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What engine is it? I know someone who can make taller engine mounts for the M42 (and potentially all other engines). I had them fitted to mine and the car was great - engine vibration was high, until I put a piece of rubber sheet between the mount and the engine, then it was fine day to day. And the...

McDisco - they become VERY loud, depending on how many boxes you have. I have the front box and a cherry bomb rear on my exhaust and it's uber loud. Very free-flowing though! (mid box removed)

Have a look and see if there is a 'longlife' exhaust place near you, they do custom ones too. There's also a company on RetroRides who do custom exhausts cheap - e.g. £200-£300ish I'd have thought.

Trust me mate, that isn't low. If you buy a lowered car, either sort the damn thing or or live with it, don't complain! If you want to sort it out, just buy a 40mm all round kit and you'll be fine. Speed bumps need to be taken slower with a lowered car - that's just logic IMO, my car is lower than t...

I can do any/all spax kits discounted for you if you're interested. If you actually want a 'low' car, 60/40 or 60mm all round, or coilovers.

By rubbing do you mean on the floor, or the tyres?

How low is your car? I've got a good 70mm drop on my car and I've got 195/55's on the front that don't catch! (which I was mega suprised about tbh) Getting a new suspension kit will be beneficial - you will KNOW what drop/setup you have and everything will be new. I can get you a reasonable discount...

Depends what you have. The ones we produce we take your original strut body, chop and weld thread on, and fit our own damper insert, spring, seats etc...

I've actually written some useful information in that post, and been completely honest. It's blunt and straight to the point, but I didn't say 'don't be gay, if you want to drift, get a welder', because you don't HAVE to. And if I posted using my other username that actually has a decent post count,...

You're obviously not man enough to have a welded diff, so don't! But if you want to become GOOD at drifting, you'll take the step to have the diff welded, or buy a 2-way. An old worn out E30 LSD just will not cut it. If you want to pop round a private roundabout sideways occasionally, then spend lot...

Not that it makes a huge amount of difference whether it was factory or not...!

Good fact to know though.

You'll be fine with chocks. I've jacked the car up on the flat from the diff with no chocks and been fine. I'm not stupid enough to risk it on a slope, but my point is that you shouldn't worry if you're sensible...

Never heard of camber issues running Eibachs btw.. What a silly comment - the suspension design of the E30 dictates that lowering it created negative camber - irrelevant of the suspension manufacturer! Yup, just get some spacers - either buy or make them from some rubber sheeting. As for the damper...

Stripping the car out makes the biggest difference :p I've got vauxhall vectra injectors in mine, and they made a slight, but noticeable difference. Easily worth the £35 they cost on ebay... I've got the injectors, a chip, a mostly straight through and a ram pipe for the intake. I'd love to cam it t...

And I can do discount on Spax, so you've got several good options! I really, really don't rate KW apart from their really top end stuff, mid range is all rebranded other companies. no1jazz - you really do get what you pay for at the bottom end of the market, and almost ALL of them are the same units...

If that's the answer, pm me, I'll sort you discount fella ;) This thread got complicated though! If you were sensible and running 15's you could do whatever you want - I'm dropped over 70mm and yes, I'm mega, mega low, but I'd still happily run lower and just roll my arches and go even slower over s...

I use 195/50 on the front and 195/50 or 195/60 on the rear. Depends what tyres turn up!
Those are 15's of course, I'd use 16's if I could find a decent attractive wheel for good money.

BadDave, surely 17" wheels with a MANLY offset would fit instead?

If it's a boggo road car and you're not really aiming to use it on track or anything, then go VSX. There's nothing wrong with them, but if I could afford the PSX and wanted to use and abuse the car at all, PSX it is. Drop me a pm and I'll see what I can offer you.

I was about to type out the dimensions of the Spax ones for you, but you already have them, so not much point! Working out what rate you want is going to be a nightmare if you're getting custom progressive springs made! Probably the easiest method is getting axle weights for the car, they'll have a ...

Spax do 45mm inserts too.

But yeah, 51mm for me, stronger and better availability for inserts etc. For example, we don't do coilovers for 45mm struts, but do for 51mm struts.

BBS's...

Are Borbet B's not a nice look?

Hate to be picky, but those negative reviews - how long ago did you buy or try Spax? I can tell you for a fact there've been a lot of revisions in the last 10 years, improvements made to seals and components in general, and at the end of the day there's still a 2 year warranty if there's a genuine p...

Longer springs and longer dampers. You can get custom springs made pretty cheap from some places, had one of our customers recommend someone to me, but can't remember who for the life of me! Rear dampers are easy - we can custom make telescopics upto 24" long. (£65+ VAT each btw) Fronts will be tric...

Mine's called Becky, but only because a girl named Becky asked me to name it after her. Can't say no to a pretty woman!

I never had a single problem until I got an E30! I used to like the police, and I was never worried because I'd never done anything wrong. Now I'm constantly paranoid (I don't do drugs before you suggest weed!) of a vectra behind me wanting to pull me over AGAIN, asking me how long I've owned my car...

beema_boy wrote:
E30star wrote:Hopefully a new home. Anyone want to buy? :p
u paying? lol

Someone will be paying me to take it away, not the other way round :p

Chris - don't go in something non rwd - you'll be laughed out the gate!

I'd love to go, but I'm not sure the rex will have a welded diff by that time. Waiting for Brawdy next year personally!

Hopefully a new home. Anyone want to buy? :p

Holy thread bump batman!

Lower the front to match the rear...

Don't listen to the guys above, lower is cooler

If you want them banded, drop me a PM and I'll give you the guys number. He's a regular on retrorides and I'm having mine done by him soon too.

Dunno whats wrong with you, those cars look fine to me!

Jhonno wrote:I have 300bhp from a high revving N/A lump, and struggle with traction, there is definitely a point when it is just chasing numbers for the sake of it, esp for a road/track car

I've obviously missed out - but what lump are you running then?

I'd love to drop either the 1JZ or 1UZ in.

500bhp? Nah, not worth it trying on an M20 - its good but nowhere near that good! Even with a 2JZ you might be looking at changing internals for that power, not 100% sure though. Had you thought about the volvo B23 (think thats the engine code) those things are mega strong - 400+ bhp on stock intern...

Imys - why? You can get plenty of power by turbo'ing the 6 pots on stock internals, and spend a lot less.

If you're aiming for big power, yeah, 1JZ, 2JZ, 1UZ or big yank V8. But you'd not need to worry to 350bhp or so!

gudgeon wrote:I must be a right old fart. None of my first cars were FWD.

Nah, its just kids these days - no taste! I'm 21 and have only owned rwd cars...

As has been said, they're fine. Treat it with respect in the wet, run decent tyres and you'll be fine.

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