Touring with new wheels & suspension

[Cotty]

Here you go at last. New stuff

KW struts & 60/40 springs
H&R ARB's
15" Hartge wheels

Personally I still think the back needs to come down a bit more

[Theo]

Looks very, very tasty. Bet it handles nicely with that setup, i'm looking to uprate the suspension and ARB's on my 325i soon, what diameter are the H&R items?

[Cotty]

Looks very, very tasty. Bet it handles nicely with that setup, i'm looking to uprate the suspension and ARB's on my 325i soon, what diameter are the H&R items?

I bought the ARB's through the Zone shop and as the shop site is down I cant check but they are meaty.

Ant fitted them and set them up and they are fantastic

[Cotty]

What do you think..........black grill........... yes or no

I want to get the Hartge stripes.

The deal I had on a set of Hartge side skirts fell through

[AndyTouring]

Looks really good.

Is that a 60mm drop at the front, 40mm rear?

Recently carried a heavy load of gravel in my Touring & when I measured it had dropped 35mm at the rear which looked a comfortable amount.

How do you find the ARB's?

[jmc330i]

Looks good, although the back does seem a bit high.

How long has the kit been fitted? Maybe it needs to time to settle.

[maxfield]

How do you find the ARB's?

PM M5pilot (sal)

Car looks good

[Cotty]

Looks good, although the back does seem a bit high.

How long has the kit been fitted? Maybe it needs to time to settle.

A couple of months but I dont drive it every day

Looks really good.

Is that a 60mm drop at the front, 40mm rear?

Thnanks. yep 60 front 40 rear

How do you find the ARB's?

I look under the car and there they are LOL

Really they are great, no body roll and corners flat.

[TW166Y]

well nice paul but if go that low im affraid my wheels wont move at the front......

How high is the exhaust from the floor now because im having clearance issues with mine on a standard drop at times

[Mahmood]

Lookin' good Cotty.

I've got a 60/40 H & R Cup Kit and it was higher at the back for a while. Has dropped a bit now but will never be as low as the front.

[Cabrio]

Mahmood

Thats unusual for your car. Did you put it on your cab...as usually unless you get the correct springs or modify correctly the cab sits too low at the back...we use Eibach for the Cab..but not for the touring

Cheers

[Cotty]

How high is the exhaust from the floor now because im having clearance issues with mine on a standard drop at times

to be honest I havent checked and tend to avoid sleeping policemen

[Giggz]

Very tasty and tidy car you have there mate. I agree the back needs to come down a tad.Drop it 60mm!!!

Black out the grill to compliment the black eye brows unless your thinking of painting the eye brows the same colour as the car in which case keep the grill chromed out.

Keep up the good work sir.

[Cotty]

Black out the grill to compliment the black eye brows unless your thinking of painting the eye brows the same colour as the car in which case keep the grill chromed out.

I think that a black grill will be my next mod, also been looking at the black and white BMW badges for the front and rear

[Giggz]

So when you going to update your sig with the new look tourer?

[Cotty]

Idont now how to make a sig picture, someone made mine for me.

its constantly evolving, would need to redo it after the black grill then again when the Hartge stripes go etc etc

[Cotty]

All the pics seem to be red X so here is a pic that shound work

[Cloggy Saint]

That's looking very smart mate.

[miniblob]

Nice one mate, looks sweet!!!!!!!

[Cotty]

Amazing it looks so good considering I havent washed it since 3rd April 2006 when the hosepipe ban came into force in Kent.

[jamesc]

What settings have you got your ARB's on?

[Cotty]

What settings have you got your ARB's on?

I dont know, Ant fitted them and set them up

Pics have now been fixed

[cliffybabe]

Cotty when u gonna get them skirts on mate??

[gcorky]

very nice,ive the same kit fitted-its good.

keep it up.

[Cotty]

Cotty when u gonna get them skirts on mate??

I only picked them up saturday, give me a chance. Ill have to wait until I get the instructions and screws

[cliffybabe]

Cotty when u gonna get them skirts on mate??

I only picked them up saturday, give me a chance. Ill have to wait until I get the instructions and screws

I was shocked wheni come outside and ur touring was there Dave said paul was gonna put the fixing etc in the post to ya

[AC_S]

What do you think..........black grill........... yes or no

I want to get the Hartge stripes.

looking good.

my preference would be ditch the eybrows keep the grill chrome
and definately get the stripes.

so far so good so i'm sure whatever u do will look spot on

[Cotty]

Well I have bought and fitted a black grill, that way I can swap them around depending on my mood

[Cotty]

How about a before and after lowering pics

[matttouring]

Love the look bud very nice looking into gettin mine lowered

Matt

[eldarvanyar]

Looks really good. Where did you get the 15" Hartge wheels from?

[mattG]

very nice, need to sort out a pic of my touring std @ mo.

have asked this before.....does anybody know the kit on the touring ontop of the e30 home page, (it's the one on the right of the four e30's lol) mtech1 skirts?

[dark_sounds]

nice one cotty, its coming along nicely hmm, think if the wheels where 1 inch bigger would set it off very well,,, the arch seems to overwhelme the wheel. 15s for some reason are ok on saloons, though tourings,, think needa tad bigger or it might just be the pictures!

[steerfromtherear]

Looks smart chap.
I am expecting my is lip spoiler soon and springs are next on the agenda.

I think it will have to be 80mm though after looking at yours.
It looks good but I want it to look stupid low

[Cotty]

Looks really good. Where did you get the 15" Hartge wheels from?

I got them off Theo325 and had them refubed, he now has 16" which I spent a year and half looking for but coulnt find or they went for stupid prices

nice one cotty, its coming along nicely hmm, think if the wheels where 1 inch bigger would set it off very well,,, the arch seems to overwhelme the wheel. 15s for some reason are ok on saloons, though tourings,, think needa tad bigger or it might just be the pictures!

You saw it in the flesh(metal) at Lakeside so what do you think

I think it will have to be 80mm though after looking at yours.
It looks good but I want it to look stupid low

I sometimes think it needs to come down abit at the back but I like the nose down stance. I think 80m might look cool but it would be undrivable with speed ramps etc