Drop Hats.....

[e46s54dr]

so mine will lower an e90 also?? good to know

It will lower it 5mm tops!

[e46s54dr]

hmmmm. well it sounds like he has not removed his spring plate yet. he is just saying from experience his spring plate hole is centered. does anyone have a set that they haven't installed yet and they can double check. i just don't want to tell him that his hole isn't centered and he is mistaken and have him do all the work to find out that the hole is centered.

Lemme get this straight, stock e90 hats will lower my car 14-15mm and yours will lower my car up to 20mm? That's a 5mm difference! It's hard to believe that you are advertising these so called drop hats to the e90 folks when you know they will only drop it 5mm tops! I sure hope you inform these e90 buyers these result otherwise you'll have some pretty pissed off customers!

[MrSlacker]

Has anyone else installed these? I am looking to get mine from BMW some time next week...

[richardkeith97]

hmmmm. well it sounds like he has not removed his spring plate yet. he is just saying from experience his spring plate hole is centered. does anyone have a set that they haven't installed yet and they can double check. i just don't want to tell him that his hole isn't centered and he is mistaken and have him do all the work to find out that the hole is centered.

[Philo]

Ive got a question for the people who bought these. Ive sold a few to e90 guys with no complaints. I just got an email from one person who says that the hole in his e90 plate is in a different place then the hole in my drop hats. He said the hole in his is centered. Is he just blind or what? Hes worried about them affecting the camber.

Either way, an off centered hole would only move the spring angle, not adjust the camber. Camber is predicted by the strut mount. It could, however, throw off the suspension components. Specifically, the strut would not be parallel with the spring.

[richardkeith97]

Ive got a question for the people who bought these. Ive sold a few to e90 guys with no complaints. I just got an email from one person who says that the hole in his e90 plate is in a different place then the hole in my drop hats. He said the hole in his is centered. Is he just blind or what? Hes worried about them affecting the camber.

[CorvallisBMW]

They will fit with Kmac plates, but not with Vorschlag. Don't know about gc. Do they come with their own special design spring hat when you buy them?

[fiftytakedowns]

It seemed like there was plenty of space in the strut tower area.

how thick was everyones spring pads. mine had like sort of dinky ones in the front(stock e30 ones, or something not the e90 ones, so I just left em in, not sure if it will affect the drop.

the back had sort of thick ones though.

[golde30]

hmm, that makes sense... seems like i will have to be a guinea pig.

[Dave]

ok my question after reading most of this thread:

1. will these drop hats work with camber plates?

2. more specifically will these work with GC spec e30 plates, which already drop the front 10mm?

Dunno how the GC ones work, but on my Ireland ones, the limiting factor is the spring hat hitting the inside of the strut tower. My concern would be that this higher hat would reach higher into the tower where it is even narrower, and thus further limit camber adjustment.

But hey, I could be wrong. . .

[golde30]

ok my question after reading most of this thread:

1. will these drop hats work with camber plates?

2. more specifically will these work with GC spec e30 plates, which already drop the front 10mm?

[MrSlacker]

WOW this is AWESOME!!! I was just thinking about getting drop hats this morning... Even though this is a smaller drop, its a LOT easier to justify these to the piggy bank

[Tbolt]

best thread

even cooler that ill soon be running e90 parts on my e30

[johnwoo]

this discovery is so cool. i feel like a dipshit tho now for buying some drophats

[DivineStyler]

$25 + 30min = worth it. Running IE3 springs with no pads up front....

Before:


After:

I have the same set up on my car with Biltstein sports...

Thanks for the Pix... now I know what to expect... it lowers it enough and not too low to where I'm going to need another oil pan...

I do like the extra drop that Richard's drop hats can get but I'm that e90 is perfect height for me and cheaper price...

Either way, both hats serve their purpose depending on what you want...