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SVR575

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wieghts on chassis ?

Whilst looking under the car at the spare wheel i notice two large weights hanging from the chassis. Any one know what these are??. I rekon with out them i would get better consumption and perfomance , christ they look heavy. SVR 2018 in Santorini Black.

Wed Apr 13 2011 7:10pm

Tim in Scotland

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Don't touch them - they are harmonic damper weights IIRC part of the suspension system.
If you search in the system you might even find the post from the guy who did remove them and very quickly put them back on
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Wed Apr 13 2011 7:32pm

SVR575

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Thanks Tim. Just wondered what they where for, no thoughts to touch them! SVR 2018 in Santorini Black.

Wed Apr 13 2011 7:54pm

0cj0

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I've just painted the ones on my car ... before they looked like two rusty bits of scrap. Look much better now,

Wed Apr 13 2011 8:05pm

Bradders

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0cj0 wrote:
I've just painted the ones on my car ... before they looked like two rusty bits of scrap. Look much better now,

And now they look like two painted bits of scrap. What an archaic way of resolving a 'characteristic'. FF 4.4 V8 Soooo looking forward to this bad boy
Ex 2006 RRS SC - garbage
Ex 2016 135i M Sport - dream car
Ex 2003 RS6 Avant - piece of cr*p
Ex 2014 320d X Drive, M Sport Touring - ok I guess
Ex 2007 RRS TDV8 - bloody loved it
EX 2007 FL2 XS - not so bad

Wed Apr 13 2011 8:32pm

mse

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They remove driveline vibration.

I may know the person who designed them Mike

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Wed Apr 13 2011 8:42pm

0cj0

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Bradders wrote:
0cj0 wrote:
I've just painted the ones on my car ... before they looked like two rusty bits of scrap. Look much better now,

And now they look like two painted bits of scrap. What an archaic way of resolving a 'characteristic'.

exactly nothing a spray can cant fix

Wed Apr 13 2011 8:50pm

mse

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0cj0 wrote:
Bradders wrote:
0cj0 wrote:
I've just painted the ones on my car ... before they looked like two rusty bits of scrap. Look much better now,

And now they look like two painted bits of scrap. What an archaic way of resolving a 'characteristic'.

exactly nothing a spray can cant fix

they arent there for that

Mike

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Thu Apr 14 2011 7:34am

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I may know the person who designed them

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Thu Apr 14 2011 9:09am

Bradders

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Location: Leeds
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mse wrote:
They remove driveline vibration.

I may know the person who designed them

Fred Flintstone? FF 4.4 V8 Soooo looking forward to this bad boy
Ex 2006 RRS SC - garbage
Ex 2016 135i M Sport - dream car
Ex 2003 RS6 Avant - piece of cr*p
Ex 2014 320d X Drive, M Sport Touring - ok I guess
Ex 2007 RRS TDV8 - bloody loved it
EX 2007 FL2 XS - not so bad

Thu Apr 14 2011 9:54am

mse

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Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 2916

Bradders wrote:
mse wrote:
They remove driveline vibration.

I may know the person who designed them

Fred Flintstone?

No and a little respect as they are related to me...and i have a lot of time for the person Mike

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Thu Apr 14 2011 6:39pm

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