Do not buy G60 shocks.

[Moto-Mucci]

Janderson busted you there - you are showing your true colors and lack of understanding about suspension setup when you make comments like that.



:roll: You can get camber plates with a urethane insert - K-Macs, and I know there are others.

Get the right size c/o springs with the right rates and the shorty shocks work.

Yea well what can I say, I'm learning as I'm going. A bad quality I tend to latch on to.

Thanks for the info. I'll consider the camber plates. Money's tight right now.

The setup is coming along though. I'll try to post up pics when I'm done.

[e30_kid89]

A buddy of mine just sent me this - to clarify things for others thinking about the GC + E30 Bilstein Sport setup - here's them on the lowest setting on his car:



That's shit. I can't justify rocking nice wheels with 2" of wheel gap and NO suspension travel. Looks like I'm going to be taking a $140 hit from the welding I got done.

I need SPECIFICS on the G60 setup. Can anybody help me out and put down some actual #'s?

Umm, no thats not the Lowest. When I was 4-lug with GCs w/plates and billy sports I was WAY lower than that 3/4 down the sleeve. Im not as low with the 5luggedness. Something is wrong there with your buddys car.

[JRKOUPE]

M3 CAB's don't affect camber, they change caster.

+ one million.....so many are mis informed on this.

[JRKOUPE]

[QUOTE=e30_kid89;1487265]Umm, no thats not the Lowest. When I was 4-lug with GCs w/plates and billy sports I was WAY lower than that 3/4 down the sleeve.



yes..something is waaay wrong.

[Moto-Mucci]

I'm guessing it has to do with you running the camber plates vs. stock mounts. The stock mounts are a good 3+" thick. How thick were your plates?

The GC's only coil down 2.2" - check out the stock ride height pic (red) posted above and picture that down 2.2". It'd be right about where that bronzit car is.

[rwh11385]

i'm guessing it has to do with you running the camber plates vs. Stock mounts.

duh

[Moto-Mucci]

worthy contribution.

[sticksdaman]

Someone who is actually running the setup in question should post a definitive step by step process as to neutralize any and all rumors based on hearsay and mis-information. It seems to me that there is some confusion as to the exact process needed to make these work and achieve the desired results.

[Moto-Mucci]

I completed them tonight and will be posting up exactly that soon.

[e30this]

Umm, no thats not the Lowest. When I was 4-lug with GCs w/plates and billy sports I was WAY lower than that 3/4 down the sleeve. Im not as low with the 5luggedness. Something is wrong there with your buddys car.

My car sits this high and Im not happy about it at all.
I have 1 inch of shock travel to and I know that isnt right.
I dont understand it.

[Moto-Mucci]

Finally got my spacers in today, so after I throw those on I'll take some pics of the completed suspension.

Just on stock weaves and winters for now until my tires come in.

[e30this]

So whats your final setup for the front? what did you buy what did it cost and where did you get it?

[Moto-Mucci]

I figured out how to make the G60 billys and GC kit work.
I'll post up details and pictures later tonight if I have time just to let others know what's needed to do this.

I learned the hard way since no one really talks about how they run the set up. The car's been out of commission for about a month now from a few failed attempts, road blocks, and lost part orders.

In total I probably spent a little over $1k for the Coilover setup with all the extra little things, HD Control Arms w/ int. ball joints, M3 CABs, new mounts, rear mount reinforcements, and fabrication. I'll add everything up later.

[e30this]

So did you get spacers and the nutz from ground control so you can use the shocks?

[Moto-Mucci]

ordered new stock collar nuts then drilled out the centers to accept the thicker G60 shaft.
Had a guy at home depot cut me some 1 1/4 (i think) diameter pipe for spacers