Looking for some advice (good or bad)

[IRON-E]

For you to have an idea these are my setups:

1- This is with bilstein sports/ h&r sport springs and 15mm drophats stock spring pads everywhere.

2- This is with same setup but IE s3 springs . After installing them it was lowered 1/4 inch all around.

I have 6mm spacers on front and 7.5 inches wheels and they fit pretty flush.

No spacers at rear and 9 inches wheels that sit also pretty flush.

All the wheels are et20. And tires are 205/40/16 front and 215/45/16 rear

So considering that you want flush fitment for the fronts you are ok with 6 to 8mm spacers but for the rear you will need 15mm to sit like mine. Now with the 20mm you will have rub issues depending on tires.

i think I'm gonna stick with the 15mm spacers in the back and 8mm fronts and to be honest, I like the picture with the IE3s but still undecided.

[mikeedler]

cut a coil and replace your worn out rear trailing arm bushings-- that much camber only means that they are trashed.
or get the e36 compact rear spring spacers to raise the rear end.

[schtozo]

i think I'm gonna stick with the 15mm spacers in the back and 8mm fronts and to be honest, I like the picture with the IE3s but still undecided.

My front spacers where 8mm first but the front end vibrated with them because they didnot have the outer centric ring so i had to shave 2mm of them and problem solved.

[IRON-E]

cut a coil and replace your worn out rear trailing arm bushings-- that much camber only means that they are trashed.
or get the e36 compact rear spring spacers to raise the rear end.

Oh shit, I never thought of that (RTABs) but you're probably 100% correct on that. It's already in the list of things to do, later this year, thank you for the imput.

My front spacers where 8mm first but the front end vibrated with them because they didnot have the outer centric ring so i had to shave 2mm of them and problem solved.

Mine are hub centric, so vibrating for me but I'm going to try a couple of different things from all the suggestions.....


Thanx a lot guys.

[schtozo]

Mine are hub centric, so vibrating for me but I'm going to try a couple of different things from all the suggestions.....


Thanx a lot guys.

Yeah mine are hubcentric from the inside but the out side are just flat. Where did you get the spacers if they are hubcentric from outside?

[IRON-E]

Yeah mine are hubcentric from the inside but the out side are just flat. Where did you get the spacers if they are hubcentric from outside?

Flavio, ya lo conoces ;)

[e46s54dr]

Honesly, cutting off a dead coil like some people said isn't all that bad. My e30 has ie3s with one coil cut, e92/90 drop hats, bilstein sports, and 205/40/16 tires on a 16x8 wheels and there's still a gap. I've decided to run a set of fatter tires (205/45/16) up front to fill the gap because I can't sacrifice anymore suspension travel. That may be an option to consider. -David

[IRON-E]

Honesly, cutting off a dead coil like some people said isn't all that bad. My e30 has ie3s with one coil cut, e92/90 drop hats, bilstein sports, and 205/40/16 tires on a 16x8 wheels and there's still a gap. I've decided to run a set of fatter tires (205/45/16) up front to fill the gap because I can't sacrifice anymore suspension travel. That may be an option to consider. -David

Your choice in tires (205/45/16) is what I had originally planned on getting to fill the gap better but these 215/40s were such a good deal that I could not afford to pass up. With that said, I will try a few different suggestions and report back when I'm satisfied.

Thank you everyone.