Pic. request: e34 on Eibach's and Bilstein Sports

[E34 530]

Hello guys. I am still stuck on what kind of suspension I should go with. I was sold on the Eibach pro-kit with Bilstein sports until I measured the drop on the car and saw that it barely looked dropped from stock height. (except Jeff's car- which looks great, but I think his larger tires fill in the gap a little) I was also thinking of going with Koni's, but the cheapest I could find them for was $620 from shox.com. Does anyone know a place where I can get them cheaper?? Thanks, Andrew

[BigTed00]

search my username, I have posted pics with that same setup. It drops it a ton, and I would not reccomend the setup if your drive on bad roads. The roads here in the city are terrible and I bottom out daily.

[E34 530]

search my username, I have posted pics with that same setup. It drops it a ton, and I would not reccomend the setup if your drive on bad roads. The roads here in the city are terrible and I bottom out daily.

Thanks Ted. Do you live in NJ?? Also do you know if Mihai cut the bumpstops when the struts were installed???

[BigTed00]

didnt see you were from NJ. I lived in Cherry Hill, NJ but I now college and live in Charleston, SC

you can probably get away with it in jersey without too much hassle, on the highway its smooth. The drop looks really good, but get 2 passengers in the car and it sags like a mofo. Put three in there and good luck getting out of the driveway

dont know about the bumpstops, your going to have to ask mihai about that

- Ted

[DeefMan]

Don't Bilstein struts have internal bump stops??

So wouldn't removing the bump stops work just as well as cutting them?

I do remember seeing some threads about even shortening the internal bump stops on bilsteins.

[Speeder 553]

Hello guys. I am still stuck on what kind of suspension I should go with. I was sold on the Eibach pro-kit with Bilstein sports until I measured the drop on the car and saw that it barely looked dropped from stock height. (except Jeff's car- which looks great, but I think his larger tires fill in the gap a little) I was also thinking of going with Koni's, but the cheapest I could find them for was $620 from shox.com. Does anyone know a place where I can get them cheaper?? Thanks, Andrew

If you live in SoCal you can get them from Eric, Shox's mobil installer for only $549 and the Eibach for $223 (he chargers only $200 to install them). They dropped my front 1.2" and rear 1" and I've got very little space between the tires and well but they don't rub at all and I don't bottom out. The PO had Bilstein HD's on the front (hated how harsh they felt) and the stock Boge's on the rears. Koni's are the best shocks on the planet and well worth the $$.

[Jon K]

If you need them installed you know who to go to :)

[Alexlind123]

If you live in SoCal you can get them from Eric, Shox's mobil installer for only $549 and the Eibach for $223 (he chargers only $200 to install them). They dropped my front 1.2" and rear 1" and I've got very little space between the tires and well but they don't rub at all and I don't bottom out. The PO had Bilstein HD's on the front (hated how harsh they felt) and the stock Boge's on the rears. Koni's are the best shocks on the planet and well worth the $$.

Not from what we have been hearing recently.

[Speeder 553]

Not from what we have been hearing recently.

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[Jon K]

Bilstein also has a lifetime warranty and they fail exponentially less often. This is just an E34 forum - you should see all the E30 and E36 users who have them fail. Then that's just the BMW world - S2k, WRX, etc etc etc etc.... they fail a lot.

[632 Regal]

Exactly what you asked, this is before settling.

http://www.bimmer.info/~regal632/Side.jpg

[E34 530]

Exactly what you asked, this is before settling.

http://www.bimmer.info/~regal632/Side.jpg

Thanks for the pic Jeff, I hope my car will be as low as yours lol.

[Alan_525i]

Wow, jeffs car is really low.

You've seen my car in person. I have Eibachs and Bilstein HDs. If anything, Bilstein sports should sit a little lower. Not to mention my car should be the lightest E34 offered in the US.

[E34 530]

Yeah, I remember, but I recently saw a few pic's of e34 M60's with the eibach/bilstein that looked almost as high as stock. I think I'll stick with them, I just have to buy them and install them so I don't keep second guessing myself lol.