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Lowering a Touring
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2022 10:34 pm
by LondonTom
It's only a lowly 318, but understand all tourings came with 51mm struts. I run a b12 kit on my 325i saloon but want to spend as little as possible on the touring, so thinking just a decent set of springs.
Any advice or experience of Eibach/H&R etc would be appreciated.
Cheers.
Re: Lowering a Touring
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 2:24 pm
by Be30
Have the h&r 4 cyl springs on mine, but it sits a bit too high at the front for my liking
H&r seem to be the only i can find that makes 4 cyl touring springs annoyingly, and i think its only a 20-30 mm drop all round
Re: Lowering a Touring
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 2:42 pm
by stones
H&R list springs for a Touring but Eibach don't anymore. H&R part number is 29729-1 for a four cylinder Touring
See this thread for Eibach part numbers.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=278933&p=2960805#p2960805
HTH
Re: Lowering a Touring
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 2:50 pm
by Cloggy Saint
Springs for a convertible are also compatible for a touring. I've got a 30mm drop all around on Eibach springs and it looks & drives spot on.
Re: Lowering a Touring
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 3:24 pm
by rix313
I run and fit Eibach springs to all my cars and customer cars when they want exactly as you describe. A B4 damper will keep the ride sensible too. A B12 kit will have the B8 dampers which have 'stiffer' dampening.
Re: Lowering a Touring
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:05 pm
by Contours
I have the Bilstein B4/Eibach set up on the car and while this looks great from a stance viewpoint along with ride quality not being compromised, the downsides though include increased wear on suspension components and increased tyre wear from better traction. My car also bottoms out in the front even if hitting a small bump or divot on the road. As the Bilstein shocks have the bump stops in the shock itself, I am not sure if this does any damage as such. Maybe a stiffer shock would be better.
Re: Lowering a Touring
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 8:43 am
by fixedwheelnut
I have Apex 40mm lowering springs on mine with Bilstein B12 dampers. I can only seem to find 30mm springs listed now.
https://www.larkspeed.com/shopper/i/702 ... ng-Springs
Re: Lowering a Touring
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2022 4:33 am
by LondonTom
Cheers guys
Re: Lowering a Touring
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2022 9:31 am
by DanThe
Contours wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:05 pm
I have the Bilstein B4/Eibach set up on the car and while this looks great from a stance viewpoint along with ride quality not being compromised, the downsides though include increased wear on suspension components and increased tyre wear from better traction. My car also bottoms out in the front even if hitting a small bump or divot on the road. As the Bilstein shocks have the bump stops in the shock itself, I am not sure if this does any damage as such. Maybe a stiffer shock would be better.
The B4 damper should have an external bump stop as per original, its the inverted dampers B6 and B8 that use internal bump stops. No damage is caused by hitting the bump stops, it just compresses and wears them a bit
Re: Lowering a Touring
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2022 7:31 pm
by Contours
Thanks Dan, The struts didn't come with bump stops so I had assumed they were internal. No wonder then why it sort of reacts a bit going over hollows and dips. So one has to buy bump stops for these separately.