60/40 drop on pre-facelift not low enough!!!

[tommyvod1]

WTF? This is a 60/40 drop on my 86 318i,doesnt look like it to me?? WHY???
What do you think...?



185/55/15s standard shocks,if thats any help.

[oakey]

this is a 60/40mm drop:


Yours looks like standard ride height

[johnny_boymk1]

If thats a 60/40 drop i'll show my arse!! how high was it before???

[tommyvod1]

I know,but springs were defo shorter than standard ones,iirc pre-fl cars have higher arches???

Any pics of pre-facelift cars on 60/40?

[march109]

Did you buy springs for a 6 cylinder car, or cab or touring?

[tommyvod1]

This high before.

[tommyvod1]

No correct springs ordered,BUT from EBAY!!! There jamex...is that the problem

[oakey]

I know,but springs were defo shorter than standard ones,iirc pre-fl cars have higher arches???

Any pics of pre-facelift cars on 60/40?

The pic I showed is of a prefacelift car. Only the rear arches are higher.
When I lowered the black car above, I used a H&R cup kit, I could get one finger in the gap between the front arch and the tyre.

[oakey]

This high before.

It probably is lowered 60/40 then!

[tommyvod1]

Is it because the radius of the tyres are smaller??
Though i cant see that having this much effect?
I'm tempted to buy another set,different brand from a proper SHOP not ebay, but it was a pig getting this lot on!!!!

[tommyvod1]

Yeah it really was on stilts before ,might put me bottletops back on 2moro just to see if its the low(er) profile tyres that do it?

[gooner1]

This is my pre facelift on which i think is a 60/40 drop.




Lack of a rear valance makes it look higher, but on the front i have to use a scissor jack before i can get a trolley jack under it.

[tommyvod1]

Well i'm lost.

[gooner1]

tommyvod1, how long ago did you drop it, does,nt it take some time to eventually settle?

[jibowski]

dont pre facelifts have higher wheelarches so therefore the wheel will sit lower in the arch in comaprison to later models on a similar drop??

[tommyvod1]

Yeah I thought that after I first did it...I was kind of oh well looks high but give it a month or two.......
Well its been a month or two.... lol. So here i am MOANING about it.

[tommyvod1]

Maybe some bricks in the boot? (joke)

[pirate952]

lol hello tommy tractor!
i think, being a early 4 pot it sits higher, adding the springs drops it, but will stil sit higher then a 6 pot with the same drop.
i hope so cus im about to 60m drop my pre facelift and i want a bigger drop then yours!
be interesting to see it on standard wheels tho.

[Simon13]

what width are the wheels? if they are 7j then they need 205/55/15 tyres to be correct.

You'll never get a pre facelift car to look as slammed as a late car

[pirate952]

so did they acutaly drop the arches after 87? im not that clued up on the changes

[Simon13]

yes because they lowered the height of the rear seats too on the facelift cars along with the rear valance

[papercutout]

Woah, that was ridiculously high before!

There's nothing wrong with Jamex stuff, but when I fitted my 40mm springs from them I barely noticed a difference.
1 coil off each spring later and the car is now right (I've got shorter shocks, and I did it all VERY neatly, and the springs do NOT dislocate. I know someone will have a go at me about this, but I don't mind, it works fine, come and see!

If you get bored of the springs, I'll have 'em

[Morat]

yep, tyres are too small.But are you sure they're not springs for a 6pot cab or something like that?

[Andyboy]

You'll never get a pre facelift car to look as c o u n c i l as a late car

[Simon13]

be-atch!

[bss325i]

Also to clear some other confusion, all convertibles, pre and post facelift have the lower facelift shape rear wheel arch.

[gooner1]

Also to clear some other confusion, all convertibles, pre and post facelift have the lower facelift shape rear wheel arch.

How can a pre face lift car have a post facelift shape wheel arch?.
Other way round surely? Good to know though bss325i"] as it make it easier to replace a wheelarch, should i ever need to.

[ric325i]

looks like you have 6 pot springs to me. thats about the same as when i had my 6pot springs with my 4 pot motor in it.

that back look about right on a pre face.

nothing wrong with jamex my 40/40 has done me proud for a while, bit harsh at 1st though.

[Simon13]

gooner look at the distance between the arch lip and the shoulder line on the rear quarter and you can see that your arches are indeed of the facelift variety!

[tomson]

This high before.

Thats higher than my stock ix suspension!!

[gooner1]

gooner look at the distance between the arch lip and the shoulder line on the rear quarter and you can see that your arches are indeed of the facelift variety!

Si, does that mean i am able to get mine as slammed as a post facelift
one then, should i wish to. Long as they are rust free i'm happy.