slammed e34

[weazman187]

so im looking into slamming my e34 as low as i can, so what do you guys recomend?,what do you guys have?

id love to see pics of all of your suspension upgrades/


anybody know of how much i might need for it all?



thanks alot.

[632 Regal]

remove your springs...
http://www.bimmer.info/~regal632/Side.jpg

[Paul in NZ]

slammin aint an upgrade

[Dr. Bimmer]

jeff said it best! LOL "Slamming" a BMW is stupid. IMO

[angrypancake]

coil overs, but good luck finding a set, and then good luck getting said set for under what, $1500?

[Qube]

FK Coilovers. Not bad. "Slamming" an e34 isn't looked upon well in these forums :) Now if by "slammed' you mean 1.3" or so drop, we can be of some help.

You should SEARCH, and perhaps get together with this fellow: http://www.bimmer.info/forum/showthread.php?t=25071

http://www.bimmer.info/forum/search.php?searchid=227387

http://jasonlau.ca/images/search_bimmer.jpg

[Russell]

IMO, not a good idea. Looks like crap and shows you have "questionable" taste.

[angrypancake]

slam that **** on some 20" dayton wires.

[dternst]

The best advice I can give you is NOT TO DO IT!

[gale]

Did someone say SLAMMED? Definitely go with the BavAuto/Bilstein combo :p Guaranteed to make you like it the way it is.

(this one's for you, Witt):

http://www.nmia.com/~dgnrg/caddy.jpg




gale
92 735i 5-spd

[angrypancake]

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5664/rolliniy2.jpg

[632 Regal]

20 miles till the rear tires blow out.
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5664/rolliniy2.jpg

[Qube]

Ugh, that e34 is disgusting...

[angrypancake]

the one i posted? it's Jon K's car.... no lie.

[GoldenOne]

the one i posted? it's Jon K's car.... no lie.

pretty good PS skills there lol...the lighting on the lip is a little off though...too bright IMO

[Dave M]

pretty good PS skills there lol...the lighting on the lip is a little off though...too bright IMO

Good memory.

Posted a long while back, and to the layman, good 'enough' PS skills to fool most.

Dave M

[hatched91]

i was lucky enough to receive my car with a drop on it already, if anything it subtracted from the value of the car for the seller, but helped me out a bunch! i think i have a dinan 1.3" drop. not sure. i can for sure tell it's been lowered. rides GREAT! better than most stock height cars

[Lee in Ottawa]

call up ground control. They don't make the e34 kit too much anymore but you might get lucky. Actually call mpact, can't remeber the website but they are a sponsor on bimmerforums. The coilovers are about $400 then you need some koni's and your set. Mines lower than most i think on ground controls. Probably a tadd too low for the shitty roads around here but soo far no damage.

[saj3n]

pretty :)

[weazman187]

ok well, excuse me , can some one help me with some sport suspension where i can get a nice drop please?


how about that?


can anybody tell me what that black e34 is on?


and everyone has differnent taste, mine is obviously way differnt then most of yours...thanks anyways!:)

[weazman187]

oh, and can you guys also post some more pics of your "suspension upgrades "and lemme know what they are.

[weazman187]

oh i forgot to mention that i was going thru the july issue of performance bmw and they had a bilstein kit , the b10 kit. it lowers it between 40 and 60 mm which is about 2 and ahalf inches i blv.can anybody tell me anything more about this kit?

or just now that i did a lil research, what do you guys think of this?

almost a 3inch drop...

http://www.speedbox.co.uk/products/product_list.html?model=11514;type=fk_highsport_co ilover_suspension

[nizmainiac]

40 mm at the most

[jbraswell]

you're going to be spending some money for either of those setups.. I would love a ground control setup, but it requires a good bit of money for a nicely set up coilover suspension.

3 in drop? Have you seen the rear fender arches on an e34? Good luck... might want to pick up some 14x8 daytons while you're at it

[Jon K]

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5664/rolliniy2.jpg


hideous car

[angrypancake]

hideous car

yeah, no turbo :p

[ska-texas]

Weazman, don't let others discourage you. If you have the resources to do the job right ($$$$$) the go for the look you want. Deal with the pros and cons. And if anyone gives you crap for doing this to your car. Tell them to Pound sand.

[Gayle]

Weazman

I think the reason no one is willing to post pictures for you is that the drop you are considering is so much more extreme than any of us have. The way you can look at some cars with modded suspension is to go through the pictures in last years virtual car show. There you will see a variety of suspension set ups and what they are will be found in the text. I think if you really want to see them you are going to have to do the work of looking.

(Jon K--what is going on with the pictures in your old posts? About half the pictures in your virtual car show have the big red x. Last week I was searching for that thread with all the pics of the megasquirt build and its pics are all blown. You have a responsibility to your following to maintain those you know.)


Virtual Car Show 2005 (http://www.bimmer.info/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=41)

[ThoreauHD]

ok well, excuse me , can some one help me with some sport suspension where i can get a nice drop please?

can anybody tell me what that black e34 is on?

and everyone has differnent taste, mine is obviously way differnt then most of yours...thanks anyways!:)

Eibach Sports kit from bavauto.com and Sachs shocks/struts from the same... or check bmaparts.com for a price comparison.

Lowering in general pisses off mechanics. The balance and camber changes on the wheels, and makes them sad. I just pissed one off yesterday because I replaced my OE springs with eibach. I would have gotten OE springs but honestly, those bastards cost 2X more... anyhow. Eibach and Sachs. Like lotion and motion.

Oh, and in regards to a suspension upgrade. The OE springs are the upgrade. Lowering them is a suspension downgrade. Less cushion defeats the purpose- unless you are using Bose magnetic $20,000 strut sets. I don't have pictures of mine onhand, but there isn't much difference really. Just an inch lower.

[Jehu]

Here's how mine came with the optional M SPORT SUSPENSION (704), now with 17" Wheels;

http://users.adelphia.net/~cpkver8/images/Picture%20a056.jpg

http://users.adelphia.net/~cpkver8/images/apria1.JPG

[ThoreauHD]

Nice ride Jehu.

[SC David]

H&R sport springs.

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/7093/p1010046copy2ka1.jpg

[Qube]

Vogtland Springs on Bilstein HDs...

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4544/20060706085958dn4.jpg (http://img215.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20060706085958dn4.jpg)

...else if you want to go slammed, get an older Caddy instead.

[saj3n]

Eibach Springs & KYB Struts

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b203/saj3n/Dupont/IMG_0066.jpg

[Nick.Hay]

My E34 is only about 30mm lower than standard, and it bottoms out on the bump-stops all the time!! Even lumps in the road or potholes it thumps damn hard!! It has 5000km old Bilsteins in it too, so its not an issue with worn-out shocks.

Don't go any lower than about 40mm at the MOST, any more than about 30mm it'll need a camber-correction kit in the back suspension too!!

[weazman187]

well thanks alot for the input and the pics, ill probably just go to my euro tunning spot and have him help me out...

i like qubes and saj3ns look... thanks

[angrypancake]

see sig pic, eibach/bilstien

[Jehu]

Nice ride Jehu.

Thanks. I like it too. The fact that it came from Munich this way i found a very pleasant revelation.

[Jon K]

Heres my real suspension:

bilstein sport w/ H&R sport:

http://e34.digital7.com/Latest%20E34/7.jpg

http://e34.digital7.com/Latest%20E34/6.jpg

[aston_jag_tech]

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/7093/p1010046copy2ka1.jpg

This action picture rocks!

[angrypancake]

H&R sport springs.




cough.... sway bars..... cough

[neil_004]

bilstein sport w/ H&R sport

[weazman187]

so i still havnt done it, haha, about how much do you guys think this should cost me?


if i want springs and shocks kit,

or should i just get the springs?

[Qube]

Springs will cost you about $200-250 bucks. Kit will run you about $650-700. If you can, get the kit so you can install all at the same time. Else, get the springs and hope for the best from your stock struts.

[weazman187]

yeah i was looking into gettn the whole kit, i dont want just the springs, that price range dosnt sound too bad...

thanks

[pundit]

My E34 is only about 30mm lower than standard, and it bottoms out on the bump-stops all the time!! Even lumps in the road or potholes it thumps damn hard!! It has 5000km old Bilsteins in it too, so its not an issue with worn-out shocks.

Don't go any lower than about 40mm at the MOST, any more than about 30mm it'll need a camber-correction kit in the back suspension too!!
Hey Nick. Did you cut your bumpstops down and what springs are you using?
Bilsteins have internal stops don't they?