Drop Hats.....

[JGood]

Just ordered a set of these through Tischer BMW (getbmwparts.com), $20 for the set. Hopefully will get them on this weekend and post some before/after pics.

[88e30dippin]

i would like to know if you have put the e90 top hats in. i want to know if it works. and are you saying that if using the e90 top hats, i would get more strut so my struts don't bottom out?

[JGood]

i would like to know if you have put the e90 top hats in. i want to know if it works. and are you saying that if using the e90 top hats, i would get more strut so my struts don't bottom out?

Just the opposite. I put mine in, and now my shocks bottom out a lot. It never happened before. I'm running Bilstein Sports with H&R Sports. I'm going to go with H&R Races in an attempt to stop the problem.

But yes, they do work, as shown a few times in this thread.

[88e30dippin]

cool thanks. i'll try the e90 oe top hats. if anything i'll cut the spot where the top hat bolts up to the car and raise that an 1.5"

[ak-]

careful there now...

[JGood]

cool thanks. i'll try the e90 oe top hats. if anything i'll cut the spot where the top hat bolts up to the car and raise that an 1.5"

wut

[88e30dippin]

im going to fab up my own top hat area on the car itself and raise it up enough before it hits the hood. that means i won't have to bottom out my struts. or get top hats. i would be riding stock strut height.

[JGood]

im going to fab up my own top hat area on the car itself and raise it up enough before it hits the hood. that means i won't have to bottom out my struts. or get top hats. i would be riding stock strut height.

You're going to fabricate a new strut tower? Is this a full race build? Your suspension geometry is going to be completely ruined. Not to mention, I question if you can duplicate the original strut towers strength...

[iamsam]

im going to fab up my own top hat area on the car itself and raise it up enough before it hits the hood. that means i won't have to bottom out my struts. or get top hats. i would be riding stock strut height.

again: wat

[JGood]

again: wat

You don't understand why someone would re-fabricate a major structural part of the car instead of getting shortened strut inserts????





I don't either.

[88e30dippin]

well its what i prefer. i know how to fabricate sheet metal. so making it strong enough wouldn't be hard. where can i get shortened strut inserts?

[FrozenSolid]

so how many people are running these? long term updates/problems?

i just finished installing a set on my car, got them off getbmwparts.com for 24 shipped iirc. front measurement from ground to highest point of wheel arch went from 24.5" to a hair above 24"... almost a half inch drop. this is with ie3 springs.

and 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.

[CorvallisBMW]

so how many people are running these? long term updates/problems?

I'm running them, no problems. They're just spring hats, not much to go wrong.

[Sagaris]

so how many people are running these? long term updates/problems?

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?p=2053394

Im suprised my thread didnt get more views. It's not a very fun thing to have happen.

I have not had any problems since grinding them down.

[JGood]

My H&R Sport & Bilstein Sport setup bottoms out constantly now with e90 drop hats. I'm going to switch to H&R Race eventually.