how low ???

[shane21]

how low can i go with 17s? lower the better .

[FormerMember]

Well, everything is possible

Here's one pic of my cabrio, about 60mm clearance at the front. (280mm from the center of the wheel to the wheel arch in the rear and in the back, 215/35-245/35 rubber). Fully adjustable suspension setup (made by me).

[sati]

i had 80mm drop on mine with 17" alpina's , but wen i sold them i put chepo 14" rims on and it makes it over the bumps at 10mph , any faster will have ripped the front lip off. but as above 60mm looks sweet.

[DavieP]

While everything may indeed be possible, your car may become virtually un-drivable on UK roads. Speed bumps and pot-holes can have a jarring effect upon you and a catastrophic effect upon the car's oil sump. Add to this the excessive, inequal wear on your tyres due to aggravated camber angle and you'll be left with a boulevard cruiser that you might think looks cool as fook, but will not be good to drive. It's up to you in the end, but really slamming an E30 takes it from being old school cool to chav-style kewl

[ImysE30]

I've gone for a 40mm drop all round, looks good and you can get over speed bumps easily

[cassa-d]

Ive got 60 rear 40 front and its ok over speed humps also

[sati]

why not get air bags ,lol so you can park your car and deck it to the floor(80mm +) and then drive it at around (30mm dropped) best of both i say.

[ImysE30]

I've seen a silver cab on here that has got air bags, looked sweet when it was fully slammed

[sati]

lol, wat if you drove fully decked on the motorway , wont you smash the stump? as sum motorways have got dips in them and it might bottom out the bags?

[ImysE30]

You wouldn't be able to drive the car fully decked without damaging something, only when parked up or stationery should the car be fully slammed

[Elecblondie]

Well you could always raise the engine but I don't know if you can go very far until the prop hits the gear linkage.

[ImysE30]

Not worth the hassle in trying to raise the engine, you probably wouldn't be able to close the bonnet

[sati]

the most thats possible is maybe 0.5 -1 inch not worth the hassle , well my e30 sitting on 80mm springs on the front and 60 rear on 14" rims with like 50 or 60 profile tyre and the stump sits about 1.5" and drops to 1" wen sum one sitts in it so nearly 95mm! decked and drivable. and no damage been nearly a 1yr. but now the rear of the car is sitting on bump stops and its god dam low , but i like the negtive camber tho.

[Alex]

lets hope you have no speed humps near you

[ImysE30]

I was just going to say the same thing, fooking low as fcuk

[leeparkes]

I've seen a silver cab on here that has got air bags, looked sweet when it was fully slammed

this one?

[sati]

lol speeds humps i can just about get over there every were. the car got no shocks or springs on the rear, sitting on the bump stops as iam breaking it £200 for the lot. but wen it had 60mm springs at the rear it can easy get over the bumps.

[sati]

nice car, but not a big fan of d'cut and polished RS8 rims as like every car done my end has got them

[sati]

I was just going to say the same thing, fooking low as ****

lol , well the number plates did say "Lower Then Your Grandma's Nipples" , they helped pull the cops!

[FormerMember]

While everything may indeed be possible, your car may become virtually un-drivable on UK roads. Speed bumps and pot-holes can have a jarring effect upon you and a catastrophic effect upon the car's oil sump. Add to this the excessive, inequal wear on your tyres due to aggravated camber angle and you'll be left with a boulevard cruiser that you might think looks cool as fook, but will not be good to drive. It's up to you in the end, but really slamming an E30 takes it from being old school cool to chav-style kewl

Yeah, that's true and that's why i've adjustable camber and toe both in the front and in the back.

No idea putting only -100mm springs because then your car will be quite bad to drive..

[sati]

lol the car is only sitting that low as there is no springs or shocks , as its being broken for parts.

[steve_k]

if you want to go realy low then get in touch with rayvern hydraulics in guyhirn near wisbech in cambs as they do air bags & hydraulics & are probably one of the best companys in this country to do the work.

i think they are in the current issue of performance bmw mag so have a look in there or max power mag or fast car & redline magazines as i'm sure there should be an advert for them.

good luck with your search.