E46 325i 'Annabelle' Fall Shoot.
jsedlak
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Washed the car and took her for a ride. Thanks once again to Umnitza and [EMAIL="Paul@EuroSpec"]Paul@EuroSpec[/EMAIL] (strut bar). I have been very happy with the products so far! My gear is a Canon XTi with the Canon 50mm f/1.8, full EXIF data can be found in my own gallery: http://gallery.jsedlak.org. I am still looking for a matching rear cf strut bar!
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So am I.
But in Portugal to have a car moved by petrol is very expensive.
Mine - as many others - is a diesel.
The 320 cd. Mystic Blue. Automatic.
Let me introduce it to you.
This is a really nice series of your car, and Autumn combined
You've captured some great colours and reflections in this lot.
I'm so not into cars, I've always considered them an incredible waste of money, but that's just me
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i like location #2 better. while the leaves are nice #1, there's almost too much reflection on your car, makes it look very busy.
nice shots, nice ride
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Nice, another BMW guy in the house!
Thanks! I can understand that feeling, for some they are just a way to get to work. For others they are a canvas.
Just got it yesterday... Very lightweight and got to love the look of it! I actually enjoyed location 2 better as well but hit #1 first. The first location seemed to work nicely for the up close shots.
Thanks!
I did use a polarizing filter but am still trying to figure out the best way to use it. I was spinning it endlessly looking at how it changed the sky. Pretty awesome changes. Yeah... I caught myself drifting off...
Yeah, I'm not sure I'm buying into that concept either.
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CF is great on race cars, but eventually it will fail. CF is only strong in one direction and as a structural material it's use is tenous at best. F1 cars use it for suspension bits and when they fail they literally explode into shards. Can you imagine the damage that would do under the hood to a running engine? In this application it's all show and no go. Detailing the engine bay would have done more to dress it up for far less $. The weight savings over the OEM strut bar is negligable at best. Reducing rotational weight at the wheels would have been money far better spent for both performance and looks. To top it off adding a CF strut bar to the OEM suspension is also a bit strange as I highly doubt there is any percieved handling benefit on what is clearly a street only car.
Chad, you took the words right out of my mouth.
Not all true. It's application does have an affect on the cars handling, albeit small. Turn in speeds are a bit quicker and the car is more balanced when going into the corner. My car was at a loss for stiffness being that it is a cold weather package car (fold down seats = no frame behind rear seats). Although swaybars affected my car the most I can certainly feel the difference of the strut bar.
Carbon Fiber strut bars have been in use for a long time now and there durability definately has proven well, especially compared against price. I got this one for $125 where as a comparable aluminum one is twice the cost. Btw there was no OEM strut tower bar.
If I wish to spend money reducing rotational mass, which will obviously have a greater effect, I would have to spend far greater amounts of money. A simple lightweight clutch and flywheel could cost $2000+, lighter wheels costing $1000 (for budget ltw wheels).
I did do it 50% for looks, I will admit that. A formula one car uses carbon fiber for more than just the suspension by the way. In fact the entire chassis is made out of carbon fiber. The wheels are magnesium forged, the panels are carbon fiber... even the brakes use a special carbon composite. You have to remember that an F1 car is also made to fall apart when it reaches the finish line. Components aren't made with durability in mind, this strut bar is.
Btw, the car, although street based, is certainly used to its fullest extent. I do autocross the car, and I do drive it hard. For that reason I have no big boom booms in the trunk.
Anyways... back on topic. Thanks for the compliments about the pictures. Any suggestions to improve them / my abilities?
Yes, obviously it's not the only carbon item on an F1 car. It is the only one that is used to counter a vertical force over a horizantal span though. BMW makes an OEM strut bar for the E46. It's standard on the M3 and fits all E46 front ends.
There is a risk involved in placing CF under the hood compared to aluminium and to me it makes no sense. In fact most CF components make no sense on anything other than a pure race car. There is simply not enough to be gained for the money and it's durability is horrid. One ding and the structural integrity is null and void. Ya think the dealer that services your car will treat that CF the way it should be when they need to remove it? Doubtful at best.
I'm not speaking from ingorance, I've been involved in the design and sales of CF cycling components and have been the car modding game with Audi's and BMW's for far too long now.
Maybe there was a reason you were able to pick the part up so cheap.
It's nice but I think it does not make a great improvement in relationship with my own, the previous version.
The sound of closing the door is now better and it's not that horrible sound that my car does.
It's only available the 330 diesel and others in petrol.
The car presented was automatic.
(Hope you don't mind I post a pic here
I had a littke accident these days and I'm driving an Audi A4 van.
It's very good and quick. Also 2.0 cc diesel engine.
All the best.
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