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Hi all, after a manic 18 months including working away for 13 months and loosing my driving licence I get it back in January....I want to get my e21 nice and low before I do, what are my options? I'm pretty easy going as long as I get a decent drop.....suppliers and price comparisons would be great
Many thanks in advance
Stew

If you're not going racing or anything and want it low and reasonably priced get a Spax PSX Kit, you have a choice of -40mm or -60mm for really low. The quality isn't too bad either. I've got the -40 myself plus you can adjust the stiffness.

Sounds like a good shout to me, does anyone have any pics of one dropped 60....not sure it will be enough.....

As far as I know off the shelf springs only go down to -60mm on the e21, the shocks are also made for lowered cars and therefore shorter which would help I guess if you wanted to "customise" the springs. Have a quick Google around, I'm sure you'll find some photos.

I've had Abit of a look and it doesn't look all that low :-s so the question is do I go for gaz coillies or the spax 60mm and modify the springs!?

chopping a coil off 60 mm springs is going to make it seem like everytime you hit a cats eye its like you hit an IED.

Id suggest that do it once do it right methodology should be deployed - get air ride.

I ran -60mm on a daily driver for two years. I was sick of it by the end tbh. I went through two exhausts too.

Air ride looks to be the best of both worlds but is bloody expensive...

you can get air ride on interest free credit lol

Just had a quick look, turns out it's already running spax springs, on the front springs it says spax s00304 on the front spring, does anyone know what springs these are?

As for air ride nas, where can you get it on interest free credit!? In the uk???

yeah man,

had a laugh at interest free suspension - but it actually exists

http://www.air-lift.co.uk/

Haha I can't actually believe that, has anyone spoke to these guys? Know how much a complete kit costs all in?

Prakash's bag setup up cost him about £3k I think

I run the spax 60mm kit and it's great have only ever ground out on massive speed bumps but never when driving at any speed or anywhere

I run Gaz coilovers they are pretty bad ass. But I'm more in it for performance

I got 60mm spax on mine and it does alter the rear suspension geometry a bit. It did ground out exhaust so i cut the middle box out and its fine now

Cheers for the comments guys, I think I'm gonna hold out and get some gaz coillies, I'm hoping the road set go low enough.
Unless I come into some Moët and go for air of couse

In other news I want a new front valance section for it, I'm guessing I can get these as a pattern plate.....can you get them with a deeper 'spoiler' along the bottom??