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Give your BMW upgrades it deserves that your wallet (or significant other) won’t fight. This is our list of the top performance parts to improve your BMW on a budget so you don’t have to compromise between building the car you picture in your head and saving money for your future. Check out our selection of suspension, software, exhaust, intake, visual upgrades, and more, all designed to fit your BMW and your budget.

Has your turbo inlet pipe finally failed and it is time for an upgrade? Turner now offers their all-new N54 Silicone Turbo Inlet Hose Kit! This kit features dual silicone hoses that are designed to handle extreme temperatures and pressures, perfect for both stock and high-performance track cars. Available in two sizes, Turner's kits can support either stock (44mm) or upgraded (50mm) turbos and include adapters to reconnect your turbo bypass pipes.

If you're having problems keeping power to the wheels, DKM has the solution. Their design, using high-grade materials, gives you increased strength and heat tolerance preventing wear and fade, ensuring increased torque capacity, quicker shifts, and longer clutch life. For drivers with moderately modified vehicles or performance-oriented driving, the MA Clutch Kit is an OE style clutch kit that upgrades you to a single Single Mass Flywheel. Allowing for quicker revs, this Kit will give your car a little pep while retaining factory-like pedal feel.

If you're having problems keeping power to the wheels, DKM has the solution. Their design, using high-grade materials, gives you increased strength and heat tolerance preventing wear and fade, ensuring increased torque capacity, quicker shifts, and longer clutch life. For drivers with moderately modified vehicles or performance-oriented driving, the MA Clutch Kit is an OE style clutch kit that upgrades you to a single Single Mass Flywheel. Allowing for quicker revs, this Kit will give your car a little pep while retaining factory-like pedal feel.

The perfect camber plate when you're looking for race performance with street comfort! In the past when you would have to choose the best application for your needs you were left with two choices, polyurethane with a softer ride and deflection or a solid mounted spherical bearing with no deflection and added NVH. The Turner hybrid camber plates use the polyurethane ring around the spherical bearing so you reduce the NVH and deflection leaving you with nothing but benefits instead of sacrifice.

Muffler deleted V8-powered BMWs are known to spark the interest of enthusiasts everywhere; the E39 540i is no different. Turner Motorsport's line of muffler deletes offers quality fit and finish that will outlast the aluminized piping from your local exhaust shop. Turner CAD designed the E39 540i muffler delete in-house, ensuring that each unit has integrated hangers and is mandrel bent to precisely fit in the factory exhaust location. Not a fan of the turndown? There's a cut line to add optional aftermarket tips.

The Turner Motorsport F90 M5 Front Lip was CAD designed in-house as an aggressive accent to the F90 M5's flawless factory body lines. This piece is the 2x2 twill carbon fiber, show-stopping styling masterpiece that you've been waiting for. Simple installation uses factory bumper mounting holes; no drilling required and any necessary hardware is included.

The F87 M2 is certainly an aggressive take on the compact sports coupe BMW introduced to replace the outgoing 1-series, but it could always do with a visual improvement that further hints to the impressive performance that lies beneath the bulging hips and aggressive face. The new in-house designed Turner Motorsport Carbon Fiber High-Kick Spoiler is just what you need to differentiate your M2 from the casual M-enthusiasts that aren't bold enough to make a style change.

Intakes add performance, whooshy noises, and cleaner looks under the hood. However, when you install aftermarket performance intakes on your N54, you are left with unsightly vacuum lines. ECS can help with our new Vacuum Hose Relocation Kit to help clean everything up and make your N54 look less cluttered under the hood.

Need to fit some aggressive wheels and tires, but your fenders require rolling? The Schwaben Fender Lip Roller is your at-home solution for forming your fender lips without paying excessively at a shop. Get the look you want with professional-like quality from the Schwaben Fender Lip Roller!

The most important part of working on your car is doing it safely. Lifting, supporting, and lowering your car with the right equipment is paramount. Schwaben has a low profile, heavy duty, easy to use lifting products designed to safely and quickly raise and lower even the most slammed cars around.

This kit includes a brand new N62 84mm throttle body, and a Plug and play harness to convert the M62 to the N62 larger throttle body. The N62 throttle body offers increased throttle response, as well as a 10.25% increase in cross sectional area. This is a great way to increase airflow into your engine, and make more power. This kit is made specifically for M62TU cars (DBW).

If your car has been unused for a few weeks, a few months, or has been in storage since last fall, there is a checklist of maintenance services you need to run through before your car may be ready to drive. Pulling your car from storage can be an easy and rewarding experience, and might save you some headaches down the road. Here is everything you need to make sure your car is ready to go back to work when you are.

APEX's new ARC-8R is a significant step forward. Now lighter and stronger than the original flow formed version thanks to "I" beam spokes and forged manufacturing. It’s enhanced with the features and benefits you’ve been waiting for.

APEX's new ARC-8R is a significant step forward. Now lighter and stronger than the original flow formed version thanks to "I" beam spokes and forged manufacturing. It’s enhanced with the features and benefits you’ve been waiting for.

In order to cut costs on the M2, BMW fitted the M2 with stamped steel corner braces, rather than the Carbon "Boomerang" that the F8X M3/M4 came fitted with. The M2's decidedly underwhelming engine bay leaves something to be desired. Enter the new Turner Corner Braces; designed to be a functional upgrade to your chassis' rigidity, while also providing an aesthetic upgrade to dress up your engine bay.

Developed by the most distinguished experts of this industry, the Schwaben Professional Scan Tool is one of the most powerful aftermarket tools available for your European car. From simple trouble code reads/clears, service light resets, parking brake deactivation, recording live sensor data, to providing live data graphing; The Schwaben Professional Scan Tool does it all! Owning a Schwaben Scan Tool separates you from the average car enthusiast, empowering you with manufacturer-level diagnostic and analytic capabilities. Diagnose. Code. Adapt.

Featuring a permanently mounted magnet that traps ferrous metal bits suspended in your oil. These Titanium Magnetic drain plugs trap tiny particles that are unable to be caught by your oil filter. This leaves you with a cleaner engine, and ultimately less unneeded wear on your engine bearings and oil pump. Manufactured of 6AL-4V Titanium, the Turner M12 magnetic drain plugs are much stronger than any 7075 or 6061 Aluminum drain plug out there. Turner M12 magnetic drain plugs also capture many metal particles from wearing or recently rebuilt engines.

Turner designs all of their parts in-house using state of the art 3D laser scanning and CAD modeling for precision fitment. These carbon products are made from 2x2 twill weave carbon fiber, clear coated for finish durability and UV resistance. This full package gives you a very aggressive look. Upgrade all sides of your M4 or select a specific area, the choice is yours!

BMW Partnered with Toyota to helped bring back one of the most iconic names in motorsports by reviving the Supra with the long-awaited A90 MK5 Chassis. So what’s changed now that the new A90 Supra has a lovable inline-six turbo? Toyota chose to partner with BMW for two main reasons. First, BMW has been successfully manufacturing turbocharged cars with relatively high dependability and performance longer than anyone. Second, BMW is one of the few companies still producing straight-six gasoline keeping production costs for the new Supra platform down.

Brand new from the BMW experts at Turner Motorsport, the N20 Silicone Air Intake Pipes to provide greater and smoother airflow to your turbo. Let your N20 breathe more freely and feel the benefits of the forced induction platform. Reduce intake air restriction in your N20-powered BMW with the new Turner Motorsport Silicone Air Intake Pipes for reduced turbo lag and more of the lovey turbo sound.

The Turner Carbon Fiber High Kick Spoiler follows the deck lid lines and roof contours to accentuate OEM features. Designed in-house at Turner Motorsport, using state of the art 3D laser scanning and CAD technology to ensure precision fitment. Turner Carbon Fiber products are made from lightweight, hand-laid epoxy resin pre-impregnated 2x2 twill weave carbon fiber cloth and autoclave cured. Gloss clear coated for excellent finish durability and UV resistance. Includes pre-applied adhesive tape, for a very simple install that takes just minutes!

Featuring a permanently mounted magnet that traps ferrous metal bits suspended in your oil. These Titanium Magnetic drain plugs trap tiny particles that are unable to be caught by your oil filter. This leaves you with a cleaner engine, and ultimately less unneeded wear on your engine bearings and oil pump. Manufactured of 6AL-4V Titanium, the Turner M12 magnetic drain plugs are much stronger than any 7075 or 6061 Aluminum drain plug out there. Turner M12 magnetic drain plugs also capture many metal particles from wearing or recently rebuilt engines.

The Turner Motorsport Rear Sway bar upgrade kit is a great way to reduce body roll and under-steer. The factory sway bar on the F3X chassis is very small and thin from the factory! Made from hollow 22.5mm DOM tubing, and blue powder coated for corrosion resistance. This sway bar is paired with 80A Durometer custom polyurethane greaseable bushings, with a grooved bushing inside diameter for improved grease retention. Black anodized 6061-T6 billet brackets with check valve grease port hold it all together.

As your M52 or M54-powered BMW ages and endures winter weather, your Crankcase Ventilation System might experience some negative effects. If you don’t let your engine warm up to operating temperature before a drive, then the condensation in your CCV can cause cracking and failures that result in oil leaks. Keep your M5X engine leak-free and functioning as it should by refreshing your CCV system with help from our DIY videos and inclusive kits!

Online ordering and Phone orders are still available as normal. Our sales and customer support staff are here in the building (though we are working remotely to do our part to help with social distancing). We do not expect any delays with shipping and we are ready to provide assistance with your orders. Feel free to call in, speak with one of our enthusiast experts, and find what you need for your next project. We are now offering Curbside Pickup at our facility in Wadsworth, Ohio.

The M54 engine, produced by BMW from 2000 to 2006, saw wide use in 3, 5, X, and Z series cars. Over time, the engine gaskets can harden and deteriorate, which reduces their ability to keep oil inside the engine. This deterioration is most common with the valve cover gasket, and replacing it is critical to maintaining your M54 for a long and healthy life.

It’s no secret that BMW’s suffer from weak, failure prone front thrust arm bushings. The stock rubber bushings are designed to allow significant fore/aft movement of the front wheels and are fluid filled to help absorb road impacts. These thrust arm monoball / ball joints are a must have for any track car, but are also completely street-able and are a great upgrade for any enthusiast that enjoys spirited driving.

Utilizing the latest advancements in materials science and manufacturing processes, Cool Carbon has arrived at a formulation that provides the ultimate braking experience. Developed to withstand extreme temperatures exceeding 600°C while retaining smooth brake feel, Cool Carbon pads display the engineering rigor that fits your BMW: - Excellent for spirited street performance applications - Low to no noise or dust - rotor friendly! - Faster heat dissipation allowing consistent performance at higher temperatures Cool Carbon Pads are the discerning enthusiast's first choice.

Utilizing the latest advancements in materials science and manufacturing processes, Cool Carbon has arrived at a formulation that provides the ultimate braking experience. Developed to withstand extreme temperatures exceeding 600°C while retaining smooth brake feel, Cool Carbon pads display the engineering rigor that fits your BMW: - Excellent for spirited street performance applications - Low to no noise or dust - rotor friendly! - Faster heat dissipation allowing consistent performance at higher temperatures Cool Carbon Pads are the discerning enthusiast's first choice.