So funny thing happens when you put the car back together quickly without checking on other peoples work. These are the struts as I recieved them from Vorshlag after doing the AST5100 modification.
The "dogbones" at the very bottom below Lee's gold bumpsteer spacer is actually supposed to be the other way around (closer to the hub, not further). Two weeks ago I put the front end back together because we were moving into a new house and part of moving out of the old place required a movable car!
I made the mistake of not double checking vorshalgs assembly and just stuck them on as you see it. Well, now I have probably 6 degrees of negative camber and 20 degree's of toe out! Whoops! Not a big deal to pull the struts off again (i'm getting fast at it) but just another minor annoyance to deal with. I wish I had the time that day to just pop the struts apart, but I was in a serious time crunch so I decided to just scrub the front tires for the 5 mile move than another late night in the garage.
You can kind of see the camber/toe issue here. I'll get a better pic up tomorrow.
Also the 6" springs that vorshlag said they use are way too short without a helper spring in addition to the main spring (we never talked about helper springs) Currently my oil pan to ground distance would give every hipster on here a chubby.
My current wheel to inner fender clearance:
Unfortunately I've decided not to do a whole lot to the E30 for the rest of the year. The suspension took so long to get finished, I decided to concentrate on fixing a few nags I've had on the M5. I'm taking the M5 to Oktoberfest in Monterey this year, so I have a pretty healthy list of things I'd like to address before then. When I get around to finishing the E30, it should be pretty gnarly, but until then it will just sit patiently in it's new garage stall.
The "dogbones" at the very bottom below Lee's gold bumpsteer spacer is actually supposed to be the other way around (closer to the hub, not further). Two weeks ago I put the front end back together because we were moving into a new house and part of moving out of the old place required a movable car!
I made the mistake of not double checking vorshalgs assembly and just stuck them on as you see it. Well, now I have probably 6 degrees of negative camber and 20 degree's of toe out! Whoops! Not a big deal to pull the struts off again (i'm getting fast at it) but just another minor annoyance to deal with. I wish I had the time that day to just pop the struts apart, but I was in a serious time crunch so I decided to just scrub the front tires for the 5 mile move than another late night in the garage.
You can kind of see the camber/toe issue here. I'll get a better pic up tomorrow.
Also the 6" springs that vorshlag said they use are way too short without a helper spring in addition to the main spring (we never talked about helper springs) Currently my oil pan to ground distance would give every hipster on here a chubby.
My current wheel to inner fender clearance:
Unfortunately I've decided not to do a whole lot to the E30 for the rest of the year. The suspension took so long to get finished, I decided to concentrate on fixing a few nags I've had on the M5. I'm taking the M5 to Oktoberfest in Monterey this year, so I have a pretty healthy list of things I'd like to address before then. When I get around to finishing the E30, it should be pretty gnarly, but until then it will just sit patiently in it's new garage stall.
I want my own
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