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Wilmo wrote:Would it be rude to say that I think so low is butt ugly, enormously unpractical and that I do not see any reason to drop a car to the ground?

Do you mean as low as the first car in this thread? Or maybe that one on airride, because if it's that one I can understand it... The first one is just beautiful if you ask me, and I'm very sure it will out-handle any stock E21 there is...
At that height an E21 is still very practical.

My car is lowered 60 40 im on my 4th sump repair
It just isn't practical for everyday use.
I've made a sump guard for now until I can get new
Springs. The new springs will still be shorter as the handling
Suffers badly on stock ones

jimbob wrote:My car is lowered 60 40 im on my 4th sump repair
It just isn't practical for everyday use.
I've made a sump guard for now until I can get new
Springs. The new springs will still be shorter as the handling
Suffers badly on stock ones

Really? Wow. How far is your sump off the ground? Maybe 323i's have them hanging way lower or something?
Mine is about 7 cms (about 2,5 inches) off the ground and I've only hit it softly once, on a really bad road.
Other than that, I regularly hit my middle exhaust silencer on really bad speedbumps all the time, but that's just logical if you lower it that much...

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Hi
Thought I would share my experiences with Herman

fitted with more or less standard Alpina suspension (Having ditched the KW full on coilover setup for being rock hard and too low)

Front sump hits my drive (let alone speed bumps- which we don't have on isle of man -since we don't have speed limits!)
Engine is a big block Alpina M30 which is set around 1/2 inch lower than a 2.3 sb

Picture shows Herman as it was:



And here after the RPM top mounts were fitted the front ground clearance issue resolved added apprx 1/2 inch ride at front:


Agreed need to balance rear

But it really is not worth having a beautiful car only to find it unusable being too low and too hard for street use- my kidneys cried enough with the KW coil overs on Manx Roads!!

I could probably drop another 5mm before the exhaust bottoms out.

The car in the first pic has an amazing stance. But obviously thats my opinion. I had a 72 mini which as standard are quite low. Mine was sitting 3 inches off the ground n never had issues where i live. Then i had a e30 with the front bumper sitting 2 inches off the ground. Again. Where i live its not much of an issue. Tbh. I not looking for practicality as its not my everyday ride. So i want to get the look perfect.
Anyone got any coilovers for sale? Or is there a cheaper alternative to lowering e21s?

Yea being low for looks makes me laugh. I bought covers to increase handling performance.

Pm "misky" he will be able to help maybe.

The e21 iv got is going to be purely for looks. Iv got my day to day car for comfort. Thee21 will probably only be driven a handful of times in summer. Then stored for winter. The look of the drop in the first pic doesnt look impractical at all.

nas80 wrote:Yea being low for looks makes me laugh. I bought covers to increase handling performance.

Pm "misky" he will be able to help maybe.

Cheers fella. Will do.

I make my coilovers, spec'd to what I wanted
Heres my little 316 I've just finished restoring,

Mark or topcat, how low from stock is your cars out of interest,

I love the Stance of M15KYYs but abit impractical for me.

M15KYY wrote:I make my coilovers, spec'd to what I wanted
Heres my little 316 I've just finished restoring,

IS THAT HAYASHI STREET's?
size? offset?

nice KE70 you have!

they are copies of hayashis. you cant buy hayashis here in the uk. im so suprised someone else knew what they were lol....

you can get hayasi tulip copies - id love a set of those on my e21....

Mate those are the same rotas im getting. They look sweeeeet. 9j or 8j? First time i seen em on an e21 and they look really good