just a couple more things i'm planning ... yellow banana performance brakes & strut bar and will call it quits.

did u install on fronts only or both?

damn sui la bro ....   *ronnt88 puts another RM0.50 into yellow banana fund*

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Added on November 19, 2010, 3:20 pmbtw, care to share the damage done? U can PM to me

hmm love the supercharger whine  

Yeah, sometimes I don't really get the aftermarket mods.  The modders just tack on this and that thinking they know better than the engineers in the car companies themselves who have millions of dollars worth of test equipment and years of expertise.  BMW especially goes thru so much pain to ensure 50:50 weight distribution and the driver just spoils it by adding different wheel sizes, spoilers, lighter hood etc etc.

I understand if you maybe want cosmetic changes but what's the use if you have a 700hp beast which wheel spins on every engine speed and stalls at every start?

But one man's poison is one man's meat.  I'll keep my road car stock thank you.  But if I have a track car one day, I'll be modding the hell out of it.

Also, gimme a shout when anyone's coming to Germany!  We do TT with beers.

I respect individualism.  Don't get me wrong, it's what all of us wants to be.

It's true that BMW themselves have so many variants, but I know people personally in the automotive industry and a lot of them cringe on what kind of junk people put on the cars.  Maybe it's just hitting too close to home because they put so much effort in bringing the best drive possible.  I can only speak for BMW though because I know how much R&D is done in bringing the best driving experience.

But if you think you can bring out the best in your car, go for it.  I like to see creativity in others and I hope you share your experiences too!

P.S.: But I do know a guy who wasted 30k Euros on his M3 only to go back to stock because the mods are just killing the handling of the car on the track.  Looks great on the dyno though 

Anyway, loved what you did with the BMW performance brakes.

Me too prefer E60 but gf complaint the looks outdated have to settle for e90 facelift.

Anyway to convince her ? any ideas? hehehe

Deciding on maybe Active Autowerke Stage 1 Supercharging kit for my e60 530i and gonna put some 380mm e60 m5 Brakes 

brakes gonna cost around 7k
supercharging kit is gonna be around 18-20k
but with the m5 brakes i gotta get 19inch rims in order to use em
AA stage 1 supercharging kit would estimate up my hp to 290-300rwhp(365bhp) and adding 100nm of torque

im talking to a few now on bmwforums 

Technically the n52 claims it has better fuel efficiency but in malaysia apparently the n52 has a bad fuel efficiency compared to the m54 according to people. I suggest you do more research on that to be sure

And if the next question your gonna ask is "which has better performance"

here's your answer the n52

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Added on July 9, 2011, 10:30 pm

He's talking about e60 525i which only ONCE came with a n53b30, the rest of the time the 525i came with a 2500cc that is m54 and n52.
Chances of him getting the one with n53b30 are pretty slim.

BTW i'm not sure about this but if im not mistaken the newer magnesiums engines have to be oil serviced more regularly then the m54's

Firstly i didn't claim the local 525i here had the n53b30, i just said it might have the n53b30.

And it is possible for a 525i in Malaysia to have a n53b30, maybe the owner is like me and had his car imported from the UK.

But locally assembled 525i with n53b30, i don't think so.

Besides the guy might as well get the 530i instead if he wants a 3litre engine.

Because the n53b30 engine has the same output as the normal 2500cc engine but it has better torque at lower RPM, not much of a performance increase if you ask me. If the owner wants the feeling of power he should get a 530i

That and the fact that the n53b30 is a 3000cc engine, when the 525i is suppose to be a 2500cc engined car

Although i've seen the n53b30 the 278hp version in several 530i's most of the time their imported cars.

Mine is the N53 engine version which runs on direct injection. However I'm not sure if the output is 258hp or 272hp (it may vary according to region) unless I do a dyno which I haven't For those who wants E60 LCI versions 525's with 2500cc, get local CKD or Japan specs. They come with N52's.