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I'm also like you, I don't even drive it hard, but it's another toy to play with. When I step on it, it definitely performs. I did mine right after I bought the car a little over a year ago, like a week after I took delivery.
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Nice job on the JB4 and even better you got it from a quality guy.
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Yea Joe. It just keeps going. I have CF steering wheel trim and new paddles that need to be installed. Thinking DIY as I got one price of 400 and a second for 575 for install.
So far so good with the JB+. First long road trip tomorrow up the NJ turnpike from DE up to Long Island for a long over due trip to see my mom. I am trying to exercise some restraint on future spend on this car. Although the MST intake has sparked some interest on my part. Oops there I go again 😀 |
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Quick update on the JB+. Been running with it a few weeks now. Definitely feel the performance gain although took a while (driving cycles) to get the most out of it.
What's interesting is that I had a service appointment today so removed it out of an abundance of caution. Wow the difference was night and day, I really felt the performance degrade. Needless to say I reinstalled this afternoon. Moral of the story it just plain works😀 |
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On my Dinan tune, I had it installed maybe a month after I bought the car and I really didn't drive it that much before I got it tuned, so I never really had a great comparison. I don't remove it for the dealer either. It has never been removed. But I do have a jumper plug on the unit that I can remove to go back to stock. I think I will pull it one of these days.
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I also made the mistake of test driving an M5 today. Holy crap that thing was a beast. It was a 2020 non comp had about 25k miles. They were asking 90k which is way too rich for me.
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I'm still contemplating and you saying you feel the difference makes it tempting. I can't think of any downside risk. Anything I'm missing?
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Yesterday's install was to replace the front spacers and bolts under warranty. I had developed ticking noises from the front ones right after I had my wheels off ceramic. The detailer over torqued the bolts and stretched them. My shop pulled off all four a few months ago. Dinan replaced both the bolts and spacers up front. Not sure this qualifies as a downside, but worth mentioning. I honestly don't know of any downside to spacers. I took the opportunity to go a little wider out back this time.
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