How to get my E30 lower?

[Badger0068]

I recently fitted a Jamex -60mm suspension kit to my E30 as the standard suspension was knackered. However the rear of the car still sits really high, hardly looks lowered at all. How can I get the rear lower? I heard somewhere mk3 astra springs may fit?
Thanks for any advice.

[beemerbird]

How long ago did you fit the new kit? It takes a bit of time for cars to settle down onto new springs.

[mrLEE30]

Or you have fit the touring or cab springs, in ant event lowering with springs only will normally result in the tail up.

[e30-EVN]

Not necessarily, I lowered mine on springs as a temp messure and the back sat lovely!
As said above ^, you have to drive the car around for it to settle properly, mine took about a week to sit where it should!

[HairyScreech]

and dropping one of these on springs alone is likely to result in an accident the first time it rains hard.

[magpie]

cut de springz innit !

[TouringTash]

Nah cement

[e30topless]

pull a couple of fat chicks

[HairyScreech]

or drive around with 4 mates.


seriously unless you have 6 pot touring springs on a 4 pot cab then you dont want to go lower. 60mm is already borderline fucking the geometry up. any more and your into council handles and drives like a dog territory.

the only way to properly go lower is to move the suspension pickups upwards a la the late DTM cars.

[magpie]

not mention sump changes

[TouringTash]

Shhhh Mick.

Victims and all that

[magpie]

i know i've got a good 6-pot sump,

i dare say you have a couple

[HairyScreech]

iv got a pair now i think.......

[Badger0068]

The kit has been on there for a few weeks now. Its nowhere near as low as I want it. There is still 2/3 inches of arch gap on the rear, I really want to tuck the wheels in the arches a bit more.

[HairyScreech]

get some pics up, sounds like it might be a case of the wrong springs, a -60 kit should sit them right up in the arch, hell a -40 brings them damn near the rear arch.

[BrewCity11]

Do you still have the spring pads in?