Originally Posted by shizzle

I'm actually a big fan of the MPSS. I find that as long as you recognize that the MPSS are street tires and manage them that way on the track, you can get excellent life and performance out of them. 20-25 minute stints shouldn't be a problem on them. They also wear surprisingly well, even with stock alignment. I did about 14 track days on MPSS, and frankly i'd rather give up a couple seconds a lap and run them for as long as I did rather than buying 3 sets of Trofeo R for the absolute speed.

Originally Posted by shizzle

Normally, i'd change them out but this year I didn't bother since I pretty much only drove the car to and from the track. Pads worked fine on the street, they just squealed like crazy

Originally Posted by SM_ATL

Did not look that bad right after the accident:



Looked a lot scarier while being fixed at the shop:



Every part with the tiniest scratch or scuff got replaced and the car got fully repainted.

I would go as far as to say that the car is back to showroom condition:

Originally Posted by SM_ATL

President Palmer's (hope you were a "24" fan).
I have heard of people insured by Progressive, Geico, Travelers & AA covered in similar circumstances.

Originally Posted by SM_ATL

I drove a few weeks with the RS29's on the car and was amazed that there was almost no squealing Maybe because the different size/rotors on my Brembo BBK? Hard to explain though

Originally Posted by shizzle

I think the squealing depends on the calliper design. On my old M3, I had an Alcon BBK and the RS29 were absolutely silent. When I had RS29 on the OEM callipers, my car sounded like a dump truck!

Originally Posted by SM_ATL

Tracked... and crashed it already (oil spill on the track). Fixed and ready to go back!
Brakes are the only weak point. Running Brembo 15" BBK + RS29. Maybe a bit overkill and SS lines + RS29's could be enough. Also went for 888 tires, bucket seats (997 GT2) and BBi roll bar.
Cars has SPASM and PDCC and i do not feel the need for any suspension upgrade.
The car is a blast on the track, but between the pads, tires and track insurance, it quickly becomes pricey. Still worth every penny though.

Originally Posted by 997TTMeteor

Do you have any photos of your BBi roll bar installed? I’m thinking about getting one of those (or the GMG bar) but there are very few pics online.

Originally Posted by Team Plutonium

+1! I'm thinking of that one too. The only odd thing about it it seems it doesn't have a bar for a harness. Kinda weird. Anyway, I'd be very interested to leanr how involved the install is as well. Thanks!

Originally Posted by SM_ATL

I did. the fact of the matter is that my 'street' insurance covered the accident (no deductible as opposed to the track insurance), but as stated before, there is no guarantee they would. Talking to my body shop, they told me that they have seen all major insurance companies pay at one point or another for track damage, but not systematically.
It did not look like there was a lot of damage to the car, but I ended up in the gravel pit and the car paint got crippled (+ LOTS of gravel in the underpinnings, inside the car, damaged wheels and calipers etc.). The car was in fact not too far from being totaled.
As far as the coverage is concerned, I insure that car at its market value.

PS: here's a video footage of the accident. Oil spill but still partly my fault too: you can see blue smoke (getting into turn 6 @ Road Atlanta) and I just assumed that the car in front of me -that did not have ABS- had locked the brakes. The fact that the corner marshal wasn't waiving a flag also left me too confident. It had in fact blown up its engine and dropped a fair amount of oil on the track. Lesson learnt: always be ready for the worst :bang head:

http://youtu.be/Wyvz1aXBgIA

http://youtu.be/w0AfQcLjn8M

Originally Posted by MHC2S

Approaching that turn and seeing the ploom of smoke should have told you to lift and back off at least that's what I'd done. Especially IF it's not a race and just a fun DE. I've seen lots of nice P car's totaled at DE's in my days. The top was a brand new 996 Turbo at Pocono speedway doing a barrel roll. Will never forget witnessing that one.

Originally Posted by 997TTMeteor

This is the BBi bar I like (which does allow for harnesses) – not sure if it’s the same one SM_ATL has though ?

Does anyone have one of these in their 991?

Originally Posted by KBS911

Love the seats. Did you install the bar yourself?

Originally Posted by 997TTMeteor

Do you have any photos of your BBi roll bar installed? I’m thinking about getting one of those (or the GMG bar) but there are very few pics online.

Originally Posted by Team Plutonium

+1! I'm thinking of that one too. The only odd thing about it it seems it doesn't have a bar for a harness. Kinda weird. Anyway, I'd be very interested to leanr how involved the install is as well. Thanks!

Originally Posted by SM_ATL

Yes, my roll bar is a bbi and i have been happy with it. Really sturdy. Not the easiest to install, but with the exception of a small cut in the carpet, no damage done to the car for when you want to resell it.

Here are a couple of pics: