Drop Hats.....

[DivineStyler]

dang I can't be mad at any of ya'll... but, I'm glad I waited to get my drop hats... Gonna run to the dealership this week and get me a pair of the E90...
:D

Thanks for the research EMC and goodluck with your sales Richard... I'm sure you can still get some sales on Ebay or Craigslist...

[ck_taft325is]

Who gave YOU a map?

I say again: let's hypothesize that Richard really was selling E90 hats, I am onboard with RIchard capitalizing on this bit of exclusive knowledge, making some money off it - until it's in the open, at which point I expect him to be straight up about it on all future ebay or R3V transactions, and that his pricing would reflect the fact that they are rebadged E90 hats. I was that transaction. The hats that I bought from him had not shipped at the time of my original post, and I wanted this fuck-up to clear before Richard ships. I didn't tell Richard to refund me, I didn't say give me a better deal, I said to hold off. He can insist on shipping, but I can also insist on returning them once they showed up on my doorstep. I was trying to avoid that.

I say again: I am now clear on what Richard is selling - custom E30 15mm hats. Good on him for putting these hats together. I am committed to buying them, and keeping them. So, get the fuck outta here, Captain America. Go rant about me in the "why you hate Canadians" thread, or practice more hockey.

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.

[lennon]

so they are 10mm drop hats?? i feel that that wouldnt even be noticeable on most cars and wouldnt even be worth the time it takes to install. even 15mm is cutting it close.

i don't think i'd be happy if the front of my car was 5mm higher. its like right on that verge of being low enough.

lol

[richardkeith97]

so i must say i'm kinda bummed out. my unemployment ran out this month and i cant get a job because of my smashed finger. this was my only income. no ones going to hire me with my finger all wrapped up.

[MacBudd541]

I ordered a set this morning when i first saw this thread unfolding. It was $20 for the pair, MacBudd cost. he said they might be in tomorrow. What a discovery! i will probably put these in all my cars from here on out. i will try and measure the actual drop when i install these. probably be on friday.

[Omaliyo]

^^ good enough for me! can't complain for 25 bucks....

[EMC]

so they are 10mm drop hats?? i feel that that wouldnt even be noticeable on most cars and wouldnt even be worth the time it takes to install. even 15mm is cutting it close. its pretty much 10mm. remove spring pads and get 15mm. mine are 15mm. remove spring pads and get 20mm's.

The E90 parts are probably more like 12mm drop hats with the rubber spring pads in there....15mm drop without spring pads.

[EMC]

Oh snap! Feel sorry for everyone that dropped $100 on $24 OEM mounts.

Nobody spent $100 on $24 OEM mounts. These are different parts than the 15mm drop hats being sold and will give you around a 10mm or so drop if you keep the rubber spring cushions in there.

[IRON-E]

Oh snap! $24 OEM mounts to be picked up tomarrow.

+1

[EMC]

i guess its good and bad. mine obvi drop it more. but those do the trick and are a dif option. with my drop hats and the stock washer the drop hat is just barely touching the strut mount. if you keep the rubber spring pad in mine it will lower if 15mm. if you take it out its a little more. i'm happy with those results. i wish i had that tool so i could do that with mine to show but people who have installed them know that its just barely touching.

Richard,
I hope there are no hard feelings. They obviously drop the car different amounts and are different parts. For what it's worth, this will probably stay on R3V for a while so you can sell your parts off on eBay and I wouldn't doubt if there are still many people here that want the maximum drop possible.
-Eric

[richardkeith97]

i guess its good and bad. mine obvi drop it more. but those do the trick and are a dif option. with my drop hats and the stock washer the drop hat is just barely touching the strut mount. if you keep the rubber spring pad in mine it will lower if 15mm. if you take it out its a little more. i'm happy with those results. i wish i had that tool so i could do that with mine to show but people who have installed them know that its just barely touching.

[sarcasmkillsme]

Oh snap! Feel sorry for everyone that dropped $100 on $24 OEM mounts.

[Omaliyo]

Sweet man... ill be going to the dealer and picking up a pair of these puppies tomorrow....

[EMC]

Everyone, please keep in mind that I am here to make friends and not enemies. I'm not here to hurt anyone's business, whether its a hobby or their main source of income.

OK....The moment you all have been waiting for! Some people are going to be happy and some people are going to be upset and most people won't even care...but here it goes.

I went to the dealer today and picked up my E90 strut hats. They are stamped aluminum pieces, not steel. I tore apart an E30 strut I had laying around and pulled off the rubber mount and the spring hat.

While the method I used to measure isn't perfect, it is close within a couple millimeters. The E30 spring hat has it's rubber mount on there that is about 2mm thick. I didn't have a rubber mount on the E90 spring hat. The camera angle makes dimensions appear smaller or larger than they are, but I did my very best to make sure the rubber mounts were planted level on the spring hats. The clamps didn't bend anything, they only held the parts vertical so I could get a picture from the top.

1. The E90 hats and the E30 spring hats fit the same springs.

2. The best I can tell is that using the E90 hats without rubber spring pad would give you about a 13mm to 14mm drop from the stock hats. At a minimum, the E90 hats SHOULD give a 10mm drop even if you use the rubber spring pads.

3. List price for the pair is $24.64 from my dealer.

4. This is just information. I'm not responsible for what happens if you buy these or try them out. :mrgreen:

[Danny]

or practice more hockey.

Burn.