Need help determining new suspension.

[z31maniac]

Friend of mine said they aren't on the web site yet, that you have to call and ask.

[mentaleeill]

search for egk's old threads. his car was on the 60-40 kw's with drop hats in the front.

[E30SPDFRK]

Got any pics of your car on this setup? What shock/struts were you running?

Billie sports?

Bilstien sports all around

The front sat too high for my tastes because of the little m42. They're on my friends m50 car now and sit amazing.

[Wh33lhop]

The Bilstein sports are shorter than stock (in fact IIRC the valving is the same between the HD and sports, but sports are shorter), and I recall hearing they were about 3" shorter, but that's hearsay (and honestly, I'm not quite sure how they'd pull that off). I've had Sports but they never went on the car and I never had a stock strut to compare side-by-side, so I can't say for sure.

[E30SPDFRK]

Yeah, no way it's 3". My guess is probably about an inch, if that.

[machined]

Where can you even get FK stuff?

[yberther]

fk60/50 ftw.

[z31maniac]

E30SPDFRK, what size tires are you running in that pic?

[E30SPDFRK]

185/65 iirc. It was about a finger gap up front and tucking a little out back.

[z31maniac]

Still haven't been able to make a decision on this. Any other input?

[z31maniac]

search for egk's old threads. his car was on the 60-40 kw's with drop hats in the front.

I went and read a bunch of his threads. It looked like he was running his eibachs with the drop hats, then sold the drop hats once he put the 60/40s in.

I guess I'm trying to get an idea on my coilovers on the S52 car, I had 215/40/17s with just a one finger gap and slight tuck in the rear and I never had any problems with scraping or anything. I just wish I had an idea of what that height translates to on springs.

It's just down to 60/40 or 75/50 and finding a vendor that sells either. I'm pretty decided on eventually running a 16x9 with 225/40s

[E30SPDFRK]

My old springs on a 6 cylinder car. Just to sway you a bit more ;)



205/40/17 front
215/45/17 rear

[TwoJ's]

Why not DD the s52 car? If you want this e30 to be low and shit, it won't ride like a cush DD. You might as well save the money, or buy something that is actually comfortable.

[TwoJ's]

God I sound like my dad.

[Simon S]

My old springs on a 6 cylinder car

looks mean with that rake :up: