FK 75/50s.... Experiences?

[Stephen]

e30spdfrk will.

I know he will because im going to drill him.

[awestun]

They need to hurry up and ship these. I want a review already.

[Stephen]

Same. Im really curious. Any idea when theyll show up?

[318isbmw]

Bilstein's won't cut it. With ground control's and shortened bumpstops like jay suggested, I am bottoming out the struts constantly, and at the ride height I like, I'm literally sitting on bumpstops. Get the short body's and save yourself some trouble. No idea about the FK stuff, but figured I would chime in over that.

[Stephen]

Bilstein's won't cut it. With ground control's and shortened bumpstops like jay suggested, I am bottoming out the struts constantly, and at the ride height I like, I'm literally sitting on bumpstops. Get the short body's and save yourself some trouble. No idea about the FK stuff, but figured I would chime in over that.

No, thats exactly what ive been looking for recently. Im still a little confused regarding the short bodies though. what are they / what do they run? I could sell the bilsteins ( theyve got 1k miles max) but i dont want to dump alot of money into this setup

[E30SPDFRK]

They need to hurry up and ship these. I want a review already.

+1 lol

I'll write a review as soon as I get them on. No driving impressions for a while though :(

[sticksdaman]

Bilstein's won't cut it. With ground control's and shortened bumpstops like jay suggested, I am bottoming out the struts constantly, and at the ride height I like, I'm literally sitting on bumpstops. Get the short body's and save yourself some trouble. No idea about the FK stuff, but figured I would chime in over that.

Pics please

[awestun]

Gah, hurry up already. I WANT MOAR LOW!

[awestun]

any updates?

[E30SPDFRK]

Finally came today! I went outside and installed them in the rain and dark just to see them lol.

First impressions: They are much lower than stock sitting side by side. The front springs are a good 4-5 inches shorter, the rear are maybe 2. The front seems soft off the car, but they are progressive rate so we'll see how they are when driving.

One perk while installing them is there is no need to compress them, lol. I pulled the pads in the rear but kept them in the front to try to even it out a bit more to match my high arches.

As for hitting the bumpstops on the billies, I decided to check how low they can go. I installed the struts in the car with no springs and sat the car down. The front tire was tucking a little over half an inch, and the rear wheel (16") was almost even with the fender lip. The stock jack could not lower the car all the way without getting stuck, so I had to put the car down on bricks and roll it off.

With the FK's installed, both the front and rear have about 2 fingers of gap. This is immediately after installation without moving the car at all. This works out to about 2 inches of strut travel in front and a good 4-5 in the back. They seem much stiffer pushing down on the fenders. The stock jack still works to lower it.

Unfortunately, my car has a blown engine so I won't be able to give any driving impressions for a while. As soon as I get it fixed I'll update this thread.


Notes: The 2 fingers of gap is measured with undersized tires (205/45/16) The gap would probably be around 1 finger with the correct sizes.
I have about 4.5" to my oil pan (m30), so that's not bad at all.


I'll get some pics tomorrow.

[Stephen]

Pictars after they settle!

[E30SPDFRK]

holy quick response batman :p

[Stephen]

Haha, just clicked at the right time i guess

[awestun]

Finally came today! I went outside and installed them in the rain and dark just to see them lol.

First impressions: They are much lower than stock sitting side by side. The front springs are a good 4-5 inches shorter, the rear are maybe 2. The front seems soft off the car, but they are progressive rate so we'll see how they are when driving.

One perk while installing them is there is no need to compress them, lol. I pulled the pads in the rear but kept them in the front to try to even it out a bit more to match my high arches.

As for hitting the bumpstops on the billies, I decided to check how low they can go. I installed the struts in the car with no springs and sat the car down. The front tire was tucking a little over half an inch, and the rear wheel (16") was almost even with the fender lip. The stock jack could not lower the car all the way without getting stuck, so I had to put the car down on bricks and roll it off.

With the FK's installed, both the front and rear have about 2 fingers of gap. This is immediately after installation without moving the car at all. This works out to about 2 inches of strut travel in front and a good 4-5 in the back. They seem much stiffer pushing down on the fenders. The stock jack still works to lower it.

Unfortunately, my car has a blown engine so I won't be able to give any driving impressions for a while. As soon as I get it fixed I'll update this thread.


Notes: The 2 fingers of gap is measured with undersized tires (205/45/16) The gap would probably be around 1 finger with the correct sizes.
I have about 4.5" to my oil pan (m30), so that's not bad at all.


I'll get some pics tomorrow.

:cockbloc:

Pictars after they settle!

x2 our fate is in your hands.

[Stephen]

Thats interesting, the billyss dont bottom out until you tuck undersized tires?