Official 325ix ride height thread

[ThatM20Guy]

I've been talking with Kingston lately about suspension setup for e30's. He suggested trying out the IE springs minsters of the H&R sports because the IE ones are a tiny bit stiffer. Although the IE springs ride about .5" lower. Would this have any adverse affects on the frobtfront CV joints going that low?

[nando]

Don't. You'll have about 1/4" of suspension travel. They will fit but the ride quality will be completely shit.

[ThatM20Guy]

Don't. You'll have about 1/4" of suspension travel. They will fit but the ride quality will be completely shit.

OK. On the topic of ride quality, how much do you normally have to trim off the front bumpstops?

[nando]

It really only applies to bilstiens - but usually the first segment.

But what i mean is the distance between the top of the strut housing and the bottom of the strut bearing..

[ThatM20Guy]

It really only applies to bilstiens - but usually the first segment.

But what i mean is the distance between the top of the strut housing and the bottom of the strut bearing..

Understood.

Just never found an actual distance for trimming the stops.

[nando]

they bump stops have several "ribs" in them, I think a total of 4 sections. you just trim out one section at a time until you get the right length - and it's better to cut less than more.

I think if you have the bump stop in front of you, it's fairly obvious where to cut.

[2002tiiguy]

Listen to this man ^ theres a reason he is known as mr ix, wish i had the extra cash for koni's when i had to do my struts. Billie hd's are ok but they dont seem to do anything particularly well. Honestly might have put oem's back in if i had known how harsh it was gonna be.

[Fraser]

Currently 13.5 in the front and 13.25 in the rear.

[nando]

Good post. For guys doing rally-x, knowing the "high" ride height could be useful as well. Hadn't thought of that really..

[Fraser]

Good post. For guys doing rally-x, knowing the "high" ride height could be useful as well. Hadn't thought of that really..

...other than it seems that there are about 4 cars total on R3V that are rallycrossing. But still good info to have archived I guess.

Sort of funny that the "high" ride height is still inches lower than stock. Our courses are typically pretty rough, but you can get away with a fairly low car- just not slammed. It still benefits the handling (even in the dirt) to dial out all the body roll and ridiculous ride height.

[nando]

is that with H&R sports? I thought 13.5" up front was about stock. lol.

[Fraser]

is that with H&R sports? I thought 13.5" up front was about stock. lol.

Ha! Not at least on that car- stock was more like 15+! Current setup is GC coilovers...

[notanawdix80]

This is my IX. Not sure about the setup, i didn't lower it

[ThatM20Guy]

That stance is absolutely perfect!


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[notanawdix80]

That stance is absolutely perfect!


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Thanks! It's quite driveable even though the streets of my country are crap