B&G Springs or Racing Dynamic Springs???

[Dominick]

i have a daily driver 318i, i have decent roads around me, nothing too bad. im gonna be running stock shocks for now. im not an autocrosser, i just want to lower the car for appearance. i can deal with a harsher ride. i want to slightly tuck the tires and want a somewhat even drop (stock bottlecaps and stock-ish tires btw)

both are under $200, so what do you guys suggest? or maybe even another set to do the job.

I want the car to look like these (or close)

or


thank you

[e30Matt]

I'd run Eibachs before I ran either of those... I've seen bad problems with B+G and I rode in a car w/RDs that felt wayyyy too soft.

EDIT: Saved you the work... the cabrio has Ground Controls on it.

[BahnE30]

haha
either get H&R's or Eibachs for springs you shoudl get 6 months to a year depending on your stock shocks shape or go ground control or Cup kit if you want coil overs

[e30Matt]

haha
either get H&R's or Eibachs for springs you shoudl get 6 months to a year depending on your stock shocks shape or go ground control or Cup kit if you want coil overs

Cup Kit is a standard spring setup, not coilover.

[///M Powered]

is it an early 318i or the later

[Dominick]

is it an early 318i or the later

its a 1985 318i, but i dont know what month it was made in

I rode in a car w/RDs that felt wayyyy too soft.

i definately dont want soft suspension, so i guess RD springs are out? unless your friends car was an isolated case!

thanks guys i appreciate all the quick replies, im used to my integra and the availability of parts. but i love the RWD.

Can you guys point me in the right direction of H&R or Eibach (pro-kit, sportline,etc) that will get me a similar drop as the bottom grey car in my posted pics?

Thanks

[Jordan]

Eibach Prokit is saggy ass shit too.

With ANY lowering setup you will need new Bilstien sports or something comparable all around. Stock shocks/struts will not control the high spring rates of lowering spring.

I done suspension work on MANY e30's, I've yet to work on one that did not already have 4 completely blown dampeners on it. Even the 90k mile 91 325i Sport I did a suspension swap on had all 4 blown.

[e30evolution]

my 90 325is with 140k on it didnt have blown shocks or struts

[hamann318is]

From other posts here, if you run IE stage 3 or H&R race, you're going to want Konis, not Bilsteins. Super stiff setups need the stiffer ability of the Koni.

I'm in the process of an IE 3 and Koni. I'll let you know how it turns out.

[Fred]

I rode in a car w/RDs that felt wayyyy too soft.

You should take a ride in mine :D.

[Dominick]

what setup do you have? how do you like? where did you get it?