IE E30 Stage 3 Race Springs

[Spoon e30]

Ireland Engineering E30 Stage 3 Race Springs

anyone have the installed? Any pics?

[Werksmini]

From all the pics ive seen they are the best drop on E30s. That would be my choice.

[Spoon e30]

also, any recommendations other than bilstein sport shocks to accompany these springs.

[Werksmini]

also, any recommendations other than bilstein sport shocks to accompany these springs.

Like anyone would say; a set of nice koni's. You could probably get the job done with some bilsteins though.

[NCm42]

Just be prepared to wait a few months as they are almost always on backorder.

[M42Technik]

I think the drop resembles the FK 60/40 drop (KillerCalypso), which in my eyes look better.

[Brian 89 325i]

Ive got the stage 3's They are a gret spring. I love them, little stiff if you live in a bumpy area. Also i'd get KONI's if i had to do it again, The bilsteins are fine for nice roads, but it gets kinda cooky when the roads arent so nice.

Brian

[LikeCDoos]

318 daily also had IE stage 3 on his car. It looks real good IMO. But he said they are real bumpy so be prepaired

[Spoon e30]

thanks for the help. It'll be awhile before suspension work anyway.

[M50Webber]

Had the Stage 3 springs on my old 325e 4 door acutocross car.

Since the springs are progressive, they were fairly comfortable on the street, but they SUCKED with Bilsteins. Progressive rate springs and too much compression damping make for a crappy ride for sure.

Here is a link to a pic of the ride height - I know, the car is absolutely hideous - Salvage title, all bondo, but hauled ass in the acutocross with a chip and a 3.25 diff. Yay torque.

http://www.sundaybender.com/autocross/ax/2.jpg

Hope this helps,
Chris

[Spoon e30]

from what's been posted, everyone is saying go with koni's so i guess i'll be saving up a bit more this summer, but either way, thanks for the advice.

[Kell]

yay, finally you wont ride higher than sean's 325e ;) but this also means im gonna get put to work when you get them :( J/K

[NCm42]

Sean who??

BTW spoon you might want to consider if you are going to be able to deal with a rougher ride, depending where you go off to college and how the roads are there might make you consider other things.

[e30Matt]

yay, finally you wont ride higher than sean's 325e ;) but this also means im gonna get put to work when you get them :(

Actually, this probably means "ghetto-Tegra" style spring installation again. :nice:

[Kell]

Sean who??

sean is in the sig pic all the way on the left, he goes to my school, north.