BMW E36 COILOVERS installation

[jon-m42]

Hi there Guys I was Wondering if any 1 of you zoners could offer some helpful advice.

Rite....I have a good friend with a bmw e36 1.8 cab. It is totally standard and we are both spanner friendly hence we are up for anything challenging. He has just purchased a set of coilovers for his car.

My question is are there any informative picture installation guides of this out here on the World Wide Web if so can you please send me the link?

On a scale of 1 to 10 how difficult is this job to do? 1 being the easiest and 10 being the hardest?

Aprox how long will this take to do for your average spanner friendly guy?

All help is appreciated
Regards
Jon

[dips346]

its easy to do ,should only take a 1hr,when you see the parts in front of you ,you will see what needs to be done

this is on a m3 but gives you a idea

http://www.bmw-m.net/TechProc/H&R%20COI ... %202.0.pdf

[jon-m42]

Hi there Dips thanks for this guide it seems easy enough will give it a go sometimes today and will let you knwo hjow i get along.

regards
jon

[dips346]

if you think you would be changing it back to normal every again ,go buy a new set of top mounts and leave your unit in one piece

[harry_p]

new front top mounts will make the job even easier so well worth getting some if the kit doesnt come with any. no need to muck about with spring compressors etc then, just bolt off, bolt on. piece of cake tbh.

3 bolts hold top mount to shell, 3 bolts hold strut to hub. undo the lot, remove, refit new one. jack it so both front wheels of whatever end youre working on are off the ground at the same time so youre not fighting against the anti roll bar.

[no1_jazz]

Hi there mate i just did a coilover conversion on my friends car bmw e36.... like these guys say well worth gettign top mounts makes life easyier.

this whole job took me around 2hrs out in the cold but if i were in a warmer place it would have been twice as fast.

jazz

[jon-m42]

Guys i must take this oppertunity to thank you all for the help and advice.

Job is all done now and the car looks the dogs dangles lol .......time taken 2hr and 30mins with many tea breaks lol

thanks guys
Jon