Best Suspension/Springs, Shocks for a Daily Driver

[heelN'toe joe]

Alot of people overlook the Bilstein BTS kit. Realy conservative spring rates and great dampers. these with some M3 CABs and some soft urethane rear subfraem bushings and your set

[chrisesteschiro]

I just did billy sports, h&r race, camber caster kit, suspension techniques sways, poly rtabs, Diff., and subframe bushings, solid RSM's. No spring pads.....The still feels great for a daily but is a little low......

[DSP74]

The "best" street suspension would include
M3 offset lower arms, offset stock type upper mounts, Bilstein HD's, and HnR race. In the rear replace the subframe and diff bushings with new ones and rear trailing arms with poly. You might gain a bit more due to reduced compliance in the bushings but it'll be isolated from the car by the stock type subframe and diff bushings.

Stiff shocks and poly bushings will make the car hit hard just as much as stiff springs.

[T Verdier]

1/4" maybe.

[sticksdaman]

Im not sure removing the spring pads in the front will make that much of a difference....

[lowlightbw]

yeah, im in the same boat. could you remove the spring pads only in the front and leave them in the rear? would that make a huge difference? id like to have some rake. i.e.-close to flush in the front and just a little gap in the rear. or at least have the gap be even, which on my 89 would mean rake.

[T Verdier]

Now I'm debating between IEs and H&R Sports. Which would be better if I were to have 4 people in the car? Is anyone else using the IEs for DD? Thanks again!

WTF. They can walk!

What about ride height. Ive heard so many different things like IE3s drop lower in the back than h&r races even though they claim 2" in front and 1.5" in the rear. I want lower in front!

[johnwoo]

what about ie3? ive searched and it looks like there are good results with these. anyone know the cheapest place to pick up a set?

[Danny]

I like the way my car sits.

Billy sports in the front KYB Gas adjusts in the rear (Yay picknpull, at 8 bucks a shock I cant argue.) and Racing Dynamics greens.

Ride is slightly stiffer I believe than H&R sports and I think The drop may be a wee bit more?

[rwh11385]

H&R Sport 50406 and Koni SAs.
Very comfortable and sit wells...

http://www.r3vlimited.com/gallery/files/7/9/4/9/DSC01869.jpg

[johnwoo]

Same question as the Op but with a 318iS... Not my daily and hope to autocross and (hopefully) track the car in the future. Would still drive it daily as much as possible though.

The biggest issue I have is the super low oil pan on the 318iS. What do you think of auto-x and track? Daily? Having to worry about busted pans isn't appealing. I guess skidplate solves that?

x2
looking for lowering springs and shocks combos but low oil pan worries me.

anyone know of who makes a skid plate?

[NOMAD]

Same question as the Op but with a 318iS... Not my daily and hope to autocross and (hopefully) track the car in the future. Would still drive it daily as much as possible though.

The biggest issue I have is the super low oil pan on the 318iS. What do you think of auto-x and track? Daily? Having to worry about busted pans isn't appealing. I guess skidplate solves that?

[Erick]

With 4 people in the car, then it all boils down to the wheel size/width/offset and what tires you are running.

The H&R Sports sit higher, but they compress easier (being softer than IE3s), so with 4 people you'd probably go just as low as the IE3s.

[dandingo]

Now I'm debating between IEs and H&R Sports. Which would be better if I were to have 4 people in the car? Is anyone else using the IEs for DD? Thanks again!

[Erick]

That's what I'm saying. Did I say something else? :p