I need to go LOW

[ian e30 318is]

hahahah. alright you got me. this might be my new summer project. First it was a new dash install and now im buying a damn grinder and grinding some bekkers drop hats so that i can put on IE3's with the proper front end ride height. haha.

[whelton70]

Coilovers Beat The Shit Out Of You On Rough Roads !!!

[ian e30 318is]

ok i think its decided. right now i have the bilsteins and i think im gonna go with some gc's. i cant wait. what spring rates do you think i should get?? im thinking maybe around 450f/650r.

[808BMW]

Try riding in someones car before picking rates.

I have 375f/475r and it is plenty stiff for me. I run mine pretty low and have a decent rim+tire setup going on and I have no rubbing, bottoming, or problems at all.

Its fun to run the whole "race car" thing every day on the street, but it gets old after a while. I'm glad I didn't go with anything too extreme

[erik325i]

ok i think its decided. right now i have the bilsteins and i think im gonna go with some gc's. i cant wait. what spring rates do you think i should get?? im thinking maybe around 450f/650r.

Those rates sound pretty good. I am very happy with my C3 Motorsport coilover kit with 450f/750r spring rates, but keep in mind I have no rear swaybar.
With stock sways, 450/650 should be pretty nice.

-Erik

[ian e30 318is]

alright cool. yeah i wanna go pretty stiff. i wish i could afford the c3 kit.

[ian e30 318is]

are the gc's hard to install and how low will they go?? and will i need to buy all new bushings, control arms, camber plates, etc??

[PУCCKAЯ_e30ka]

call KW or ST they have pretty good setups available (60/40 or 60/60)

[ian e30 318is]

already tried. they said that they dont make the 60/40 springs anymore.

[bo0stedc2]

I just ordered my kw/st 60/40 springs today. Where have you been trying to order from?

[egk2]

I just ordered my kw/st 60/40 springs today. Where have you been trying to order from?

The ST springs that Tunershop is offering as KW replacements are NOT the same springs. Apparently they are much softer than the real KW's.
8atman just installed them and hates them because they are way too soft.

I had the real KW 60/40's and they were very stiff, I'd say about the same as H&R race.

[ian e30 318is]

oh ok. yeah i talked to suspension techniques in california. yeah i heard they were kinda soft. thats another reason why im not gonna get those springs. i think im gonna go with the ground control coilover setup though. i am convinced on it. plus its only an extra $100-200 for the conversion kit. i already have the bisteins and i like the idea of being able to adjust to whatever height i want. My one question is how low will the coilovers be able to go??
I just looked on tunershop and the springs are TS and the drop is 50/30. Where are you guys finding these 60/40 springs at??

[808BMW]

Theyll go lower than almost any static drop spring made, so don't worry about it.

[ian e30 318is]

alright cool

[bo0stedc2]

oh ok. yeah i talked to suspension techniques in california. yeah i heard they were kinda soft. thats another reason why im not gonna get those springs. i think im gonna go with the ground control coilover setup though. i am convinced on it. plus its only an extra $100-200 for the conversion kit. i already have the bisteins and i like the idea of being able to adjust to whatever height i want. My one question is how low will the coilovers be able to go??
I just looked on tunershop and the springs are TS and the drop is 50/30. Where are you guys finding these 60/40 springs at??

So you spoke to a representative and they told you that the spring rates were softer? Just wondering. Damn would have been nice to know that before hand! Oh well better than my damn eibachs!