I've been sitting on HR Cabrio sport with Bilsteins for a year or so. Roads here in New England SUCK and even my Is lip is 100% intact, sure I'd like to be a tad lower in the front but I am a beliver in this set up.
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Disaster Inc,
How much of a drop did you get with your setup? (front and rear)...how is the ride? I'm looking to go the same route but I don't want to be riding in something that's going to break my back after a couple of hours of driving...
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92 325ic Mtech 770
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02’ 325it - 88' 735i - 88' 325ic - 89' 325is - 85' 325e
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Originally posted by Disaster Inc View PostI've been sitting on HR Cabrio sport with Bilsteins for a year or so. Roads here in New England SUCK and even my Is lip is 100% intact, sure I'd like to be a tad lower in the front but I am a beliver in this set up.
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Hey Dave, I was looking into BTS kits and remembered that you have it on your convertible. Do you recommend it? Is there a Trenton Meet this year?
Originally posted by DaveSmed View PostIf you want to drive my car, let me know! PM me and we can meet up somewhere.
1987 325iC 5spd
BTS suspension all around (Bilstein sport shocks and "Bilstein" springs, close to H&R coupe rates)
Sparco strut tower brace
Treehouse racing CABs
AKG poly subframe bushings
IE 19mm rear sway bar
Turner RSMs
Rides fine, handles fine. Decent daily driver setup. Might be trying M3 style sway bar end links out front soon, try and keep it a bit flatter.
No real good ride hight pics at the moment.
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don't mean to hijack the thread,
but i am in the same boat - i am currently running all stock suspension.
this car's going into storage shortly, so I probably won't make any changes right away... but, that is one of the first things i will handle when the car comes back out.
i live in montreal, if any of you have ever been here, you know that we have some of the shittiest roads metropolitan north america has ever seen...
still, i got 16 x 9s, so the car has to get dropped.. any suggestions on which route to go?
it's a cabrio, but i want to have a more aggressive suspension set-up;
much less roll, and tighter, but not to the extreme...montreal streets have cracks and potholes every 10 feet...on a decent street.
any suggestions on what way to go? coilovers, or something like the BTS kit..? swaybars? etc.
Any help would be appreciated
TIA
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Originally posted by yoni View Postdon't mean to hijack the thread,
but i am in the same boat - i am currently running all stock suspension.
this car's going into storage shortly, so I probably won't make any changes right away... but, that is one of the first things i will handle when the car comes back out.
i live in montreal, if any of you have ever been here, you know that we have some of the shittiest roads metropolitan north america has ever seen...
still, i got 16 x 9s, so the car has to get dropped.. any suggestions on which route to go?
it's a cabrio, but i want to have a more aggressive suspension set-up;
much less roll, and tighter, but not to the extreme...montreal streets have cracks and potholes every 10 feet...on a decent street.
any suggestions on what way to go? coilovers, or something like the BTS kit..? swaybars? etc.
Any help would be appreciated
TIA
I would recommend sway bars first. They will really cut down on body roll without sacrificing ride quality too much. Don't go with anything too stiff (the smaller IE bars or the Eibach kit might be a good start) as it will cause the car to get "upset" over bumps in corners.
If you go with springs/shocks I'd recommend an adjustable shock (like Koni's) and some of the softer/less agressive lowering springs. That way you can tune the shocks to the ride quality that you want/need. For springs, check out the Eibach pro cabrio springs. I have them in my car and while they are a little soft for my taste (I have a 5-lug setup with coilovers which will be going on in the winter) but might be tolerable on Montreal roads.
Do you drive the car at all in the winter?
1987 325i Cabrio - SOLD
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No, the car gets stored during winter...
Not practical when there's a few feet of snow on the roads... especially with the hills and what not..
Anyone else go with Koni's and Eibach springs and sway bar kit?
I was also thinking i would maybe go with bilstein sports, h&r cabrio sports springs, and the techniques sway bar kit (turnermotorsports special), any idea if that would go off well on Montreal streets?
Thanks for the input
You driving an e30 while in Montreal?Last edited by yoni; 09-13-2008, 02:38 PM.
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I'm running 100% OEM suspension on my '89 cabrio. I mean the original parts, nothing rebuilt or replaced. 10-year-old Uniroyal tires in 195-65-14 on bottlecaps. This setup provides a smooth ride, except for a lot of subframe shake over bumps, and allows lots of on-throttle oversteer at just about any speed. This setup results in high slip angles at low-to-moderate G-forces. Also good for off-roading, and it seems to be pretty cost-effective.
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Originally posted by funcrew View PostI'm running 100% OEM suspension on my '89 cabrio. I mean the original parts, nothing rebuilt or replaced. 10-year-old Uniroyal tires in 195-65-14 on bottlecaps. This setup provides a smooth ride, except for a lot of subframe shake over bumps, and allows lots of on-throttle oversteer at just about any speed. This setup results in high slip angles at low-to-moderate G-forces. Also good for off-roading, and it seems to be pretty cost-effective.
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I'm running H&R Sport (cabrio specific) and Bilstein sport shocks. I actually added a 10mm pad in the back so there's two, used 5mm spring pad in front. The front is slightly higher than I would like but the flip side is I still have my oil pan and front lip.
I've driven it through Montreal several times. No issues.
Good luck!
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Originally posted by Sam Cogley View PostI guarantee your shocks are dead, and the bushings are on the way out. Hell, unused shocks sitting on the shelf for 19 years would be trash. My '92 cabby had the original shocks and struts, when I removed them every one just collapsed to its shortest length and sat there.
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Originally posted by Sam Cogley View PostD'oh! Sometimes sarcasm/humor is difficult to pick up in a forum like this. *wanders off to smack head against wall*
Actually though, I also get the "You're a moron because..." on my serious tech posts, so maybe that should be telling me something.:eeek:
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