EIBACH PROKIT springs too tall even after installed..!?!??!?

Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:10 pm

hi my car is a prefacelift 320 coupe ..

installed a set of eibach pro kit springs sold by a m8 ..
after installation , the front of the car is lowered as it should be , but the rear is higher than before i installed the eibachsprings...

is there a difference between the prokit springs for facelift & the prefacelift ..coz i could be using the wrong kinda springs for the wrong year of car model ...

pls let me know ,
looking like a 4x4 now ...

Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:15 pm

saloon to estate/cabriolet are different too.

as saloon is rear end lighter

new ones will settle too.

Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:18 pm

psychochild187 wrote:saloon to estate/cabriolet are different too.

as saloon is rear end lighter

new ones will settle too.

m8 i hear ya on this ,
this was taken few weeks back ..and the springs were already in 1 month already.

just want to know how much diff are the eibach prokit springs for FL & PFacelift cars?

why does the rear end is higher than b4 with the prokit springs.

Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:11 pm

I have the same problem on mine - fitted 3 weeks ago & looked very high at the back. However, havnt really seen the car since so dont know if its settled. I chose the correct ones here

http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pages/ ... ct=3771214

I bet there is a few threads on here but anyone any recent experience of these

Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:39 pm

just a quick check , im sure the front springs are for the 51mm struthousing, would the rear springs be universal for both 41mm & 51mm struthousing kits? as they are just resting on the spring pads ..am i right ?

would it be ok to put on a pair of KW springs which i have for e30 but its for 60mm lowering on the rear.

Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:16 pm

i didnt see the pics earlier as work pc blocks them .

but yeh that is high

i used lowering springs from a 87 in a 90 car no problems
both were 325s too

Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:31 pm

The car in my sig below has the eibach pro kit fitted...I think you might have a cab/touring kit there?

Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:23 pm

got hold of a set of KW rear springs for e30 sedan , which is supposedly 60mm lowering...
if this doesnt do it i dont knwo what will.

will update you guys.

Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:03 pm

slightly OT, but what a great looking car! which color is it? zender kit?

Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:05 pm

can we all take note that pre-facelift cars have higher rear arches than post-facelift...
most e30's have shagged springs on the back now anyway

Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:27 am

JMRe30 wrote:slightly OT, but what a great looking car! which color is it? zender kit?

yea m8 its the zender kit , prefer this on my car rather than mtech2's which doesnt suit prefacelift cars much.

thanks 4 the compliment , still with the dreaded m20b20 inside.

car's gonna be repainted in Silver Grey Metallic (A08) aka e46 m3 csl color.

Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:33 am

Bob_S wrote:can we all take note that pre-facelift cars have higher rear arches than post-facelift...
most e30's have shagged springs on the back now anyway

yea i noticed that , that's y i reckon that with 30mm eibach lowering springs on the back it looks a tad too high on the ass side. hopefully the KW ones i got will balance the look out a bit.