Hey guys,
I have had my E30 down for a little while now since I'm replacing most of the suspension wear parts at the moment. So since I have thee control arms off and the struts removed I figured it would be a good time to replace the shocks since I have no idea how old the ones that are installed currently are. The previous owner installed what I think is the bilstein shocks with eibach lowering spring kit. I haven't really had any issues with ride quality or anything like that, but since it is a bit of work to get to this point I am wondering if I should just replace the shocks with some new bilsteins, or should I bite the bullet and go full coilovers (was looking at the complete ground control kit).
Basically just wanted to hear some thoughts or pros to going with coil overs. Obviously with the way things are in the world right now its probably not a great time for me to be spending a bunch of money but I wan't to get my E30 back on the road.
I just use the car as a street car right now it has not seen any track use. That being said I would love to get into it one of these days when I get more time. Anyways thanks for any thoughts or opinions.
Also, if there is anything that I should be replacing as while I am in there kind of parts let me know. Here is the list I am at now.
I have had my E30 down for a little while now since I'm replacing most of the suspension wear parts at the moment. So since I have thee control arms off and the struts removed I figured it would be a good time to replace the shocks since I have no idea how old the ones that are installed currently are. The previous owner installed what I think is the bilstein shocks with eibach lowering spring kit. I haven't really had any issues with ride quality or anything like that, but since it is a bit of work to get to this point I am wondering if I should just replace the shocks with some new bilsteins, or should I bite the bullet and go full coilovers (was looking at the complete ground control kit).
Basically just wanted to hear some thoughts or pros to going with coil overs. Obviously with the way things are in the world right now its probably not a great time for me to be spending a bunch of money but I wan't to get my E30 back on the road.
I just use the car as a street car right now it has not seen any track use. That being said I would love to get into it one of these days when I get more time. Anyways thanks for any thoughts or opinions.
Also, if there is anything that I should be replacing as while I am in there kind of parts let me know. Here is the list I am at now.
- Front Control Arms with all new ball joints
- Tie rods
- Upper Strut mounts
- Sway Bar end links
- All the bushings have been switched to poly about a year ago
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