My buddies Dinan M5
02-06-2008 | 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by trancemission
I gotta say, this is probably the fucking coolest car Ive ever been in.
thats me looking at the exhaust and rear diffuser.
thats me looking at the exhaust and rear diffuser.
loving it. 
02-06-2008 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by mrproul
i believe that is correct. you need at least 10 mods to get the badge. but those mods can be anything from strutbars to carbon fibre accents i believe.
02-06-2008 | 06:13 PM
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Like the color, like the exhaust note, hate the wheels and CF stuff. Does he have any Dinan power mods or just cosmetic stuff? Most Dinan power mods result in very little performance gain - EXCEPT the 335i chip package and the E39 M5 supercharger. I find it silly to put the Dinan stickers on the car if you're only pimpin cosmetic stuff.
I had the pleasure of attending the ///M school and got to drive the M5, M6 and Z4 M-coupes. Amazing cars out of the box. The engine sounds incredible. The only thing that disappointed me was you had to rev the shit out of it to get any power. I know it's all relative, but there is no torque down low in the revs and that makes daily driving a bit annoying. The examples I drove also had the SMG so that kinda sucked too.
I had the pleasure of attending the ///M school and got to drive the M5, M6 and Z4 M-coupes. Amazing cars out of the box. The engine sounds incredible. The only thing that disappointed me was you had to rev the shit out of it to get any power. I know it's all relative, but there is no torque down low in the revs and that makes daily driving a bit annoying. The examples I drove also had the SMG so that kinda sucked too.
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02-06-2008 | 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by godfather2
at least with Dinan products, BMWs original warranty is held in tact
Originally Posted by mrproul
i believe that is correct. you need at least 10 mods to get the badge. but those mods can be anything from strutbars to carbon fibre accents i believe.
02-06-2008 | 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by mclarenf3387
Its not by mods, but by points. Different mods are assigned different point values. Bigger items like superchargers and stuff are a lot more points than a shift knob for example.
Is it just me that thinks that whole premise of 'spend lots of money on our stuff and you get a sticker' is a load of crap? Or am I just having one of those days?
02-06-2008 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Seattle Cl-S
Is it just me that thinks that whole premise of 'spend lots of money on our stuff and you get a sticker' is a load of crap? Or am I just having one of those days?
I'm sure it encourages people to spend more money just so they can have that little Dinan badge on the car.
02-06-2008 | 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by pimpravi
sweet looking ride.. i wonder what it sounds like!
my next car will deff. be an alpine white 545i!
my next car will deff. be an alpine white 545i!
02-06-2008 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by majin ssj eric
I'd LOVE it if he stripped all of that crap off of it.....
02-06-2008 | 11:50 PM
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AS far as the mods go, from what i can remember, he (the owner) said, Dinan: Suspension, exhaust, differential... I think there was more, but thats all I can remember.
02-07-2008 | 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Chopsie
AS far as the mods go, from what i can remember, he (the owner) said, Dinan: Suspension, exhaust, differential... I think there was more, but thats all I can remember.
02-07-2008 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by mclarenf3387
No its not, but it won't make a difference for his buddy since it looks like its mostly cosemetic mods.
If your vehicle is currently covered by the vehicle manufacturer’s new car limited warranty, Dinan products are warranted for the remaining term of the vehicle manufacturer’s new car limited warranty. The manufacturer’s new car warranty is limited to 4 years or 50,000 miles (80,000 kilometers in Canada), commencing on the date of first retail sale or the date the vehicle is first placed in-service as a demonstrator or company vehicle, whichever is earlier. Dinan’s warranties are transferable when ownership of the vehicle into which the Dinan products were originally installed is sold.
02-07-2008 | 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by godfather2
i beg to differ; according to www.dinancars.com:
If your vehicle is currently covered by the vehicle manufacturer’s new car limited warranty, Dinan products are warranted for the remaining term of the vehicle manufacturer’s new car limited warranty. The manufacturer’s new car warranty is limited to 4 years or 50,000 miles (80,000 kilometers in Canada), commencing on the date of first retail sale or the date the vehicle is first placed in-service as a demonstrator or company vehicle, whichever is earlier. Dinan’s warranties are transferable when ownership of the vehicle into which the Dinan products were originally installed is sold.
If your vehicle is currently covered by the vehicle manufacturer’s new car limited warranty, Dinan products are warranted for the remaining term of the vehicle manufacturer’s new car limited warranty. The manufacturer’s new car warranty is limited to 4 years or 50,000 miles (80,000 kilometers in Canada), commencing on the date of first retail sale or the date the vehicle is first placed in-service as a demonstrator or company vehicle, whichever is earlier. Dinan’s warranties are transferable when ownership of the vehicle into which the Dinan products were originally installed is sold.
Dinans warrenty coincides with your new car warrenty, meaning that Dinan warrenties their parts for upto 4 yr/50k miles. If the car is older the parts have a 2yr warrenty, but this is still all through Dinan. The BMW warrenty does not recognize any aftermaket manafacturers besides BMWs own aftermarket parts and Alpina vehicles. I've asked field service engineers from BMWNA about this and they told me in no way due they warrenty Dinan parts or any damage one of Dinans parts may cause to a vehicle.
02-07-2008 | 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by eclipse23
Truth be told if I bought an M5, the only mod that car would get would be an air freshener. 
Takes a certain amount of disposable income to buy an M5 and say, "You know, I'm gonna need to mod this."
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