The suspension setup/ride height thread

[bmwm3n528]

IE Stage 3 Springs
OTS Bilstein Sports/Boots
10mm rear pads
3mm front pads
IE Street Adjustable camber plates
E30 M3 CAB's
Ground Control RSM's
Stock bars
Eibach Front Strut Tower connector
Ronal LS's (the old ones)
Yok ES100's 225-50-15. And no rubbing!

Suspension Techniques Bars/reinforcements to follow...

Ed

Dude that car looks fantastic!

[e9nine]

1991 318iS
Koni SAs
Ground Control Semi Coilovers
Ground Control Adj. Camber plates
15 x 7 BBS RZ wheels
205-55-15 Kumho ASX



1988 325
Koni SAs
Ground Control Semi Coilovers
15 x 7 BBS RZ wheels
205-55-15 Yokohama AVS ES 100



1986 325
Koni SAs
Ground Control Semi Coilovers
Ground Control Adj. Camber Plates
15 x 7 Kosei K1s
225-50-15 Falken Ziex 512



1991 318iS
Bilstein Sports
Ground Control Semi Coilovers
15 x 7 Kosei K1s
225-50-15 Falken Ziex 512



1991 318iS
Koni SAs
Ground Control Semi Coilovers
Ground Control Adj. Camber Plates
17 x8 / 17 x 9 BMW Style 32 wheels
215-40-17 Wheels (name is not important in this case)



1991 318iS
Koni SAs
Ground Control Semi Coilovers
Ground Control Adj. Camber Plates
17 x8 / 17 x 9 BMW Style 5 wheels
215-40-17 Wheels (name is not important in this case)

[rs4pro3]

1985 325e
Racing Dynamic green springs
Bilstein Sports
No spring pads front or rear
21mm front and 14.5mm rear bar
Turner rear shock mounts
Front and rear strut tower braces
All Urethane rear end bushings
Fully adjustable sway bar links with m3 style front link

[bmwm3n528]

1989 325is
H&R Sport
Bilstein Sport
JT Designs RSMs
New OE Rear subframe bushings
16x7" BBS RX
205/50 BFGoodrich gForce Sport

[rs4pro3]

New setup

Custom semi coilovers
350lf/450lb
Ireland Race camber plates
Sparco front bar
Lukas rear bar
Turner RSM
Bilstein sports
21mm front 19mm rear sway bar with adjustable links
bolt in roll bar
-2.25 front camber
-2.5 rear camber

[Low Level E30]

Let's see some more here --- maybe some more early cars? H&R Sports, anyone?

[PiercedE30]

H&R Race Springs all the way around
Koni Yellows
Vorshlagg/MotorForce Adjustable Camber/Catsor Plates
Powerflex Rear Subframe Bushings
IE Trailing Arm Bushings
IE Rear Shock Mounts
IE SS Braided Brake Lines
25mm ATE Master Cylinder

Here are some pics:



It'll look lower once I get the M-Tech II door panels and sideskirts put on.
Almost forgot: stock bottlecaps with 195/60/14 Bridgestone Turenzo's (sp?).

[bmws50b30]

Turner J stock spings with matching bilsteins (revalved)
ST sway bars
THR CAB
Earl's SS brake lines
IE Green Subframe poly bushings
JTD RSM
Sparco strut bar
Stock spring pads

[bmwm3n528]

Turner J stock spings with matching bilsteins (revalved)
ST sway bars
THR CAB
Earl's SS brake lines
IE Green Subframe poly bushings
JTD RSM
Sparco strut bar
Stock spring pads

That's perfect(If we're judging by 'looks'). For some reason I don't remember J-Stocks being quite that low.

[Garageaholic]

HR sports with bilstein sports
M30 in it with an extra 80lbs in front end.
Running 17x8 on 215/40 17 tires

[MikesJo]

H&R Race w/ Bilstein Sports on a 318is.

[sticksdaman]

vogtland springs
KYB shocks
195 60 14 in the front
195 60 14 in the rear

*update*

new set up
205 50 15 all around on 15x7 wheels

one spring pad removed from the rears

[japspecvr6]

vogtland springs
KYB shocks
195 60 14 in the front
195 60 14 in the rear

.....not bad at all......:up:

[Lof8]

spring pads

After looking through this thread, I see some people are running thinner spring pads or none at all. Where do you get the smaller spring pads? Does going with no spring pads create squeaks? Any drawbacks to no spring pads? It seems like a good method to fine tune the ride height.
thanks, Andy

[craz azn]

1988 325iS

H&R Sports (blue front, red rear)
Bilstein Sports
one dot spring pads front and rear
stock iS 20mm front sway bar w/ M3 strut tabs
stock iS (12mm??IIRC) rear bar
195/60R14 tires