New Member - 1989 325ix and Evo

[nando]

only if they're worn.

[BingM3]

only if they're worn.

Not true, just talking from experience...lowered started clicking, put it back to normal height it disappeared. All depends how low you go I guess mine was low enough because I wanted to hide that fender clearance.

[AWDBOB]

Hmm, I never experienced any clicking, but perhaps I wasn't low enough?

To my understanding, the clicking is per nandos explanation; worn out.

I couldn't have physically gone any lower due to frame clearance, so unless someone notched their frame and experienced clicking, it didn't happen to me.

[nando]

Not true, just talking from experience...lowered started clicking, put it back to normal height it disappeared. All depends how low you go I guess mine was low enough because I wanted to hide that fender clearance.

yeah, I might just have a little bit of experience here. :p

[iXguido]

what spring rates did you get with your coil over kit?

[AWDBOB]

what spring rates did you get with your coil over kit?

I went with 450F/650R.

The car is my DD, and I'm 110% satisfied with these springs on a daily. A great blend of aggressive and comfort.

Also, there haven't been any more axle popping incidents since I got four turns out of the front adjusters.

[AWDBOB]

Beginning to question my sanity.

[AWDBOB]

To further update on the coilover situation:

All four front CV boots are ripped after a month. Ordering civic coils to use the threaded piece. Lower your iX they said, it'll be fun they said.

[Nisse Järnet]

Ouch not good news!

[nando]

Were they new? Something is wrong - I've never had one, much less all 4 rip in that short of a time frame.

[AWDBOB]

Ouch not good news!

Were they new? Something is wrong - I've never had one, much less all 4 rip in that short of a time frame.

They were my lightly used spares. Not a single rip. Boots were all in great condition and weren't dry or anything. I have two sets that I'm rebuilding so I have more, it's just frustrating to have them rip so quickly.

Do you run a rear sway, nando?

[AWDBOB]

Project Standard Transmission Swap was a success!

A bit more time consuming than I anticipated, but went pretty smooth minus the clutch master cylinder pushing fluid past the seal after it was installed.

A note: I purchased the Condor weighted shift knob and it feels terrible due to how high it sits. Installed an older wood BMW knob I had lying around and it feels 10x better.

The car is a whole different machine with a 5sp!

Have a plethora of parts coming for next weekend.

Picked up:

Performance:

IE Rear 19mm Sway (with billet mounts and adj endlinks)
M3 Front Adj Endlinks
Trailing Arm Bushings
Rear Diff Bushing
Offset CABs
Rear Strut Reinforcement Plates
Bimmerheads 274 Regrind
Ported IM

Maintenance:

Performance Wires, OE plugs, cap, and rotor
Gates Racing Timing Belt, OE components and gaskets
New Style Head Studs
Fan Clutch

Dropped my IM and VC off at the powdercoaters over the weekend as well! Feels good to finally be making some progress on it.

[AWDBOB]

Car is finally coming along.

Found a set of pretty nice tan sports seats and got the manual swap all buttoned up.




Sourced a new piece of glass for the front windshield and also got my fresh hood back from the body shop. Going to glue my headliner back up and all that jazz when I finally get around to throwing that stuff on.

[AWDBOB]

Installed my new glass today, finally.








Also threw on my front M3 adj swaybar endlinks and I still think they're too long. It feels like they're binding up, and the swaybar definitely doesn't sit parallel. It's driving me crazy because the car pulls to whatever side is bound up. The shorter links helped, but still not short enough :hitler:

[rzerob]

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