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[nasir325ic]

out of intrest where and how much you gonna get the 80mm's from?
and what make?

thanks
nas

[Taylor325i]

My track car is lowered 60mm on Apex springs but with it being totally stripped out and weighing a lot less than standard it probably equates to about 40mm lower than standard. I recon that this is an ideal height for a track/drift car and coupled with Bilstein shocks, strut braces and semi slick tyres it handles superb. Would be even better if I could afford new anti roll bars and poly bushes.


Taylor.

[lukeb]

ive got a spax psx adjustable kit., -60mm drop, and its superb. Its very stiff on the road on its stiffest setting, but once its sideways its great, cant say how happy i am with them. ive not experienced any other kit but i am extreamly happy with them.

[slowlysideways]

thanks for the replies - i've bought some 2nd hand -60mm ones from someone on here now

nas - the ebay ad is here:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... L:RTQ:UK:1

and this is his email to me:

Hi. Thanks for the response. I have both 60mm and 80mm available at £59.95 plus carriage. If you would like to order a set just hit the buy it now button and follow the instructions.
Best Regards
Graham
Energized Customs

[jetsam]

ive got a spax psx adjustable kit., -60mm drop, and its superb. Its very stiff on the road on its stiffest setting, but once its sideways its great, cant say how happy i am with them. ive not experienced any other kit but i am extreamly happy with them.

Good to hear you're getting on well with it Luke

[lukeb]

yeh they awesome i love em, miss's hates it though it hurts her boobs. lol

[bimmaman]

80mm?? I didn't realise you could go that low... anyone got these springs on their car?? Jamex are a pretty good make aren't they?? I'm looking to lower my 316i, and want to go as low as I can...

Can I fit 80mm lowering springs on my car, and not have to do any work on the arches?? I am still running 14" bbs alloys, so no huge arch filling alloys... Yet...

[Karan]

u want 60 front and 40 rear... will turn in best like this

2-3deg camber front lots of castor
rear if u can try reduce camber. as it will hinder high speed drifting (3rd gr plus)

and a fat rear arb

[Jhonno]

Just bought a E30 325i 2door Saloon, and it's currently only lowered 20mm on Avo adjustable (hard/soft) shock absorbers.

Can anyone shed any light on what'd be best, there is a choice of -60mm, and -80mm...

What would be best for handling around a track, and/or drifting?


Thanks

track or drifting.. they require different setups so you have to decide

[slowlysideways]

yeah i know, its a road going track car that i'm drifting aswell

[steveoz32]

Well, I've lowered mine 60mm on shocks and springs, but as mentioned here, mine is stripped so is higher than a normal 60 drop.

The 60 springs are great I find, it's very stiff, and whilst it is more stable and a little harder to throw into a slide, it is much more controlable as there is no horrible bobbing around like a cork in a wine bottle on the stock soft springs when it hits lumps in the road. The car stays flat around corners and digs in really well, also if you do give it some welly, clutch kick / faint and throw the back out it stays flat, smooth and in control.

I've had this set up on for a month or so now and I've given it a damn good testing, and it's brilliant, it seems to me to do exactly what I want, hold the road really well when I want, and makes the backend very stable when it's out. Unless you are seriously into track racing then your not going to want different set up's front and back. Get the 60mm's it's good for both. You can always change the tyre pressures anyway for drifting.

Cheers!

[steveoz32]

P.S I don't race atm either on 'propper' or real tracks, so these views are just mine, and what I have found from pushing my car around corners of privately owned air fileds etc ;)

But hopefully that will all change this year when my car is (hopefully) finished!