ATTN EVERYONE: Safety concern with 15mm drop hats

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  • talltorontoguy
    Wrencher
    • Apr 2006
    • 267

    #16
    What thickness of washers need to be used to prevent this? I'm planning to use E90 drop hats with Dinan fixed camber plates.
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    • bmwstephen
      R3VLimited
      • May 2009
      • 2463

      #17
      i think you are safe with e90 drop hots, the walls are not as high as the ones provide by Keith. If you use a thicker washer on keith's drop hates, you'll simply counter the effects of the them and end up with 5mm less drop... which is essential the e90 drop hate height.

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      • brickwhite
        E30 Addict
        • Aug 2006
        • 582

        #18
        I added the e90 drop hats with H&R sports and now I have a spring popping noise when I slowly turn. I need to see if there is binding/scrapes in the strut tower. I also used the existing strut bearings that were about 2 years old.

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        • Solarian
          Advanced Member
          • Oct 2012
          • 120

          #19
          Sorry to bump this up, but none of the photos posted in the other thread are loading, and I'm curious as to what is it that needs to be ground down on these mounts. Does anyone have any pictures?

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          • ArtClassShank
            Advanced Member
            • Jul 2013
            • 143

            #20
            Originally posted by Solarian
            Sorry to bump this up, but none of the photos posted in the other thread are loading, and I'm curious as to what is it that needs to be ground down on these mounts. Does anyone have any pictures?
            I have this same question.
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            • CabbE30
              R3VLimited
              • Aug 2009
              • 2358

              #21
              If you goto the drop hat thread which is sticky'd in this sub-forum you'll see the issue comes from people forgetting or incorrectly re-installing the washer on the drop hat. I have had the e90 hats for over 2 years with no issues whatsoever.

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