my bone stock looking 318is

[blunttech]

Since I'll be dropping my rear subframe soon, I was noticing the custom blunttech support brace setup there and curious how it worked for ya Steve. Is that a 4x4 post supported by the stands? Any other pads etc?

yes this is a patented application. It worked when I was restoring my 02 so I did it with the e30 also. i never got under it without extra jack stands under there. It seemed ghetto but worked. be careful

[Turf1600]

Where's biscus?

[blunttech]

Where's biscus?

hes the white fluffy mutt sniffing busters ass on the left.

[Iain]

You have a Maltese, Blunt?

[Red88]

You probably waited to take the picture until you could convince the dogs to do something dirty.

[E30AWDAZ]

Good luck on the build! Is it a zinno??

[blunttech]

You have a Maltese, Blunt?

not sure wtf he is. hes part maltese and part terrier or poodle or some shit. I got him from a puppy mill so i dont really know.

[blunttech]

Good luck on the build! Is it a zinno??

its actually brilliantrot thanks

[jeff_b]

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[blunttech]

ok wtf?? i got this thing back on the ground after I installed the suspension. Here what it consists of. new ca's offset m3 c/a bushings. all new bushings in OE rubber, new bilstein sports with used eibach pro kit springs and Richard Keiths drop hats. No spring pads front or rear. Look at this thing. It looks stock in the front. the m42 is still in the car too. I rolled it up and down my driveway 4 time about 40 feet to let it settle and this is it. maybe itll settle a little?? I thought with used springs it would not really settle. the back isnt so bad but the front cant stay like that/... Did they make 4 cyl and 6 cyl springs? maybe once the 6 gets in there it will drop down. I hope so. look at that gap in the front. Its as big as the gap between mike k's oriental buck teeth

[Danny]

Yeah it'll drop down some, when I switched my H&R race springs from my 318 to my 325 they went down a noticeable amount, and again when the s50 went in.

[TooTall90]

i'm not 100% positive but i think that there are indeed seperate/specific springs for the 318 and the 325. but if your planning to swap in a 6pot might as well bare with the gap for now.

[Danny]

You can kind of see the difference here.

318:



325:



325 w/ s50 (sig)

[blunttech]

ok yeah I should know this since I sell H&r's. there is a specific spring for 318 vs 325. Im pretty sure these are 325 springs. I bought them from a dirty kentucky lawyer. Ill have to confirm.Thanks for the pics danny. that makes me feel a little better

[kronus]

But then again, Lifeiskaos has H&R sports in his swap car, and absurd gap in the front that's larger than yours, blunt.

OTOH, it may all just be an optical illusion.