Well he said he purchased A H&R spring.
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Originally posted by smonkbmw View Posthow much of a drop were you expecting?
what shocks are you using?
how many spring pads are installed front and rear?
running bigger tires will make the car sit higher. if you wanted more than that you should have gone with the h&r race spring.
h&rs make the car have "rake" generally, the rear will sit higher in the front, its supposed to do that. in your pic it almost looks like you dont have the h&rs installed at all.....
I just want the rear to have the same height as the front. I installed the H&R sport springs which has a 1.3 drop.
I like the height of the front...the shop who installed it said that the overall sit is really like that.
Here's a photo of the original heght of the car which i got from the internet. BTW, my nimmer is a 320i 1985 euro model
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well if that is your white car in your last post, thats most likely how it is going to sit. with the bigger wheels its not going to tuck very well. something you can do is pull the rubber spring "pads" out in the rear. that may give you a half inch or so, depending on what is in there.
if you want look up my thread, i have experience with this set up:
my car sits the same, the visual is the wheels are stock 14"s and the tires are huge, you obviously have the opposite, big wheels/small tires.
you never answered as to what shocks your using, this makes a small difference also. also you never answered if you have h&rs in the rear also, stupid question, but one has to ask sometimes. also how long have they been installed? in the pic with my suspension on, i think the car had been on the road for a couple weeks before i took the picture.
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Thanks guys!
Yes it's an earlier model with high rear arches but if you notice, the rear really sits higher than the front.
BTW, my shocks is Bilstein sport and yes I have H&R springs at the back as well.
I'll see if there are still pads in the rear which I can remove (i hope).
Do you have any other option for me? I was thinking of buying the H&R Sport Cup Kit at least for the rear.
Thanks, Reggie
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Originally posted by i017249 View PostDo you have any other option for me? I was thinking of buying the H&R Sport Cup Kit at least for the rear.
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Originally posted by e30love View PostHas anyone used the H&R coil overs? not the cup kit
Originally posted by i017249 View PostDo you happen to have the part number of the race springs?
50404-88
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Originally posted by e30love View Postsorry i was talking to u smonkbmw. edit my bad
Spring---------------------Front(lb/in.)-------------Rear(lb/in.)
Stock 325i-----------------------106------------------------245
Stock 325is----------------------118------------------------265
Stock 325ix----------------------106------------------------308
Stock M3-------------------------114------------------------314
Stock M3--------------------------140------------------------250
Dinan Sport-----------------------172------------------------300
H&R OE Sport---------------------180------------------------380
H&R Sport-------------------------180------------------------380
H&R Sport (29664)---------------200------------------------285
H&R Race-------------------------315------------------------ 570
H&R Coilovers***----------------340------------------------380
Eibach Pro-Kit--------------------102-------------------------277
Eibach Race----------------------160-------------------------445
IE SIII----------------------------315-------------------------570
Koni Coilovers-------------------342-------------------------407
Cosmo Coilovers----------------450-------------------------560
Tokico----------------------------165-------------------------265
TMS J-Stock**-------------------680------------------------1026
Alpina(est.)---------------------~200-----------------------~350
FK 60/60 cup kit-----------------379--------------------------379
Vogtland Standard***--------115/197-----------------------360
Vogtland CS***---------------137/200-----------------------400
Vogtland--------------------------225--------------------------360
**= Alternate rates available
***= M3 Application
the cup kit isnt listed, but last i heard its inbetween oe and sport. could be wrong though.
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