i want to make the 320 handle better

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e30bmlover
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Post Sun May 07, 2006 12:19 pm

hi all, iv got some m-technic springs for the 320 that are going to be put on soon, anything else i could do to make her handle better. thicker anti-roll bars? better bushes? how much? will it be worth it with the 14''bbs on?
also i have play in my steering rack( only a little bit ) and when im driveing the steering feels really light and it sometimes tugs when i turn. any ideas? iv been told it might be the track controll arms?
e30bmlover
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Post Sun May 07, 2006 12:33 pm

shall i just get a new rack put on her, new track control arms, new poly bushes?
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Post Sun May 07, 2006 12:52 pm

Thicker anti roll bars
Poly bushes
maybe new dampers if your willing to spend
You can get all them from the zone shop
not sure about the rack
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Post Sun May 07, 2006 1:20 pm

e30bmlover wrote: thicker anti-roll bars? better bushes? how much?
I have just had the H&R anti roll bars fitted to mine and the improvement is fantastic. £250 from the Zone Shop. they come with bushes.
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Dan318-is
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Post Sun May 07, 2006 1:28 pm

alternatively if you dont want to shell out a mortgage for some i have some Is anti roll bars for 30 quid you can have!
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Post Sun May 07, 2006 2:00 pm

or dont spend anything and pull your interior/carpets etc out
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Post Sun May 07, 2006 2:05 pm

318-is wrote:alternatively if you dont want to shell out a mortgage for some i have some Is anti roll bars for 30 quid you can have!
That reminds me I have the original ARB's from my car and as they are from the touring they are bigger that the saloon versions
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Post Wed May 24, 2006 11:31 pm

duno if you done the work yet but you want wider tyres definatly want shocks there a must have, inner an outer ball joints an rear bushes on the lower arms standard ones will do the trick and the rear subframe bushs leave em if there ok, an theres a rubber bush in the middle of the steering collum you can change