[KCuv]

at the corner of my street there is 91 ethanol free...and 93 - which to choose hmm

[M-2'ned]

Originally Posted by rcouchh

Curious to hear your comparisons. Surprised you're giving up that win with the tire lottery!

I am widening my wheels by 1/2" front and rear. I also plan on lowering soon. I didn't want to stretch the stock tires an extra 1/2" thus lowering the sidewall, but if they don't sell I may keep them and use them eventually.

I don't see the Conti's as much of a risk, they are fantastic tires. I have them sitting in the back of my Jeep waiting for wheel delivery.

[ourlee]

thought it’d die on the shoulder but I made it on fumes.

Love this so much

[AZG87]

Originally Posted by KevM2

Mine just went under 90 range and I learned how annoying it is that the car keeps reminding me and asking if I want it to find a gas station on the map. And then abruptly cuts power when below a certain range too. As if the car has no trust in us drivers lol

What's the power cutoff at? Like 10 miles remaining?

[rcouchh]

Originally Posted by M-2'ned

I am widening my wheels by 1/2" front and rear. I also plan on lowering soon. I didn't want to stretch the stock tires an extra 1/2" thus lowering the sidewall, but if they don't sell I may keep them and use them eventually.

I don't see the Conti's as much of a risk, they are fantastic tires. I have them sitting in the back of my Jeep waiting for wheel delivery.

Def not a risk! Would like to try those as well. I'm sure they'll be great, I'm just a Michelin fanboy.

What are the wheel specs you went with for front wheels?

I'm also going up 0.5" on the rear wheels I just ordered but will be reusing stocks. Not a big deal at all I do it on all my cars. 1"-2" extra, prob wouldn't recommend haha. Let's just hope I win the tire lottery

I have too many other places to spend that extra $2k

[sacowich]

Originally Posted by AZG87

What's the power cutoff at? Like 10 miles remaining?

Yes

[AZG87]

Originally Posted by sacowich

Yes

I'm ok with that as long as it's known. Is it WOT only or the entire band?

[KevM2]

Originally Posted by AZG87

What's the power cutoff at? Like 10 miles remaining?

Happened to me once when I first got the car and if I remember correctly it was at around 20km or 10/12 miles

[AZG87]

Originally Posted by M2siast

I never pushed it when in low power mode, but you definitely do NOT feel a difference in power if driving normally. JustinHEMI mentioned it feels like limp mode.

What REALLY happens is that redline is moved from 7200RPM to 4000RPM. So if you’re over 4000 when it happens, it likely cuts fuel.

This is done to preserve the engine from starvation, in my opinion/understanding. It could be very dangerous to be in a high load/high RPM situation and suddenly have no fuel to cool the chamber when the pump can’t pick up the fuel because of high Gs. It could cause detonation and pre-ignition if sustained.

That would make sense and basically allows you to coast to a gas station. I'm good with that as long as it's not a surprise and kicks in with like 100 miles still to go instead lol.

[AZG87]

Originally Posted by M2siast

Coast is not a good description.

It allows you to drive to the gas station normally. No loss in power for a normal drive. If there’s any issue, it’s above 4000rpm (which you wouldn’t do if there’s less than 20 miles of range).

Fair, bad wording on my part meant more like you're able to drive to fill up but not WOT or above 4k which at that point is more than reasonable.

[sl0m0]

What I did to my g87 today:

I picked it up finally!!! Took it to ppf shop to get a sample of stek dynoprism. Have it scheduled for ppf Monday, hopefully getting the litespeed wheels swapped in ASAP. I think I'm gonna wait for photos till the wheels, tint, and ppf are done.

[DSTR]

Obtained - car delivered to me by my dealer here in Germany. Beautiful drive back up to home in Frankfurt from south of Stuttgart. Its good to be back in the M2 family. My 17 M2 was superb. Certainly the G87 feels even better. Enjoy the photo's!
Spec overall - Toronto Red/Sport-Auto/Alcantara-Sensatec seats/
DAB tuner/Sunroof!

Have a super weekend!

[M-2'ned]

Originally Posted by rcouchh

Def not a risk! Would like to try those as well. I'm sure they'll be great, I'm just a Michelin fanboy.

What are the wheel specs you went with for front wheels?

I'm also going up 0.5" on the rear wheels I just ordered but will be reusing stocks. Not a big deal at all I do it on all my cars. 1"-2" extra, prob wouldn't recommend haha. Let's just hope I win the tire lottery

I have too many other places to spend that extra $2k

I heard that. I didn't really want to part with the cash for the tires but did end up getting them for 10% off so it wasn't horrible. I also got my forged wheels for a significant discount since I helped the vendor out.

I stuck with the 19 front/20 rear scenario... almost went to 20's up front but the ride quality when I had 18's on it was a huge difference from the 19's so I didn't want to make that type of sacrifice on ride quality going from 19 to 20 up front... if it were just about looks I would've done 20/21's

[DSTR]

Originally Posted by M2siast

Wow manual seats!

Congratulations!

I have a feeling your weekend will be spectacular! Enjoy

With an M2 in our garage's we are all SPECTACULAR LOL!

[rcouchh]

Originally Posted by M-2'ned

I heard that. I didn't really want to part with the cash for the tires but did end up getting them for 10% off so it wasn't horrible. I also got my forged wheels for a significant discount since I helped the vendor out.

I stuck with the 19 front/20 rear scenario... almost went to 20's up front but the ride quality when I had 18's on it was a huge difference from the 19's so I didn't want to make that type of sacrifice on ride quality going from 19 to 20 up front... if it were just about looks I would've done 20/21's

What width/offset specs?

[M-2'ned]

Originally Posted by rcouchh

What width/offset specs?

19x10" ET12
20x11" ET18

I'll post photos after the wheels are on... need to lower it too. The link in my signature is my car on the manufacturer's website.

[rcouchh]

Originally Posted by M-2'ned

19x10" ET12
20x11" ET18

I'll post photos after the wheels are on... need to lower it too. The link in my signature is my car on the manufacturer's website.

You will probably need a 10mm spacer in the rear w/ those, what sparked the +18? That will be the same fitment as stock wheels with an 8mm spacer. Front should be within 1-2mm of perfect

I just went
19x9.5 +5
20x11 +8

[rons e92]

827Ms are on! For some reason they wanted to do an alignment. Unfortunately, they did an alignment for a G42 because they didn't have the right equipment for a G87. Now my car feels weird and pulls left. If anyone knows alignment specs they printed me the sheet. I'd like to have an idea of how bad it is.

It's going back soon.

[rcouchh]

Originally Posted by rons e92

827Ms are on! For some reason they wanted to do an alignment. Unfortunately, they did an alignment for a G42 because they didn't have the right equipment for a G87. Now my car feels weird and pulls left. If anyone knows alignment specs they printed me the sheet. I'd like to have an idea of how bad it is.

It's going back soon.

There is no reason to do an alignment after changing wheels... only if you change suspension heights/components. How is the 'equipment' any different to align two cars that are nearly the same? Every other alignment shop is able to do any car at any time. Definitely shouldn't pull after that either, sounds like they just screwed you around to make some extra money. I would try to get your money back AFTER they put your alignment back to spec...

Post up the sheet

[aerobod]

Originally Posted by rons e92

827Ms are on! For some reason they wanted to do an alignment. Unfortunately, they did an alignment for a G42 because they didn't have the right equipment for a G87. Now my car feels weird and pulls left. If anyone knows alignment specs they printed me the sheet. I'd like to have an idea of how bad it is.

It's going back soon.

If the alignment specs are not available for the G87, the G82 specs are likely to be the same, other than the wheelbase difference (which should only affect the thrust angle slightly). I would have the dealer set to those specs if they haven't got the correct specs yet.

[rcouchh]

Originally Posted by M2siast

The equipment isn’t different. The computer that tells the technician which degrees to set each wheel is out of date. G42 and G87 are very different. Alignment should not have been performed without the proper specs.

Luckily he mentioned the dealer will correct it later. But now his car is out of alignment and will eat tires. This is really bad form for this dealer.

My dealer refused to do an alignment until they get the right specs, they need to update their software. This is the correct way.

Gotcha, I thought he meant the actual hardware. Makes sense for specs to not be updated yet, but I imagine they could still just set the specs safely to G80/G82/G42 and not have the car pulling to a side.
Regardless, I don't see why they're messing with alignment in the first place for a wheel swap.

[M2Jorge]

Originally Posted by rons e92

827Ms are on! For some reason they wanted to do an alignment. Unfortunately, they did an alignment for a G42 because they didn't have the right equipment for a G87. Now my car feels weird and pulls left. If anyone knows alignment specs they printed me the sheet. I'd like to have an idea of how bad it is.

It's going back soon.

Looks amazing, post more pics