Drop Hats.....

[DrFraserCrane]

IE3 springs, drop hats, no pads up front, lower pad left in on the rears, stock tires on 14" weaves.

[ethrtyiS]

I just installed e90 hats. So far so good. Not much noticeable difference in drop imo.

would have been if you removed your pads. ;)

[mkcman17]

I just installed e90 hats. So far so good. Not much noticeable difference in drop imo.

[bmwstephen]

oh woops. I was trying to see if Richard's versions had an angle, I didn't recall

[Philo]

^^ thats interesting.. does the stock hat have an angle too?

The stock hat is on the right, and the E90 hat is on the left. The stock hat has angle, the E90 hat does not.

[bmwstephen]

^^ thats interesting.. does the stock hat have an angle too?

[Philo]

I have both hats in front of me, the holes are both in the same location. The E30 hats have an angle built in like I said.

[JGood]

the hole in the center is also not in the same spot

Horizontally or vertically? I didn't take notice, or even think to measure, when I installed mine.

[richardkeith97]

the hole in the center is also not in the same spot

[Philo]

I would like to point out that the E30 hats have an angled seat for the mount, where the E90 hats do not. Not sure if this could change anything/add problems/make spring seating uneven.

Also, the strut ring on the bottom of the E90 hat is interesting.

[lifeiskaos]

look what i found: http://cgi.ebay.de/BMW-3er-E30-316-3...item519006495e

[Frog]

LOL at richard's reaction..

[CorvallisBMW]

I am not sold on the OEM E90 drophats yet. there is a very minimal amount of drop from the picture provided previously. Has anyone put these on a 318is M42 with bilstein sport/H&R sport? This is what I have and was curious what that would look like.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showpost.php?p=1955130&postcount=129

[talltorontoguy]

I'm having trouble visualizing how this installation works. Anyone have a writeup / pics?

for what its worth, i was able to change the "drophats" without removing the strut. i removed the big nut for the shock, and pulled the spring/strut assembly away from the bushing/top mount. then i removed the three bolts for the mount and removed it. that gave me enough room to r&r the drophat and put everything back together.

[mRodiek]

I wish richard wasnt such a punk about all this, I really wanted to pick up some of his drop hats.