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Originally Posted by Weekend Warrior G30
Thank you for posting this. I have a set I am going to install soon, I want to see how they pair with KWV3 coilovers
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Awesome! I have had plenty of time to evaluate this mod and it is 100% positive. The ONLY negative I can report is more vibration. On the freeway in sport or sport +mode, where the dampers on my car are in a stiffer mode, you can feel more bumpiness in the ride than when it was stock, but I woudl not consider it to be significant. If you want your car to be “ultra” comfy, don’t do this mod, as there is an increase in stiffness and vibration.
At the same time, if you put the car in comfort mode that increased stiffness seems to go away 100%.
I like the increased stiffness in steering as the car feels more planted and the steering is much more direct. You feel like the car responds more quickly to steering inputs. The car overall still retains its luxury feel, but you get flatter cornering. On long circular on-ramps the car is much flatter and you can push it harder through turns which is good.
the car is not as flat as a G80 M3 or M3/M4. I have driven a G80 M4 and an F90 M5 adn those care are a different animal. The change with the F90 bars is not “transforming” and it’s not going to change your car into a canyon carver, but it does significantly make the car more fun in the turns and more capable on tight turns.
This is a no brainer mod if you would like to improve the handling of your G30. It’s an easy direct bolt in mod and my local speed shop did the install in like an hour. Easy. I paid $190 for install.
Given how cheap you can get these bars on the used market and how cheap they are to install it’s a worthwhile mod.
If you want something that tears up the twisties - the M550 is just not the car for that no matter what you do to it. My Cayene GTS, bone stock, is way more raw and better handling than the M550…so that somewhat detracts from the experience in the M550 as I constantly have a reminder of what it “could” be like… i will probably eventually upgrade my m550 to some thigh else - like a G80 or a 911. But in the meantime, this mod has made my M550 much better.
If you are on the fence do it.