Five Lug GC Coilovers

[Pussy30]

I converted my e36 struts to coilovers with the GC kit. Cut the big perches off and fitted the sleeves on the existing weld bead. Unfortunately with them all the way down im no where near as low as i was looking for. What are my choices to go lower?

Thanks

[hooken m]

15mm drop hats?

[Aptyp]

what struts are you using?

[Pussy30]

15mm drop hats?

Not with coilovers

what struts are you using?

Bilstien sports. I want more low in the rear too, but i could just pull the adjuster

[Aptyp]

in that case, you are riding on your bump-stops up front.

[Pussy30]

in that case, you are riding on your bump-stops up front.

No theres alot of travel. Ill get pics.

So im thinking I pull out the rear adjusters or get shorter springs. And figure out a way to move the perch down on the front.

[Pussy30]

And if there isnt alot of travel what do I do? Ive seen this setup so low before. Might have to switch to something like racelands in the front or something.

[Hellabad]

in that case, you are riding on your bump-stops up front.

This guy is right. If you are in doubt, type these words into the google:

"e36 bumpstop problem"


here are some of the results:

Bilstein really screwed up the E36M3 shock design.
The strut is too long and you will be riding, or more like pogo stick
bouncing, on Bilstein bumps stops most of the time. That is unless you
disassemble the Bilstein cartridge and trim the bumps stops. By which
time you had voided Bilstein's lifetime warranty. Don't get me wrong - I had put 120+K miles on Bilstein HDs with my E30
and they were as good as new when I sold the car. But Bilstein really missed
the boat on E36M3 Sport shocks.


The Bilstein Sport front struts for the E36 M3 are of the same design as the struts for the regular E36 3-series. This creates a problem when installed on the M3 (especially when lowered) because the M3 is 1.2 inches (31mm) lower than the regular 3-series from the factory, and the car will practically rest on the strut's internal bumpstops at static ride height when the car is lowered. This situation does not allow for much suspension travel and can cause a harsh and/or bouncy ride on anything other than silky smooth roads.

[BigD]

JFYI, this is what my E36 M3 GC struts look like with the perch all the way down and the spring just snug, not even under compression (no engine, car would lift up):

[etxxz]

i cut and shortened my struts.. when lowering you NEED to do this maintain your travel. I took like 1.25" from the e36 strut housings, probably more i don't remember. Will you shocks allow you to do this is another question. I used e30 koni's inside the e36 strut housing, welded the e30 collar nut ontop of the e36 housings, made a spacer for the strut and bam sealed up e30/6 frankenspention.

[Pussy30]

JFYI, this is what my E36 M3 GC struts look like with the perch all the way down and the spring just snug, not even under compression (no engine, car would lift up):

Im pretty sure they are 325is struts, not m3. But yeah I wanna be that low

[Pussy30]

Yup, there bottomed out. What the fuck do I do now?

[Holland]

I would listen to Hellabad, he doesn't work at GC for nothing.

[Danny]

I would listen to Hellabad, he doesn't work at GC for nothing.

lolwut.

Hellabad IS Ground-Control.

[Holland]

lolwut.

Hellabad IS Ground-Control.

Meh, close enough.