New Member - 1989 325ix and Evo

[Mlarsen]

What'd you use for the rear shocks? Those Koni's seem like a good option up front. I was thinking of just sending my HD's to Bilstien and have them revalved and shortened.

[nando]

koni sports will work fine in the rear. I wouldn't use revalved rear bilstiens and konis up front.. that's asking for trouble.

yeah my sleeves are 4" tall. you should be able to put a taller sleeve on there, that would essentially allow you to raise the car up near stock height. I drove home in some pretty nasty shit yesterday, made it just fine but I definitely wished for a bit more ride height (snow, no problem - ice, can suck it).

I could have raised it up but we get snow so infrequently here I didn't bother.

[Mlarsen]

koni sports will work fine in the rear. I wouldn't use revalved rear bilstiens and konis up front.. that's asking for trouble.

Right, I was stating I'd either do the Koni's or revalved Bilstiens all around.

[nando]

if you drive the car on the street a lot, go with Konis.

[AWDBOB]

After speaking with nando comparing the two setups, I would recommend Konis for a street setup. Plus, you always have room for adjustment too, if need be.'

I have some further notes about dumping an iX:

The CV shafts will pop out of the diff before they break. I'm going to raise the car up a bit soon, just need to find the right sleeves to buy.

[Nisse Järnet]

Man i missed this, car looks awsome! :D But do the shafts pop out at tyhis ride hight? Or did i misunderstand? :P
Do you know how much suspension travel you have in the front with the current setup?

[AWDBOB]

Man i missed this, car looks awsome! :D But do the shafts pop out at tyhis ride hight? Or did i misunderstand? :P
Do you know how much suspension travel you have in the front with the current setup?

Thanks, man!

Unfortunately, I do believe so. I drove the car hard for about a week, and was making a hard left under some power, and pop, out she came. I'm going to raise the car up the little I have left and see if that's enough to correct it. It's a shame, because this ride height looks pretty sweet with the flares in the front!

Suspension travel wasn't really sacrificed, as most of my drop was taken out of the housing. That was 2.1" right there alone. When the car is on the ground, the struts are barely even compressed. I'll get a better measurement later on when the car isn't stuck at the bottom of my street :???:

[Nisse Järnet]

Thanks, man!

Unfortunately, I do believe so. I drove the car hard for about a week, and was making a hard left under some power, and pop, out she came. I'm going to raise the car up the little I have left and see if that's enough to correct it. It's a shame, because this ride height looks pretty sweet with the flares in the front!

Suspension travel wasn't really sacrificed, as most of my drop was taken out of the housing. That was 2.1" right there alone. When the car is on the ground, the struts are barely even compressed. I'll get a better measurement later on when the car isn't stuck at the bottom of my street :???:

Ok thats not good news :( It really looks nice! Do you think its the angle itself or is the angle cousing the shaft to be too short? If u know what i mean :P

Yeah i can imagine the springs on the new setup is a bit stiffer :)

[AWDBOB]

Ok thats not good news :( It really looks nice! Do you think its the angle itself or is the angle cousing the shaft to be too short? If u know what i mean :P

Yeah i can imagine the springs on the new setup is a bit stiffer :)

From what I can see (and feel trying to get the shaft in the diff), I'd say it's the angle causing the shaft to be too short. I only have 1/4" to go on raising it up, so I'm going to do that, grab the GC camber plates (another 1/4"), and beat the piss out of it and see if she holds.

I'll try to update with my findings as much as possible as not too many people have experimented with going low on an iX, it seems.

[Nisse Järnet]

From what I can see (and feel trying to get the shaft in the diff), I'd say it's the angle causing the shaft to be too short. I only have 1/4" to go on raising it up, so I'm going to do that, grab the GC camber plates (another 1/4"), and beat the piss out of it and see if she holds.

I'll try to update with my findings as much as possible as not too many people have experimented with going low on an iX, it seems.

Thanks, you are really helping out here :) Thats good news for me as im gonna use E34ix axles and they are slightly longer than E30ix axles i think so it hopefully works out!

Im thinking of getting the GC plates and coil kit, are u using their coil kit?

[nando]

hmm, are you really that much lower than me? can't say I've ever had the shaft pop out.

another consideration is the shaft will eventually hit the frame. that. would. be. bad.

[Mlarsen]

^ I thought that seemed kind of odd as well.

[iXguido]

my ix was as low as yours is except I was on 14" wheels. never had a problem with the shafts.

[AWDBOB]

Thanks, you are really helping out here :) Thats good news for me as im gonna use E34ix axles and they are slightly longer than E30ix axles i think so it hopefully works out!

Im thinking of getting the GC plates and coil kit, are u using their coil kit?

Yep, the plates and coils are from GC! Any more info on the E34iX axles? If they're a tad longer it may not be a bad idea at all.

hmm, are you really that much lower than me? can't say I've ever had the shaft pop out.

another consideration is the shaft will eventually hit the frame. that. would. be. bad.

^ I thought that seemed kind of odd as well.

my ix was as low as yours is except I was on 14" wheels. never had a problem with the shafts.

I actually don't know. Maybe it was just a freak incident that didn't have to do with stress on the axles? Who knows. I didn't raise it up, so we shall see if it happens again, as much as I hate saying that.

How much clearance did/do you guys have between the CV axle and the frame?

[nando]

E34 axles will only work with the 24v e34 drivetrain

There's not much clearance at all. Maybe an inch? Spring rates are pretty critical, but im pretty sure my bilstiens will bottom out first.