Damn, my car got higher since I lowered it :(

[freeride53]

I lowered my car the summer after junior year in high school, and now I'm a sophomore in college looking at my car all funny.

I never replaced the springs since I lowered it, nor did I remove the e90 drop hats that I installed.

Last summer though, I installed some new Bilstein sport struts in the front.

Do you guys also see that it got higher since then, or am i just crazy?
This kind of shit makes me angry, so angry that I might just keep my car and lower it even more next summer.

Before I lowered it, then after I lowered..and through the last few years


after a ride. by sina.pour, on Flickr


The Fog Rolling In. by sina.pour, on Flickr


Untitled by sina.pour, on Flickr


Untitled by sina.pour, on Flickr


quarter by sina.pour, on Flickr


So German. by sina.pour, on Flickr

and now right now, which is sorta bothering me: the car looks like it raised up an inch or so by itself after I installed the bilstein sport struts (it already had bistein tourings in the rear)


Untitled by sina.pour, on Flickr


Untitled by sina.pour, on Flickr


It's for sale. by sina.pour, on Flickr

[Wschnitz]

I think your just paranoid...

[ak-]

Certainly did! :D

[Holland]

Wait for it to settle, or if it's past that point make sure you actually have bilstein sports.

[freeride53]

haha yes they are surely bilstein sports that i bought from blunt over a year ago.
they've been on the car for roughly a year and half, surely settled.

[ethirtydavid]

the mud flaps may have convinced the springs/struts that it's actually an iX so the car's natural response was to raise up a bit- no big deal this happens all the time

[Ayman]

which of course only makes sense

[Vivek]

Could a stiffer strut with more compression resistance cause the car to sit a bit higher, especially if your old ones were really soft or blown?

[freeride53]

Could a stiffer strut with more compression resistance cause the car to sit a bit higher, especially if your old ones were really soft or blown?

That could be a good point that you've made yung babi.
If I remember correctly, one of the old struts was stuck compressed all the way down :D

Which takes me to the next question,
what's the next level of springs for the 91 318i/4?
I've heard that IR springs sit lower than the eibachs..

[Wh33lhop]

More compression damping will not affect the car's static ride height; high pressure gas charge in the strut will.

The next stage is you leave it instead of searching for MOAR LOW YO on an otherwise stock car with 14" weaves. Looks fine where it's at, don't go full retard and get ride height dysmorphia on us.

[thebutcher37]

I must have worked a long day today, cause Im confused.

[CreamE30]

It does look like you're riding a bit higher, but at the end of the day, this is R3v, and you need more low.

[evandael]

i think it's cause your tires are dirty and are making the fender well space more obvious.


cheap, easy way to test my theory and gain moar low: wash your car.

[Raxe]

Probably just an optical illusion from the tires, my car looked higher in the front too after I put on slightly wider fitting tires. The only way to know for sure is if you measured the fender to ground distance before and after.

[ohthejosh]

Stop worrying bro. Car is sweet as is.