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Originally Posted by chenry
My subjective opinion - back in the day (80's , 90's) I saw those badges and respected them and coveted them (as a teenager they were out of reach) hell I visited Steve Dinan with my Dad back in the mid 80's for a chip intall on my dads 1985 528E. When in my 20's I could afford to buy a used E30 M3 I bought many Dinan parts - but never hit the points total for a badge (I sold that car for a Bronco  )
That said now I think if you have a vintage BMW they are cool - but anything after the 80's/90's might be a pass just my IMHO. I think now that Dinan is a small part of the Holley machine a little bit of the sparkle has faded
ps- Love my Dinan springs and bumpstops on my M340 - so still a fan just not feeling the specialness |
I'm kinda on the same lines which is why I asked - I just ...haven't seen them pretty much at all since I was a kid. Every once in a great while I'll see one at a BIG car show but ...eeeh? Did everyone throw 'em away, wreck them, hiding them in their 500 car warehouse? I mean, I help out on a race team and see cool cars (an e30 that's probably a 100k+ car at this point) but ...never a Dinan.
ps I have those bumpstops, just installed, but the car isn't done so that makes me feel like I made a good choice!