16 articles tagged BMW.
Wheels, stance, carbon and paint on the show floor; factory-style parts in the catalog; locked engine computers under the hood; and a G80 with an end date. The trends shaping BMW builds this year, and what we would do about them.
A four-cylinder homologation special, two naturally aspirated sixes, a V8 and two generations of turbo sixes. What BMW's own history says about each M3, and what each one asks of an owner forty years on.
Before you book a BMW tune in the Valley: define the goal, know your fuel, check whether your DME is locked, understand the warranty rules, and know what a dyno session should prove.
A lot of summer damage shows up after the heat breaks. Here's a fall checklist for European performance cars in the Valley: battery, tires, fluids, rubber, A/C, filters and paint.
Most carbon fiber on a BMW is about looks, and that's fine if you know what you're buying. Genuine M Performance vs aftermarket, prepreg vs wet and forged carbon, real weight savings, sun, film and insurance.
A used M car can be a great buy or an expensive lesson. Here is what a specialist pre-purchase inspection should cover, the generation-specific items worth asking about, and the records and questions that tell the two apart.
Seven themed halls, an unroped E90 M3 CRT and a hall given over to forty years of the M3. A recap of Bimmer Invasion Los Angeles 2026 at Fairplex, built from the organizer's own page and the coverage published after the show.
Both are twin-turbo inline-six M3s that respond well to a tune, but they are different cars to own. The S55 vs. S58, factory outputs and gearboxes, honest tuning headroom, the crank hub debate, and what to inspect on each.
A valved rear section and a catless downpipe are both called exhaust upgrades, but their consequences are very different. What each section of a BMW exhaust does, what needs a tune, what drones, and what isn't street legal.
Offset decides whether new wheels sit flush, poke or rub, but only alongside width, tire size, center bore and brake clearance. The specs explained, with simple math to compare any wheel against the one on your BMW now.
Two questions dominate E9X M3 ownership: when to do the S65 rod bearings, and what to do about throttle actuators. What the specialists agree on, where they don't, and what the bearing job actually involves.
Every E46 M3 is now at least twenty years old. Before springs, headers or wheels, deal with the S54's known weak points: rod bearings, VANOS and the rear subframe mounting area. Here's the order we'd follow, and where the sources disagree.
The B58 responds well to a tune, but which version you have, what "stage 2" really involves, and a few known weak points matter more than the number on a forum post. Here's what to sort out first.
Springs keep your factory dampers; coilovers replace them. What each changes on a BMW, how Adaptive M suspension affects the choice, why the alignment matters, and when each setup is worth the money.
Strong on the first pull, flat by the third: that's heat soak, and a Phoenix summer makes it worse. Here's what's happening inside a tuned BMW, and the order we'd fix it in.
The S58 rewards patience. A sequenced plan for G80 M3 and G82 M4 owners: inspection, tires and brakes, then software, then only the hardware and cooling your tune and climate actually call for.
Tell us what you drive and what you want from it. Every project at HTP Motorsport in Tempe starts with a conversation and an in-person look at the car.
