The rear of my car is still up too high..

[bimmerlover]

I've put H&R sport springs on my 318.. lowered the front perfectly. I love it. But the back is stillllll too high. My brother wants me to cut a coil off the rear springs. Has anyone done this? Have any advice?

Thanks

[Nick325is]

Don't cut the coils. You can always remove the rear spring pads or get some thinner ones.



Nick

[bimmerlover]

Hm.. I'm not too familiar with that idea. About how thick are those spring pads?
What can be the problems with cutting the coils?

I'm still learning..

Thanks

Rachel

[Kavkazia]

Take a good look at your rear spring, and you'll notice why it cant be cut.

Like Nick said, you can remove those spring pads, and lower it about 1/2 or so. If it will be still too high for you, I suggest going with different spring setup, and selling yours or something.

[Nick325is]

You can stop by and take a look at my car if you want when I am back home and I will explain the spring pad thing. I am tucking tire now and i need to raise it some.


Nick

[Bill 84 318i]

You can stop by and take a look at my car if you want when I am back home and I will explain the spring pad thing. I am tucking tire now and i need to raise it some.


Nick

Silence. Your drop is perfect.

[Jand3rson]

I think your car looks great, Bill.

[BMW BMXER]

Go look at a rear e30 spring then if you still think it can be cut without problems cut it.

[Bill 84 318i]

Thanks Josh.

Rachel, this shot is a little bit biased because I didn't quite resize both sides to be identical (thought I did at first but it's pretty clear I didn't). It did lower it a little though.


It was from swapping these two pads.


Took me forever to get an even drop front and rear on my 318 though.

[e9nine]

Took me forever to get an even drop front and rear on my 318 though.

:nice: Thanks be to the lord of drop that you don't talk about it as much as before.

[Nick325is]

Bill I still want the rear to sit up slightly higher. Otherwise I won't be able to run 225s on the current wheels.

[bimmerlover]

Perhaps a couple of bags of concrete mix in the trunk would be simpler?

What springs would ya'll recommend that lower the rear of an E30 nicely?

[///M42 sport]

after I blew out my rear shock mounts, the h/r springs got compressed and rode lower. enough so that there is no fender gap in the back. Also you might want to let them settle a little.

I have bilstein sports and h/r springs.
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[Bryson]

What springs would ya'll recommend that lower the rear of an E30 nicely?

heh, a full tank of gas... seriously, try it. with soft springs it makes a big difference

ground controls lower the rear nicely, to whatever height you think is nice

[e9nine]

If you're into car audio, dropping a sub and an amp will lower the car some more. You'd be trading off on some off the line acceleration though ;)

I'd say do the spring pads and stay with it till it settles a tad and you'll have to deal with it as it will be unfortunately.