damper diameters on touring

[mk1nurburg]

hi guys, i picked up a bilstein damper kit and -40mm springs for my '93 1.6 touring yesterday and started fitting it up. the kit came from a 318 2dr. the rears went on fine but the front insert diameters were bigger on the original parts than the replacement parts.... quite noticeable larger!

what size strut inserts are there?? and what vehicles are the different sizes typical to?????

cheers.
pauly

[StuBeeDoo]

All the Tourings use 51mm diameter legs. IIRC, the only saloons that came with 51mm's were 318iS's, 325i's and M3's - all other E30's had 45mm.
HTH
Stuart.

[daimlerman]

Tourings came with 51mm front struts,as did 325i saloons.Rear springs are specific to tourings as well..... Oh,all the rest came with 45mm front struts.

[StuBeeDoo]

Sorry to have to tell you Dude, but the only bits of that kit that are any good on your car are the front springs and rear shocks.

[mk1nurburg]

the rear springs went in fine and the car sits lovely...... whats the difference between the saloon springs and the touring springs?? if it just weight differences i think i will leave them as it sits nicely but if they wont fit properly as they'r a differnt shape or something i will remove them and get some touring springs.

thanks for your help so far!!

pauly

[fuzzy]

different springs rates (stiffer) for the extra weight in the touring.

[daimlerman]

Whenyou drive your touring with saloon lowering springs at the back end you will discover that your headlights are only usefull for spotting low flying helicoptors...the extra body weight of thr touring(and cabbie I understand) means that they use a different spring.

[mk1nurburg]

hmmmmm, bugger. think i should have possibly done a little more research!!!

anyone got any touring suspension for sale???????????????

at worst i will put it all back and leave the -40 front springs in as when i took the oe stuff apart the o/s spring had snapped 1 of its rings off!!

will let you know how i get on.
cheers for the answers.... i feel wiser and more foolish now lol.

pauly

[daimlerman]

Erm...yes...I have learnt to ask questions first,nobody on this forum minds questions,we have all been there.

[town325i]

there are more coils on touring rear springs to allow for the extra weight of the car and they are aslo thicker than saloon springs