Deano1351's 325i touring now lowered with 18s!!

[deano1351]

Iv meant to put piccys up for ages but it was standard height and its nothing special but now its lowered what do you think

Looks high at the front but the tyres are 50's front and 55's rear, i think thats whats doing it

It drives sooo much better now, i forgot what it was like to have shock absorbers that absorbed shock

[deano1351]

This is how it looked when i got it

I will be giving it a polish at some point too

[deano1351]

Ok i couldnt have it lowered without wheels so i got a wicked deal on these from e-bay, hope you like

[fuzzy]

needs lowered more at the front.

[JGG1]

That looks really good mate, needs to come down a bit at the front maybe

[Cloggy Saint]

I think it would look better if the back was raised! To be honest, those wheels really don't suit the car, for me at least.

[aceraf]

That's the problem with going bigger than 17"...the car gets jacked up and you have to slam it loads to make it look right.

I think if you lower the front a touch more and fit an IS front Lip spoiler it'll be looking alot better.

Any scraping on the rear?

[deano1351]

I think it needs to come down but its already got 60mm springs on the front, unless they got it wrong and gave me 40s or something, the only part that scrapes is the middle box and it scrapes bad, im going to have to try to bend it to get it closer to the floorpan, iv been on the lookout for an IS front lip spoiler so that will be next on the list

[bodger]

looks great mate, i like the wheels ,especially in the side on shot ,if it were mine id be tempted to chop one coil of the front springs, ill probably get shot for saying that

[greentouring]

Looking good mate. The wheels are too big for me and I must be getting old, as I would want a little more tyre and not rubber bands on my alloys, as my Dad would say...lol

I wouldn't take it any lower if I were you; it looks plenty low enough, really...............

I've got a 70mm drop on the front and coming out of places with just a slight incline brings it precariously close to scraping the road. If I put an iS lip on, it would be taken straight off. I think there's always a fine line between overdoing it, but depends on what look you're after I guess...........

Good work though

[Jhonno]

Wheels dont really suit it imo, too big and wrong offset..

Front needs to be lower and rear higher also reverse rake looks wrong

Is that the Touring SPADGE was selling?

[deano1351]

I think if i do anything to the height ill raise the rear slightly, i like the low look but its not very practical, why do you say the offsets wrong Jhonno, i thought it looked about right, do you think they stick out too far or too far in, the clearance is just right at the back and the wheels dont rub anywhere

[Jhonno]

Too far in imo

[deano1351]

Aah fair enough, to be honest if they stuck out much more they would rub the arch's but it does need to go up at the back, its just the way the kit lowered it but i will make changes

[e30matt]

Get some TOURING lowering springs and it'll give you the right drop all round!!

[deano1351]

Oh mines a TOURING is it?? Silly me!!!