I’d go with the full paddle replacement since you have the steering wheel off. You’re going to be moving the entire paddle assembly from the old wheel to the new wheel. And a one piece paddle will be a lot more stiff than the 3M stick-ons. And you’d still see the oem plastic paddles at the...
It’ll be faster, for sure. More reliable? Probably not since it’s BMW based. I think you just had a lemon, mine has been flawless. If anything see what happens with the GRMN and see if you’re into it and if it’s in your budget. If you want something more reliable, I’ve heard Porsche’s are pretty...
Looks nice. But Lexus/Toyota has fallen so far behind their rivals when it comes to infotainment. The BMW system in the Supra was a huge plus for me. If it had the typical infotainment you see in the RAV4s, it would've been a HARD pass for me.
Lexus won't wow buyers anymore until they really...
While your steeing wheel is off, I HIGHLY recommend upgrading your shift paddles. I went with the Golden Wrench aluminum ones. The longer paddles make it easier to grab gears. And I prefer the metallic feel in your hand, feels a lot more premium.
Maybe the BMW dealers are hip to coding. But for the most part, if you're coding you're just enabling options that are already baked into the software. If you do something experimental and brick that car, then yeah, I can see that voiding the warranty.
No it won't void anything. Its not like ECU tuning. I had to take mine into my local dealership after my road trip home because the selling dealer didn't activate my navigation. They had to redo the PDI process to activate it and there was no issues with the coding. And all my coded options were...
Brake bedding procedure seems to be very subjective depending on who you ask, but I mostly followed this procedure:
https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?2420232-How-To-Bed-In-Brake-Pads
You might be limited on the roads you have available to do swift decelerations.
And for the...
Congrats! In the beginning my brakes squealed all the time. I followed a bedding in procedure and now they only squeal when I first get in the car and a little in the rain. But it may take some more miles for me for it to fully go away. I put about 1500 miles on my car on my drive back from NY...
Just get a really good deal on a new one if you can. Where you beat the first year depreciation. That way you can still enjoy the car and later on, trade up for a newer one if they add those features. But waiting for something that might never happen is just wasting your few healthy years on...
A targa top is something I wished this car had. Its the only thing I envy on the C8. But wow, if they made a Supra targa, I'd have to trade my current one for it. I'd get murdered by the trade value and price delta, and probably my wife too.
Exterior: Probably updated headlights, tail lights and bumpers. Similar to the changes they did to the BRZ/FRS updates.
Interior: Hopefully some color updates. Maybe an updated gage cluster. And probably some updated parts from BMW (steering wheel and shifter).