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Lowering ride height


My convt. do show some body roll in tight turns. Now that one of my friends here has lowered his 330i, I am also thinking of lowering mine.. Has anybody done that here... any suggestions for/against this ?
 

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Login to find out (June 4, 2005 at 4:55pm)
I should say that san diego has pretty good roads here, but anyways i'll try to add the support bar and see if that makes enough difference. Thanks guys for the input.
 
Login to find out (May 31, 2005 at 11:05am)
Lowering is inadvisable in areas that have rough pavement or roads. If body roll is the issue - your best bet is to get a tower support bar for both the front and rear, which will run you ~250 each. Baviarian auto has some good aftermarket ones.

Shocks and struts will gove you a more agressive ride - but wont counter body roll in turns, unless you drive the 3 under 75 in turns.

Hope that helps.

Oz
 
Login to find out (May 24, 2005 at 1:31pm)
*shocks and struts
 
Login to find out (May 24, 2005 at 11:34am)
springs were around 200, shocks and springs around 550... i also threw 18's on there
 
Login to find out (May 24, 2005 at 11:33am)
i lowered my 330 with h& r stage 1 springs. i did the shocks while i was at it and used billstein. it handles like a dream
 
Login to find out (May 22, 2005 at 1:33pm)
awais: how much did you shell out for that ?
spddev: I drove my friends lowered 330i. It was not that bad as far as ride comfort is concerned and it had some good handling. It was night time and I was doing 120 test run when a cop flashed from the opposite lane.. was lucky to escape that :-) because of the divider.
 
Login to find out (May 22, 2005 at 3:18am)
I wanted to lower my old 330ci before I changed my mind because of the worse ride quality. Try e46fanatics.com. those guys go nuts with there bimmers and have a lot of experience with mods.