Bolt On 325iX Coilovers

[AWDBOB]

Does anyone know anything about these?

http://racingshop-germany.com/K-Sport-BMW-3er-E30-4x4-iX-Allrad-3/1-3/R-Gewindefahrwerk-Street-mit-Federbein-hinten

[Nisse Järnet]

Hey that's cool!

[ForcedFirebird]

I fabricated some coils for Nando's ix. The rear stayed divorced, rather than true rear coils, though.

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1336884&postcount=300

[AWDBOB]

Hey that's cool!

Oh, yeah! I want to know how the rear works. I emailed them, I'll update when they respond.

I fabricated some coils for Nando's ix. The rear stayed divorced, rather than true rear coils, though.

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showpos...&postcount=300

I saw them, very nice! I made some, too! Shorted the housings 2.1" and used a Koni Race insert. Nisse made an extremely similar set up as well.

Mine:



Nisse's:

[EyExR]

Does anyone know anything about these?

http://racingshop-germany.com/K-Spor...derbein-hinten

These look awesome!

[Nisse Järnet]

I fabricated some coils for Nando's ix. The rear stayed divorced, rather than true rear coils, though.

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showpos...&postcount=300

I like the divorced, feels better for some reason.

[Nisse Järnet]

Oh, yeah! I want to know how the rear works. I emailed them, I'll update when they respond.



I saw them, very nice! I made some, too! Shorted the housings 2.1" and used a Koni Race insert. Nisse made an extremely similar set up as well.

Mine:

http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab71/88notchman/IMG_8842_zpsa8c02bd0.jpg

Nisse's:

http://www.forumbilder.se/DD2OC/dsc-1893.JPG

Made some socks for mine today :)

[AWDBOB]

I like the divorced, feels better for some reason.

Good to know.

[6A LDY]

theres something sexy about true rear coil overs though. they look so... exotic

[The Dark Side of Will]

My understanding is that switching to rear coil overs requires welding reinforcements to the rear shock towers... Is that the case?

[litu]

There is also those normal, you dont need strengthen that back shock tower :)
http://racingshop-germany.com/K-Spor...ahrwerk-Street

[The Dark Side of Will]

There is also those normal, you dont need strengthen that back shock tower :)
http://racingshop-germany.com/K-Spor...ahrwerk-Street

Funny that they used a photo of the RWD parts for that advert.

Don't need to mod the shock tower?

[ForcedFirebird]

For true coils the rear shock towers should be reinforced. A local had them on his e30 we swapped without the reinforcement and they seem to be holding up ok after a few years, but not sure I would trust them like that.

[nando]

those fronts look interesting, but they don't look short enough, and I don't like the camber plate design. the stack height is too tall so you either compromise ride height or shock travel.

the set I had built by ForcedFirebird are superior IMO, and cheaper.. with Konis they ride like a dream. Bilstein can suck my nuts.

[nrubenstein]

My understanding is that switching to rear coil overs requires welding reinforcements to the rear shock towers... Is that the case?

There are two schools of thought on reinforcing the shock tower:

The first school points out that it's thin fucking sheet metal held on with a couple spot welds that is known to fail under normal use.

The second school says that it totally works fine.

The reality is that you *can* run unreinforced shock towers. Of course, you are taking a substantially increased risk that you will will tear the sheet metal. (Also, since it's a weak area, leaving it unreinforced allows a bit of additional movement.)