new csl owner :-)

[DuncanR]

Nice to feel wanted chaps ! Welcome Dave, you have about ...uh ... 4 posts and then we all start ripping the shit out of ya mate !!!
Apologies for not being as prolific as usual, but I have been up to my ass in alligators at work at the minute. sHIPPED MY LAD OUT TO cHINA THIS AFTERNOON ! FOOK CAPS nothings changed !! Couldnt be doing with him going on and on at me ..... as I sell his car from under him !!! lol

Any CSCS card holders on here drop me a PM !!

[dave wilkinson]

:bigcry: i was abit confussed about all this duncan talk and did'nt know what you were goin on about! i think all has now been explained :thumbs:lol

[Pkumarm3]

hi i picked my csl up yesturday and i'm already beginning to love it :smt055
i have a couple of quirys tho. done a search and can't really fine the answers.

my cars currently running 225/40/19 front tyres and 255/35/19 rears. anybody had experience with this set-up? i know its not the standard size, what is?
also planning a few trackdays/ring trips and gonna get my moneys worth out of the standard brakes before i upgrade. what pads are best to run?

suggest getting a set of 18 - will increase ride comfort, increase your savings w/tires, allow you to run a square set up (same in front and rear) - which will elongate your lifespan of tires. bmw built in understeer into their cars - so we wouldn't have any widow makers like 911s of yesteryear. a square set up will create better turn in as well.

castrol srf brake fluid has the best (highest wet boiling point) which elongates life and increases strength of the brake fluid - it costs me about $80 a bottle - which is pricey - but i have bled my brakes often the past 3 years and have yet to need to flush - average about 20 track days per season.

get a set of stainless steer brake lines - will tighten up the brake pedal and you won't experience brake fade.

brake pad choice is definitely a personal preference. i run performance friction composite brake pads - 06 type (the number indicates the year they were designed - 97,01,06 - 97 are the strongest initial bite - but the worse on rotors, 01 is a good blend - but they die quickly - 06 are the best of them all!) i never got into the pagids.

[dave wilkinson]

cheers for the advise :thumbs:
some pics as promised, better late than never.

[Bounce]

Looking good Dave.:thumbs::thumbs:

[m3power]

Really great pics !! :drool:

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Car looks really nice shame about the colour. :thumbs:

[mattCSLnut]

cheers for the advise :thumbs:
some pics as promised, better late than never.

:thumbs: I like the see through bonnet :whistle:

[cslsuperfan]

front plate

love the 3/4 plate. its a shame it carries such a stiff penalty if stopped.
:thumbs:

[shane@mbtech]

love the 3/4 plate. its a shame it carries such a stiff penalty if stopped.
:thumbs:

Less penalty if none at all.

[Yanto_csl]

Less penalty if none at all.

seriously ? How much diff ?

[shimmy]

seriously ? How much diff ?

Surely you know that Yanto?

Points and fine with reduced plate (I think max 6 points and £60 but could be over the top there) but max £30 fine with no plate (as long as you don't say you took it off and pervert the course of justice in which case you may get jail

[Streetwise Hercules]

I ran a 3/4 plate for a few years on an Impreza. A policeman tutted at it once but that was it.
I also ran a black plate on my GSX-R for a while. I got pulled over and asked to change it to std so did.
In my experience the police tend to dish out instructions rather than penalties.

[CraigMillwardCroft]

I ran an Italian size one on the front of my RS500 to allow as much air into the intercoller, both times just got told to put the right size one on, one officer read the rule book out to me on letter size and background, I always carried the original one in the boot. :thumbs:

[chrisburns]

shortened plates are NOT illegal. There is simply a requirement to have the correct spacing and border around the numbers, see below.

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