ST Lowering Springs

[Crap60148]

Finally got the bad boys put on. Also did a suspension refresh. And added some fresh wheels and tires.

I measured from the floor through the center of each wheel to the top of the fender. Rear is at 23 inches and front is at 23.5 inches. Not sure about the oil pan clearance. But I haven't hit it yet so that's good ....

I installed these with kyb shocks and am pretty happy at this point.


Car is still dirty and needs some body work so please excuse that ... But regardless here are some pics

Rims are 15x8, 5 mm spacers up front with 205/50/15, no spacers in the rear with 205/55/15.

[JonnyOg]

I felt just the opposite. I had them in my eta, and it felt too soft in the front. To be fair, I had the m3 springs, which were intended for a much lighter engine, but even with m3 sway links, it still had too much body roll. The back always felt OK to me..

Ah well i have a 4 cyl, and i got the ones labeled for 318is. I installed then with bilsteins and they sat on the bumpstops, so they must feel like shit up front for an eta. If i press down on the front of my car it hardly budges, but if i push down on the back it feels squishy. Decided I'm gonna order 600# rear springs and adjusters for the rear.

[Andy.B]

Anyone else feel that these are way to soft in the rear and make your car handle like shit? I'm gonna get some adjusters for the rears and some 10k springs on my 318is to balance it out.

I felt just the opposite. I had them in my eta, and it felt too soft in the front. To be fair, I had the m3 springs, which were intended for a much lighter engine, but even with m3 sway links, it still had too much body roll. The back always felt OK to me..

[JonnyOg]

Anyone else feel that these are way to soft in the rear and make your car handle like shit? I'm gonna get some adjusters for the rears and some 10k springs on my 318is to balance it out.

[rickycricketts]

Kyb gasajust are good cheap shocks.

[Crap60148]

I still haven't installed my springs, even though I've had them for a year now!! Does anyone have any recommendations for shocks, besides the obvious Bilstein Sports??? I just can't afford those ......

[///digitalme]

st springs with e90 drophats...
finally took a better picture

[rickycricketts]

Anybody have a set of st springs for sale? Just got an eta and would be nice to put these springs on it

[BimmerJeff]

Here is a pic of what the ST 60mm springs look like on an early car.

Before:


After:


The rear has a 7.5mm spring pad in place of stock which I'm most likely going to remove if the rear doesn't settle more. It's got too much rake for my liking at the moment.

[ajackz]

My packaging was dated 7/2012, but I bought the 60/60 kit. From what I recall the reason for the low prices on eBay was KW was discontinuing the ST line (or certain lines) in the states.

I called KW NA directly and this is the cause. They were clearing out old stock to make room for other products.

[BimmerJeff]

My packaging was dated 7/2012, but I bought the 60/60 kit. From what I recall the reason for the low prices on eBay was KW was discontinuing the ST line (or certain lines) in the states.

[Andy.B]

This thread totally looked promising and then I went to ebay and it seems that all the springs in the high $200 range! Just comes to show supply and demand or just plain greed.

Neither really. The deal was for new old stock of their earlier version of the springs. Once those were gone, the only springs kW na is selling are the new stock of their new version of the springs, which are higher priced.

The st springs I got had packaging that was dated early 90's. 92 iirc.

[E30Runt]

This thread totally looked promising and then I went to ebay and it seems that all the springs in the high $200 range! Just comes to show supply and demand or just plain greed.

[drulle]

The ride is very sporty, these are the kw branded springs and shock/strut setup.

Spring rate in the rear feels very good but you mileage will vary with the shock combo you use. I have yet to autox the car with this new set up.

I did email kw North America directly and they said they would have to get the spring rates from kw Germany. The rates that are floating around are inaccurate I'm pretty sure. These feel just as stiff as the z3 h&r race springs I had on there previous to the kw.

Thank you very much. Drop looks great and spring rates are promising. I had H&R race on my previous e30 and absolutely loved them. Hope ST's are similar. Can't wait to install them.

[ajackz]

The ride is very sporty, these are the kw branded springs and shock/strut setup.

Spring rate in the rear feels very good but you mileage will vary with the shock combo you use. I have yet to autox the car with this new set up.

I did email kw North America directly and they said they would have to get the spring rates from kw Germany. The rates that are floating around are inaccurate I'm pretty sure. These feel just as stiff as the z3 h&r race springs I had on there previous to the kw.