Dunno if i should raise my cab?

[t11mfn]

I am getting a bit fed up when going over speed bumps and so forth with my cab bottoming out, what do people think i should do, i think it should be raised a little.

I am not really good with suspension and what not heres a pic to show you how low it is i am not sure how low its been lowered without checking.

[Ziggy]

Not sure; I was blinded by your wing mirror!

If you raise it, it'll probably drive better as well as not bottoming out all the time, but it won't look as good. The choice, is yours entirely...

[t11mfn]

yeah yeah we all know there not staying ive got some parts on order from BMW so that i can put the standard ones back on.

But before I do that i have to work out why it keeps shorting out, everytime i go to move the mirror with the switch it blows the fuse!!

[mrLEE30]

mine is a 40mm drop with Pi springs only (they were the only ones available that were cab specific that i could find when last in uk) and here in bahrain the roads are pretty awful with much more speedbumps then back home and the odd pothole thrown in for good measure and i only bottom out occaisionaly. your rear looks much lower then mine but front about the same, it could have been lowered with 60mm of 40mm but with springs for a coupe (the cab is heavier and thus will sit lower), your mtech kit will also make the front lower.

have a look

mrlee

[t11mfn]

cheer mate i will look later at it how do you measure how low it goes is it the spring length or how low the car actually is, if so where do you measure from the wheel arch to the floor?!?!?!?!?

[Gouki]

you have the same problem as I did when I picked up my Cab. By the looks of it comparing to my car, its a 60mm drop on that rear. I got mine raised up as i have a bodykit on mine and it fucked up my rear bumper and I didn't have much ground clearance for the front and my skirts were in bad condition underneath, got it raised and its much better. I got 25mm springs on mine, see sig pic, and it still looks cool as there's not much gap in the arches, drives so much better with the new springs.

[Hyperion]

Talking about raising, i was actually thinking of dropping my car. But this past Saturday i decided not too. Why you might ask? Well i went out to a party at a casino, but the parking was a bit packed up no parking places left. But then i noticed all the 4x4's climbing the pavement islands and parking on top of them. so i said what the hell and ramped my car onto of an island aswell, right between a land rover and mazda 4x4. It was just the right height to get up. Car looked very cheeky onto of the island as everyone else kept circling the parking looking for spaces

[Simon13]

the current drop on yours looks 60mm which is just too low and cos of that it will keep munching all your suspension components

IMO raise it to 40mm and it will be the best comprimise, my sport is 40mm i have no problem with speedhumps or going up kerbs for parking etc. And it looks low still.

So i have the best of both worlds i think!

still have to be cautious just incase!

[t11mfn]

Think i will raise it to 40mm, do i just do the rear or both front and rear?