| pjs323i |
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Monday, Jan 1st 12:07pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 51
Canberra, Australia
'81 323i |
Hey, i've put in new KYB Shockies about 6 months ago and my next mod is Springs. All i want to know is what are the best springs and how much they will lower the car on the front and back etc. Any advise would be appreciated.
Cheers,
PJ |
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| Boost_me |
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Monday, Jan 1st 3:55pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 23
Victoria, Australia
1981 BMW 323i |
I had a friend (the one I told u about) that had king spring super lows and it dumped it about 2-3 inches depending on wheel/tyre combo. you could go ultra's and get around 4-5 I think. |
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| ichiwan2 |
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Monday, Jan 1st 6:10pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 254
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
BMW320/6(e21) |
H&Rs lower by about 35mm to 40mm. Good enuff for me. See pics of my e21 via the link above.
Cheers! |
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| ArnZ |
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Wednesday, Jan 3rd 5:04am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 48
Qld, Australia
BMW 323i |
i might be going down the king springs route wen i save up some $$$. but ill be only lowering it 1.5-2 inches, these cars arnt meant be "how low can u go?" there meant to be "look how fast i can go around corners" lol
any1 here running king springs? |
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| Greg323i |
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Wednesday, Jan 3rd 4:31pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 281
Melbourne, Australia
1982 Hennaröt 323i |
I have Kings on the rear with Bilsteins. I finally found Kings for the front but I've been waiting to rebuild my Bilsteins before I put them in. I'm getting kind of sick of bouncing off the bump stops on hard corners though so I may put them in before getting the shocks rebuilt.
The rear is a lot more stable since changing the springs and shocks and I imagine it's going to be much better in the front as well.
I love Pick-a-Part. All tallied, I paid about $60 for the 4 springs and about the same for the four shocks. The rebuild will run about $75 per shock but I only need to rebuild the fronts, the rears were fine. |
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| ArnZ |
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Wednesday, Jan 3rd 6:36pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 50
Qld, Australia
BMW 323i |
greg323i how did u get 4 springs for 60 bucks??? |
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| pjs323i |
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Thursday, Jan 4th 12:35am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 51
Canberra, Australia
'81 323i |
yeah i'm not after looks, i'm after performance. 35mm-40mm seems to be the average. |
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| Greg323i |
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Thursday, Jan 4th 4:07pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 282
Melbourne, Australia
1982 Hennaröt 323i |
| ArnZ wrote: | | greg323i how did u get 4 springs for 60 bucks??? |
Pick-a-Part charges about $30 for a pair. The cool thing is that the fronts for the 323i are the same as used on VB to VN Commodores. You could use them on the 4 cylinder, but I think the ride height would be a little higher. The lowered spring for the V8 Commodores is also used for standard height on the 4 cylinder. And I just happen to have a set of those I accidentally picked up, if anyone is interested in them. |
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