bump the power. I spent a few bucks on aesthetic mods and a Dinan intake was all. With the F80 I just bought, the power is SO strong, I sort of feel like F the tune and just save for maintenance/repairs and some exterior mods, etc. We shall see I guess

[6spd4lyfe]

did you decide what you're doing with the exhaust? Trying to decide as well..

[amancuso]

You can't go wrong with that color choice. IR/IR.
I have this baby in my garage next to the M4 and the M Roadster.

[rmanm4]

Holly Fuck, this thread is full of Unicorn's!

Well done capturing unicorns! Do not let them go!

[Kurt206]

With the MPHAS installed the final piece i'm going to be adding is the side skirt extensions which have been delayed for months...

Going to hold off on the exhaust, tune, etc. for a while. The only thing I would pull the trigger on if it came up would be an EL midpipe as i've heard RugbyBro M4 in person now and it sounds amazing with the midpipe.

A photodump from recently with a few pics of the new E30 project...

[EricP3]

Some 12/10 or 15/12 wheel spacers would make it look so much better especially now that you are lowered on MPHAS

[Kurt206]

Funnily enough, Macht Schnell 12/10 spacers going on tomorrow!

Originally Posted by EricP3

Some 12/10 or 15/12 wheel spacers would make it look so much better especially now that you are lowered on MPHAS

[EricP3]

Originally Posted by Kurt206

Funnily enough, Macht Schnell 12/10 spacers going on tomorrow!

Awesome, the look will be complete with those. For the exhaust, have you tried unplugging your valves while they are open? That held me over for a while until I got a midpipe.

[Kurt206]

Spacers on just waiting for the side skirt extensions...

[Kurt206]

Cloudy sunday meetup