T Verdier's suspension

[clavinZERO]

looks MUCH better btw.

:P

[z31maniac]

HINT: the arches are not actually level on the body itself, so you can't go by that, you need to measure from somewhere else to check the rake.

True, but the OP joined in, in the ATL thread about how fender height matters not, in regards to rake, but only the wheel gaps.

[lowlightbw]

i have the same setup and my front settled a good bit after a week. im EXTREMELY happy with this setup, great for a DD but stiff enough to autoX it. get a SKID plate from ejnight and thank me later. looking GOOD though.
-ben

[m3austin]

Lower :D

[T Verdier]

seriously. my lowtec front springs had less coils.
however it had same part number as yours and the other lowtec owners

yeah yours is a good inch lower in the front.

True, but the OP joined in, in the ATL thread about how fender height matters not, in regards to rake, but only the wheel gaps.

yes i did say that. and in a perfect world i could go lower in front but my car makes it into its nice warm garage where no leafs, thugs, debris are, and i want to keep it that way.

[T Verdier]

specs

before

After


REAR

[golde30]

hmm....you should have bought my wheels. they would have looked pimp.

[T Verdier]

hmm....you should have bought my wheels. they would have looked pimp.

it was just bad timing. I definitely let those slip away, because i liked them a lot.

[shmutzigE30]

yeah i agree with others. some sideskirts would look awesome on that

[aSpecD_]

yeah i agree with others. some sideskirts would look awesome on that

or just paint-match your rockers, seriously..
DO IT !!



-jeff

[PhillyG]

or just paint-match your rockers, seriously..
DO IT !!



-jeff

Holy shit thats hot. I want those wheels.

[z31maniac]

yes i did say that. and in a perfect world i could go lower in front but my car makes it into its nice warm garage where no leafs, thugs, debris are, and i want to keep it that way.

What does that have to do with anything?

Mine's parked out in front of the house underneath a 150 year old Oak tree under a 1/2" sheet of ice. And I'm lower than you on 17's.

Your retort makes no fucking sense.

[Justin B]

Looks good TJ!

True, but the OP joined in, in the ATL thread about how fender height matters not, in regards to rake, but only the wheel gaps.

What?? Rake TECHNICALLY has nothing to do with wheel arches or fender heights or wheel gaps, its the body. I measure the rocker about a foot ahead of the rear wheel (avoiding the thicker low spot on the last few inches) and right behind the front wheel. That measures the levelness of the undercarriage. I never quite understand why people think rake has to do with what the wheels/tires look like to the body. If they're even, or any "positive" rake according to the dubbers, the rocker panel is sitting at a wicked slant to the ground FORWARD already.

Take for example a race car Where are you going to measure rake? Surely not the wheel gap, in that case rake can be changed to effect the ground effects of the car (ideally, not in particular to unmodified bmws). When it is flat, or even slightly higher in the back, it would still look "reverse" rake according to the wheel gap.

Now, if thats what all of you were trying to say in the beginning, meh.

I agree however, for the aesthetic stand point when you don't look at it too close and just what the body looks like in relation to the wheels, rake is backwards when its flat but I digress.

[e30this]

After all this time I thought you had a vert.

[Wishno87]

Much better! You have needed this for soo long