Coilovers on e21?

Ørjan^^ · Post by **Ørjan^^** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:41 pm

Does this exist? Or is there some shocks that are adjusable in height an hardness?

Sorry about my english!

Ørjan^^

pistonheader · Post by **pistonheader** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:57 pm

Ørjan^^ wrote:Does this exist? Or is there some shocks that are adjusable in height an hardness?

Sorry about my english!

Ørjan^^

not sure about adjusting shock heights, but there are definitely shocks out there which you can adjust hardness. i'm running a spax psx kit, which rrp at around the £400 mark. the ride, even on the softest setting, is quite firm, but it's still a comfortable ride. transforms the feel of the car.

stefankj · Post by **stefankj** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:31 am

Here is a full coilover setup

http://estore.websitepros.com/1397118/C ... Suspension

Ørjan^^ · Post by **Ørjan^^** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:47 am

stefankj wrote:Here is a full coilover setup

http://estore.websitepros.com/1397118/C ... Suspension

Is this adjustable rear to?

Jason_323i · Post by **Jason_323i** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:15 pm

Hi

got mine from GAZ

Jason

http://www.bmwe21.net/forum/viewtopic.p ... hlight=gaz

lemonayd · Post by **lemonayd** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:34 pm

hi mate,
got mine from metrix motorsport as posted by stefankj they are bilsten & fully adjustable with camber plates got them when dollar was 2-1 yet to fit though

....aydin

DrGonzoPOW · Post by **DrGonzoPOW** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:52 pm

How are you finding those Spax shocks Ross ? They worth the money ?

rob0r · Post by **rob0r** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:02 pm

Drgonzo, Ross's were originally fitted to my 316. If you wanted my opinion also, I loved them. I never noticed them being overly harsh, something they are often criticised about. Easily the most transforming part of my car. But I paid £250 secondhand (Ross paid £250 and I fitted them for him, I only got a few months road use out of them!), which is a much more acceptable price than £380-400. But put it this way, Bilstien shocks are around £120 for just one front shock (not sure about rears), but for about £380 you get a whole set of adjustable shocks and nice stiff springs.

DrGonzoPOW · Post by **DrGonzoPOW** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:45 pm

Yeah, wouldnt mind going for those. Seem like a good alternative to buying it all seperate like you say. Europerformance the best place to buy em from ?

DrGonzoPOW · Post by **DrGonzoPOW** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:23 pm

which kits did you guys buy ? I reckon 60 would be too low, 40 sounds ok

pistonheader · Post by **pistonheader** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:03 pm

DrGonzoPOW wrote:How are you finding those Spax shocks Ross ? They worth the money ?

hi drgonzopow, sorry about late reply mate...forgot about this thread!!

the kit has transformed the cars handling completely. the ride is a lot firmer, but not uncomfortable. you feel all the bumps but it doesn't crash about etc. great kit, and -60mm drop isn't too far. still able to get a jack under their no issues at all. i just need to get these bloody bbs wheels on there now so even less understeer with wider tyres!!

the car still has some roll, but it is sooooo much flatter in corners than it was, it will be better with the 15inch wheels, and a rear anti roll bar...but for £250 they are well worth it. hope this helps

Ross.

DrGonzoPOW · Post by **DrGonzoPOW** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:22 pm

What wheels and tyres do you have on at the moment mate, and where did you get it from for 250 ? All the places i have looked at so far have been around 350, mind you mine's a 6 pot so its prob about right

Could you put some pics up for me of what yours looks like lowered if poss. Cheers

Ørjan^^ · Post by **Ørjan^^** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:51 pm

This is my car:

But i want to have it something like this

So what do you reconnment?

DrGonzoPOW · Post by **DrGonzoPOW** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:29 am

Far too low !

pistonheader · Post by **pistonheader** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:22 am

DrGonzoPOW wrote:What wheels and tyres do you have on at the moment mate, and where did you get it from for 250 ? All the places i have looked at so far have been around 350, mind you mine's a 6 pot so its prob about right

Could you put some pics up for me of what yours looks like lowered if poss. Cheers

got them off rob 2nd hand for 250. they were a £400 kit when new. wheels now are the boggo 13" steels with 165/80R13's on them. i have some 15"x7J BBS rims waiting to go on them from the nice drjim, but i need to order the bolts and wait until i can get the right tyres!!! will be good when it all comes together though!

if you can get the kit i would recommend. has really done an awful lot to the handling. helped on my mountain road blast the other day

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