E30 Zone

With details of the drop please

Not too sure of drop as it was like it when I bought it..

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Actually this pic is a bit deceiving, it actually looks lower than this! THis is a 35/40 drop though, and with the problem I've had with speed bumps, I am considering raising it!

Stealth that's an almost perfect drop, wish you knew what it was

DemonDaz are those 16s or 17s? I'm thinking 60mm front and 40 rear at the moment on 17" wheels - very few speed humps round here

has to be 60 front i think. it just looks to high on 40.

but mines 40 and i have problems getting on off my drive, and car parks are a no go.

25mm Avo Springs all round, they been good to me so far, and sits low for conisidering the springs used.

Zayyan, they are 16's. I like the 60 drop (mine had that when I bought it) but I couldn't drive the car anywhere!
The missus managed to rip the exhaust off, good job reallym it needed doing and gave me 1) an excuse to get it done, and 2) loads of brownie points!!!

I think Gouki has the best drop for practical use.

DemonDaz wrote:Actually this pic is a bit deceiving, it actually looks lower than this! THis is a 35/40 drop though, and with the problem I've had with speed bumps, I am considering raising it!

is there humps in rainham??

40mm i think

HERES A 60MM ALL ROUND

BUT GUESS WHAT GUYS?

IM GOING LOWER

LOADS OF SPEED BUMPS , BUT WHO CARES , I CRAWL OVER THEM AT AN ANGLE. BUT MOST OF TIMES I AVOID BY TAKING LONGER ROUTES, MEANS MORE TIME IN THE CAR

heres my mtorsport convertie, lowered 60m all round.

i dnt have any probs with speed bumps either.

nasir325ic wrote:HERES A 60MM ALL ROUND, BUT GUESS WHAT GUYS? IM GOING LOWER

your car looks fine, -60mm is a good drop anymore and it will look silly.

ZAYYAN!
here is a mate cab he says its dropped -40mm which i dnt belive at all, i have been trying to get him on the zone but has no net access, but i will drag him to some meets in the near future

Wilson, There are speed bumps on some of the back roads near my house, but the mother in law has a caravan in Hastings, and the site has some horrendous ones. There are also some on site at work that I have grounded on.

Couple of car parks have caused problems... Turned in with someone behind only to find a steep slope into the car park with nothing to do except grind the front

Here is my car, i put a 40 mm drop, i havent had many problems with bumps, i just need to keep reminding myself to slow down and take it easy (thank god for my sump guard ). At first i was very impressed with the drop the felt tighter and not as boaty around corners, i do scratch my Mud flaps but thats fine.
My only bad experiance has been the dicks who "fixed" my slight camber and damaged my rear control arms. my advice, once you drop it drive it for a while, and only if the camber,which would be very little on a 40mm drop, starts to really piss you off, then go about correcting it the proper way with Adjustable Trailing Arm Bushings.
Here she is:

PS: the back looks really low but that was beacuse the rear shocks were finished, i replaced them and now the back is a little higher.

ive just had mine changed from a 60mm all round to a 40mm and the difference was noticable plus it now looks alot better at the rear end will post some pics up as soon as i take some.

panesar_e30 wrote:

heres my mtorsport convertie, lowered 60m all round.

i dnt have any probs with speed bumps either.

Hey mate
did the motor have the gbox done a little while back at AV transmissions
cause I'm sure I see it there.

PS looks the nuts though!

My slamed Beast, Its on Avo 55mm Spings with Bilstiens Shocks

yeh kamran, that was my car i sold it just ater i had the gearbox done.
have you got a mtorsport too?

Thanks for the pics guys

60/60 does look the bollocks but with the negative camber and the cost of 17" tyres I think 60/40 would be the best compromise

in my opinion zayyan, do a 60/60, ive done it on all my e30's wether they have been on the 15"bbs's or the toplines.

tyres are not as expensive as you may think, good quality brand wil cost around Ԛ£40 from ebay.

lowered 60 all round wont cause any probs either, i have had three people in the back, a full load in the boot, and been over speed bumps with no rubing issues.

panesar_e30 wrote:yeh kamran, that was my car i sold it just ater i had the gearbox done.
have you got a mtorsport too?

Yeh Calyso Red with lotus leather, how much you get for yours.

didn make alot, just broke even and kept the wheels. have you got 17" alps on yours and is was your car from southall at th time?

speaking from experience with a 60mm drop, I had a few problems with the bumpers and bottom of the skirts scraping on humps if i was a bit over enthusiastic although thats possibly down to the kit sitting low as it is, i got pretty tired of it very quickly specially slowing down to snail pace for those humps. I still got the springs somewhere I'll have to sell those at some point when i find them!

Na your mixing mine with Makans, which he bought of the fella on Tentelow Lane, but I beleive he sold it on. Mine has Khan RSS's on it and
I,ve has it a while now and only use it in the summer.

yes your right i was thinking of makhans one, you must b phsycic! so where about are you from?

thats the thing with west london every1 knows everyboys cars

[quote="panesar_e30"]yes your right i was thinking of makhans one, you must b phsycic! so where about are you from?

thats the thing with west london every1 knows everyboys cars [/quote

yeh tell me about it, used to live in Heston but in Ashford area since getting married and setting up home with the misses. What about you mate

live in south bucks, near langley. moved from southall just over year ago. too many e30's floatong about there the mo.

Wilson thats gumballs old cab is it not?

sorry to be a pic hoare but heres the old car

60/40 on spax adjustables








i still love it!

Photoshopped... drop? too much... I wouldn't have made it out of the car park....lol

40/40 on Pi cheapos 16 inch ACS

sorry gotta put my lights back on but too lazy!!



oh and my license plate



low but gets over the huge speedbumps we have here!

Here's my old cab... 60mm on Apex springs and shocks.

G.





Should have bloody kept her... she was sweet. It's amazing what women make you do... Grrrrr!

is that stirling silver?

Yeah, it was Sterling Silver. Looked great with all new chrome and black rubbers...!