[m3_blanc]

Originally Posted by fanofbmwe46

Curious what mods will make the G8X feel more raw and gritty? I am coming from an F80 and 718 Cayman. The G80 feels so luxurious, comfortable, easy to drive in comparison. How could I make it feel more raw, agressive, direct, etc? Thinking lowering it, exhaust, and maybe a short shifter.. is there any way to give the clutch pedal more resistance and texture? Anything to increase the directness of the steering where I can feel the road more?

I think so many people feel this way, and when they (other g8X owners) drive in mine they are surprised on how mine feels.
MAD Downpipe, Valvetronic full titanium exhaust is amazing, and has that raspy note around 6KRPM+, CDV delete and also add a clutch pitch stop, super cheap from ebay and I convinced a ton of people to get it, reduces clutch travel. Thinking of future classic short shifter soon. Those should deff get you right.

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[Jim B]

Originally Posted by Limegrntaln

More raw?

Maybe you could take the doors off the car? That outta make it feel more connected to the road.

[BEAR-AvHistory]

Originally Posted by Cmassey3

The overarching principle you'd be chasing is removing compliance to improve NVH feedback.

I would try setting your M settings to maximum firmness and swap the tires to a stiff sidewall max performance summers before I'd start ordering mods. It's a very slippery slope between getting an upgraded exhaust and ending up with a caged track car that's no longer fun to take on trips.

Probably the most sound way to liven up an M car is to look at the differences between the base car and the top GTS/CSL cars. Namely transmission and engine software, suspension kits (GTS often has KW clubsports), and factory lightening/NVH padding removal. With the G82, you could even take a look at the M4 GT4 and see what the differences are.

Make the summers run flats to stiffen them up more. Might get a teeth rattler like the original straight sport suspension package combined with RFT were.

Remember taking brand new RF summers tires off my 2011 335is 7DCT because they would rattle your teeth on some city streets