sorry to crosspost, but bmwguy's post made me weary of upgrading my suspension just quite yet. I was hoping to get some koni's and IE stage iii's and throw em on and be good for awhile, but he brought up that i'd have to replace tons of other stuff as well as quickly as possible.. How much truth is there to this?
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sorry to crosspost, but bmwguy's post made me weary of upgrading my suspension just quite yet. I was hoping to get some koni's and IE stage iii's and throw em on and be good for awhile, but he brought up that i'd have to replace tons of other stuff as well as quickly as possible.. How much truth is there to this?Tags: None
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dont be scared. He's right about the Jstocks, they will tear your car apart. However, more street oriented setups will be fine. Sure you'll need to upgrade bushings and such, but you'll need to do that anyways eventually. You'll be fine with just springs/shocks/RSMs, especially if you're only street driving.BEERTECH
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Originally posted by Robdont be scared. He's right about the Jstocks, they will tear your car apart. However, more street oriented setups will be fine. Sure you'll need to upgrade bushings and such, but you'll need to do that anyways eventually. You'll be fine with just springs/shocks/RSMs, especially if you're only street driving.
i was planning on getting IE stage iii's and koni adjustables.. but i'm not sure what all is involved in replacing them, or what else i need for the project. I want to learn of course.. Will that setup still be ok without replacing my whole subframe and what not? I will do it eventually, but don't have the money for that much stuff right now
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you don't have to replace your whole subframe.. you're reading into those posts too much. they were probably talking about bushings.
you could get away with just doing springs/shocks for now, but with stage 3's and konis, you're really going to want to do all the bushings. I'd rather do it all at once to save time and effort, even if it meant that I had to drive around in 4x4 mode for 6 months.
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here's kind of my tentative shopping list.. anyone wanna help fill in on the prices? and maybe anything else i need?
Koni Adjustable Shocks
Ireland Engineering Stage III Springs
E46 M3 Rear Shock Mounts (40$)
Subframe Bushings
Trailing Arm Bushings
OEM Tie Rods (80$ Each)
Front Steering Rack (M3 if i can find one) ($200-500, 2k new)
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Originally posted by kencopperwheatWhy're you getting new tie rods?
here's kind of the plan at this point..
For now:
Koni Adjustable Shocks
Ireland Engineering Stage III Springs
E46 M3 Rear Shock Mounts (40$)
Post 180k:
Subframe Bushings
Trailing Arm Bushings
OEM Tie Rods (80$ Each)
Front Steering Rack (M3 if i can find one) ($200-500, 2k new)
Reinforced Rear Sway Bar Mounts
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Originally posted by KruzenOriginally posted by kencopperwheatWhy're you getting new tie rods?
here's kind of the plan at this point..
For now:
Koni Adjustable Shocks
Ireland Engineering Stage III Springs
E46 M3 Rear Shock Mounts (40$)
Post 180k:
Subframe Bushings
Trailing Arm Bushings
OEM Tie Rods (80$ Each)
Front Steering Rack (M3 if i can find one) ($200-500, 2k new)
Reinforced Rear Sway Bar Mounts
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