Refreshing the Front End - Need Advice

[Cephas]

1989 325iS
H&R Cup Kit
BBS RX 16"

The car sees 2-3 HPDE's and autocross/Control Clinics per year. It is not a daily, but does come out to play when the weather cooperates.

Here are the selections that I've made and the companies I'll be buying from. Please let me know if I'm missing anything that I should do while I'm in there/upgrade over what I've got down already.

- Lower control arms - Bimmerworld - Meyle (Should I go Blunt for Lemfoerder?)
- Solid control arm bushings in brackets
- Condor Speedshop - Lifetime rear shock mounts/gaskets - Bimmerworld
- Rear shock reinforcements - Bimmerworld
- Tie rods and locking plates - Bimmerworld

- Front strut mounts - should I go stock, e36 M3, or adjustable?
- Sway bar end links - Need help here. Should I upgrade the entire assembly, sways and all?

What else am I missing?

[Cephas]

Bumpidty bump

[Herr Faust Schinken]

I think you good meyle and lemfoerder are both good brands I don't think e36 m3 top mounts fit e30s look,into ground control or IE camber plates both are good

[jlevie]

Go with adjustable camber plates since this is more of a track car than a street car. A set of 22/19mm sways will be a big difference in the car's handling.

[Cephas]

Thanks guys.

Jlevie, I read that upgrading the sway bars has the potential to make the car slide more. Is that true? At some point I'm going to upgrade to coilovers, should I even waste my time with sway bars, or just put the $$ towards the coils?

I was looking at the TC Kline adjustables having a street and track setup at turn turn of a wrench sounds really appealing.

[IronFreak]

Sliding is based on spring rates, shock control and tire grip, sway bars just help control body roll. If you are going to look at coils I would checkout Ground Control. I have built 4 and 5 lug setups using there stuff.

[jlevie]

Sway bars, per se, won't make the car more prone to sliding. But if the sways, springs, shocks, and wheel alignments aren't matched & setup correctly the car will have a tendency to slide.