Any way to go lower in the front with IE III springs?

[Van Westervelt]

Sell the IE3's on emotech. ;)

[Jand3rson]

Josh, switch to H&R race, your front will come down, and you dont have to ghetto rig anything. Get them, and stfu. :)

Sorry Curt, I don't have $400 to spend on springs, currently.

[Van Westervelt]

Josh, switch to H&R race, your front will come down, and you dont have to ghetto rig anything. Get them, and stfu. :)

[ditchdigger]

I can almost notice a difference in handling, more from the weight transfer to the front of the car than anything else. I have IE3's and Billy sports and I dont hit the bumpstops anymore than I did before the drop hats.

[golde30]

i HAD the bekkers ones for awhile, but never ran them. i sold them to BMRACER19 with the dumped mtech2 cabby, and with standard length shocks and a 70/50 kit he blew the shocks pretty damn fast. he had to switch over to the short body konis and ended up shortening the housings as well in combination with the bekkers drop hats, which is why is cabby is the lowest e30 i have ever seen...hehe

[Jand3rson]

Yes you do lose a half inch or so of shock travel. And yes shortened shocks would be a very good idea but this was a quick and cheap way to beat the IE rake while I gather parts for coilovers.

I don't have reverse rake, I just want to close the fender gap in the front a little more.

Will doing this largely affect the performance of my front shocks (Konis)? I still want to be able to auto-x effectively.

[smonkbmw]

this is going to turn into a IE3 vs H&R race thread.


H&R race, bilstein sports, super thin pads on the front, standard on rears. 17" wheels. all new suspension bits.

no reverse rake here.

[golde30]

JOSH, I just had an epiphany.

You have IE3's = higher front, lower rear.

On late models, that is corrected by switching to H&R Race. Since the IE3s are replicas of the H&R Race, just made by Eibach.

I am an H&R whore, along with many other kinds of whoredom, and damn proud of it too!

This thread just proves once again, that IE3's suck donkey cock. :)

i have seen a couple pics of late models with H&R race and they look to have the same reverse rake as the IE3...

PS: you have a set of H&R race to sell?

[Van Westervelt]

JOSH, I just had an epiphany.

You have IE3's = higher front, lower rear.

On late models, that is corrected by switching to H&R Race. Since the IE3s are replicas of the H&R Race, just made by Eibach.

I am an H&R whore, along with many other kinds of whoredom, and damn proud of it too!

This thread just proves once again, that IE3's suck donkey cock. :)

[rwh11385]

Have Kate525i sit on your hood.

[ditchdigger]

Yes you do lose a half inch or so of shock travel. And yes shortened shocks would be a very good idea but this was a quick and cheap way to beat the IE rake while I gather parts for coilovers.

[JGood]

Will that effect shock travel? Maybe it would be a good idea to use shorted shocks?

Just wondering...

[golde30]

What would you be looking at as far as compensation for said task?

i am also interested...very interested.

[Jand3rson]

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=110518

Thats how I did it. I have another set of regular hats laying around I could make another pair if you are interested.

What would you be looking at as far as compensation for said task?

[ditchdigger]

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=110518

Thats how I did it. I have another set of regular hats laying around I could make another pair if you are interested.