Charley's 325 Touring

[Roysneon]

The H&R cup kit isn't on there?

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Spring rates:

Stock 325is: 118/265
Stock 325i: 106/245
Stock M3: 140/250
Eibach Pro: 148/274-343 progressive
Eibach Comp: 166/457
Dinan Street Sport: 171/300
H&R Sport: 185/340
H&R Race 315 570-680
H&R Grp G (not DTM) springs: 343/570,700,912
H&R Coil Overs: 340/380
Turner J-Stock: 680/1026
Alpina: ~200/350

Wow, H&R Sports are weaksauce compared to Races. I have H&R race on my touring.

[metalsoul]

Wonderful write up Charley, I've always wanted a touring (and keep trying to get Levent to sell me his white one that I know he'll never sell :) But you're doing a great job, keep up the awesome work!!

[Charley]

Spring rates:

Stock 325is: 118/265
Stock 325i: 106/245
Stock M3: 140/250
Eibach Pro: 148/274-343 progressive
Eibach Comp: 166/457
Dinan Street Sport: 171/300
H&R Sport: 185/340
H&R Race 315 570-680
H&R Grp G (not DTM) springs: 343/570,700,912
H&R Coil Overs: 340/380
Turner J-Stock: 680/1026
Alpina: ~200/350

The H&R cup kit isn't on there?

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[Charley]

just installed the coils in my touring. What a pain in the ass the rear was. Lost a 10mm deep socket down the hole in front of the shock tower :(
Your project is looking great, good job

Yeah seriously, if swaping the schock+mounts is the only thing
that you need to do, then it is very time consuming especially
if you compare it to the same job on a sedan.

And get yourself a magnet for that socket...

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[cbouchez]

Spring rates:

Stock 325is: 118/265
Stock 325i: 106/245
Stock M3: 140/250
Eibach Pro: 148/274-343 progressive
Eibach Comp: 166/457
Dinan Street Sport: 171/300
H&R Sport: 185/340
H&R Race 315 570-680
H&R Grp G (not DTM) springs: 343/570,700,912
H&R Coil Overs: 340/380
Turner J-Stock: 680/1026
Alpina: ~200/350

[HighOnLife]

just installed the coils in my touring. What a pain in the ass the rear was. Lost a 10mm deep socket down the hole in front of the shock tower :(
Your project is looking great, good job

[cbouchez]

Well it’s my daily driver so I want to have something comfortable for daily driving. I’m also adding a rear sway bar IE with the stiffest setting to compensate.
M3 control arms and OEM bushings, I had some Powerflex bushings in the past and they worked great on the E30 but I’m going a different route this time.

[Charley]

Good to know about the RSM... I need to get everything out before taking it to the shop. I'm getting an H&R cup kit (Touring) I hope is not to soft....

What are the rates on the H&R cup kit? Aren't the cup kit springs super
soft but progressive....?

What are you having done to your car suspension wise?

[cbouchez]

Good to know about the RSM... I need to get everything out before taking it to the shop. I'm getting an H&R cup kit (Touring) I hope is not to soft....

[Charley]

Update this week is almost nothing... :-(

I don't have my parts so I can't do shit.

I only worked on the car today and half of the day was going from
one driveline shop to an other trying to find someone willing to fix or
cheap enough so I wouldn't have to buy a new one. That didn't go
to well...dealer got my money BUT I will have a new driveshaft +CSB
+Guibo in 5 to 7 days... So my car should be on the road in less than
10 days which is great news for me.

The only did small stuff today mainly check the torque on each bolts that
I had removed. I found a few that were not torqued properly so I'm glad
I did this even though it was time consuming.

Also installed the rsm reinforcement plates. I had installed a set on my
318is as well and installation was a bit easier last time. Not that it is
harder but more time consuming.





The RSM on a touring are a little bit harder to access than a sedan.
You have to remove the seat belt base to access the second bolt of the
RSM. Also My interior was already apart so that made things easier
otherwise I would have had to remove the whole panel that normally
covers the wheel well.

Also don't do like I did and install the RSM in without the shock already
installed...I only did this on the first one. I was wondering why it was
so hard to access the bolt

So that is pretty much it for this week. More when I get my parts from
Blunttech and my drive shaft from the dealer...

Charley

[Jim Lepage]

What pattern are those seats?

It's called Uberkaro.

[Charley]

What pattern are those seats?

No idea how its called. I had those seat in my last e30 so
I'm only running the fronts. I've seen that pattern only in some 318is
and one imported 318i.

yes, I also notched the reinforcement plates but I'm not so sure you have to do that because I didn't use them on my car. BUT everyone around me that runs correction kits with poly subframe bushings notches them.

Well I will use the collective wisdom and notch them.

Thank you for the info! I'll talk to IE before placing the order.

thanks,
Christian

No problem

[cbouchez]

Thank you for the info! I'll talk to IE before placing the order.

thanks,
Christian

[samiam3356]

yes, I also notched the reinforcement plates but I'm not so sure you have to do that because I didn't use them on my car. BUT everyone around me that runs correction kits with poly subframe bushings notches them.

[A Sucked Orange]

What pattern are those seats?