Couple quick pictures after wrenching on the car

[Jean]

Spent most of the day changing the suspension on the car today with some local friends.

Basically new camber plates, new taller rear shock mounts (btw I recommend these to anybody running coils, now my rear springs don't fall out when I raise the rear to change wheels/tires), re-valved shocks, modified front struts.

Lowered the car a little bit, front will have to come up a little as I am now rubbing against the splash shield/fender liner... FFFFuuuu

Car just turned 200k today.

Pics.





Rear tall GC RSM



How the car sits now.

[ak-]

Beaut.

What front inserts are you running? Modified as well?

[Jean]

Beaut.

What front inserts are you running? Modified as well?

Basically running 51mm housings modified by GC (reinforced,powdercoated with with e30m3 sway bar tabs). Re-valved/modified bilstein sports, 550front/675rear coils, 21mm cabrio front sway, no rear sway. 225/45 16 all the way around.

[bimmer_E30]

Pretty!

[Jean]

A couple pics after a quick wash, some came out ok so I decided to post these...










I think these two are my fave lol

[White325is]

sooo freakin cleannn!!!!

[Jean]

I wish, it's a 10 footer car. Plenty of water spots / little dings/scratches but it's not a show car by any means so I don't care lol

[phreshkid]

What was the turnaround time for Bilstein to revalve the stuts/shocks from when you shipped to when you received them? Did you send them a good set of struts/shocks or a beat up pair when they revalved them?

[dashboardmonkey]

nice!

I need to do front strut modding to accomidate my coils so i can go lower....

[Jean]

What was the turnaround time for Bilstein to revalve the stuts/shocks from when you shipped to when you received them? Did you send them a good set of struts/shocks or a beat up pair when they revalved them?

About 3 weeks. I sent them my 2-3 year old rears, and brand new fronts since I was upgrading from the old 45mm inserts to 51mm inserts.

[quikveedb2]

Car just turned 200k today.

w00t! car looks great. center caps on the wheels would make it for me, but it's not mine, either.

[Yeee30]

hot dam........ can't wait to see this tomorrow... who did the alignment?

[Jean]

Alignment was just eyeballed for now, yeah I know. It will be done in the next few days once I remember who did it last time with old coils/plates and all. I remember I had trouble finding a shop that would do it....

[AlpinaE30]

NICE Jean!

[ak-]

I take your car very seriously as it's very properly built from suspension, body, to the m30 engine, then I read your license plate and spit everywhere laughing haha.