Drop Hats.....

[e30s52]

So we have confirmed that e90 hats will work for e30s?

Well if you look up above your post you will see that they work...

[evil_twin]

So we have confirmed that e90 hats will work for e30s?

[Philo]

/\ Great job at showing the before and after pictures. :up:

And Corvallis, some camber plates are built solely for the stock e30 hat. I highly doubt the E90 plates will work on something such as GC plates. The plates acknowledge the gap and is built in respect to the stock depth. Just food for thought. It would be nice to do E90 hats and GC plates.

[Highway1]

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

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[CorvallisBMW]

I'm about to install new camber plates up front, if they don't drop me about 10-15mm then I'll def get a set of the e90 ones.

[richardkeith97]

i have my drop hats in both my cars with my stock washers and no spring pads. def a 20mm drop atleast. my hat touches my strut mount just enough to put a mark on it but doesn't effect how it works a all. i've never heard any noice from removing my spring pads.

[Omaliyo]

^^ yea lol the rear upper spring bad is HUGE!

[ForcedFirebird]

i purchased the drophats from richard a few weeks ago for full price. Does it suck that the price dropped to $85? Yeah but that's just how it is and I have no regrets. As far as the 15mm drop, you can indeed see the difference but I wish they were 20mm drop hats. However I'm still happy with the 15mm. It's a lot better than the huge gap I had using HR Sport springs. So I don't know if it would be worth it to purchase the e90 ones that lower 10mm if you keep the spring pad. I think I read that you can get it to around 15mm w/out the spring pad though? Any potential damage by not having that piece?

I don't know as though you could go that much of a drop on the pads alone. I installed these on a car and had to put both the stock washer and the thicker washer in to keep the strut mount studs from rubbing the hat, any more than these and you will bind the bearing in the strut.

[EMC]

I dont thing i would remove my upper spring pad with these unless you paint them. Even then the paint would rub off. Has anyone seen what happens when you put steel and aluminum together. It makes a chemical reaction and corodes. Other then that theirs no problem.

I'd rather just keep things quiet and put the rubber spring pads in there. For the 3mm increase in ride height, it's worth it.

[richardkeith97]

I removed my hr,s after having them in my car for less then a year. The tops of my spring aleady had no paint on them. Its called bimedal corrosion.

[Omaliyo]

^^^ Annnnnd when someone buys aftermarket springs they are usually powder coated thickly sooooo i see no problem with running no spring pads.....

[richardkeith97]

I dont thing i would remove my upper spring pad with these unless you paint them. Even then the paint would rub off. Has anyone seen what happens when you put steel and aluminum together. It makes a chemical reaction and corodes. Other then that theirs no problem.

[joonsup]

i purchased the drophats from richard a few weeks ago for full price. Does it suck that the price dropped to $85? Yeah but that's just how it is and I have no regrets. As far as the 15mm drop, you can indeed see the difference but I wish they were 20mm drop hats. However I'm still happy with the 15mm. It's a lot better than the huge gap I had using HR Sport springs. So I don't know if it would be worth it to purchase the e90 ones that lower 10mm if you keep the spring pad. I think I read that you can get it to around 15mm w/out the spring pad though? Any potential damage by not having that piece?

[WhatWentWong]

Nah, you just whined like a little bitch on a public forum. Let me get this right then, your purpose in the original post was to stop Richard from shipping. But not get a refund. That doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

I don't hate Canadians. I just strongly dislike you. And not because you're Canadian, just because you're an asshole. To imply someone ripped you off by selling something that's potentially more expensive than someone else just shows how stupid you are.

k.

[EMC]

I have had PM's asking me for the part numbers of the E90 spring hats, so I'll just post it here.

31 33 6 764 093

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...16&hg=31&fg=10