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Post Wed May 11, 2005 10:28 pm

Hey all, I have just been onto Proven Products about a lowering kit and they said that because it was already an SE that it had slightly uprated suspension, I thought it just meant electrics, can any shed any light on what excatly the difference is between a 320 and a 320SE?

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Post Wed May 11, 2005 10:45 pm

Every E30 has different options from the factory so its hard to generalise. But i dont think the 320SE came with up rated suspension.

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Post Thu May 12, 2005 9:14 am

My standard 320 and my SE have identical suspenion, in fact I robbed the rear shocks of the 320 as the SE's were useless.

They were probably thinking of the 325i sport.
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Post Thu May 12, 2005 1:18 pm

Fair play, thats what I thought, but it dont hurt to ask.

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Post Thu May 12, 2005 1:21 pm

yeah as they said - same as normal 320 suspension
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Post Thu May 12, 2005 2:40 pm

The 320i SE had gas pressure shocks from the factory as opposed to standard oil shocks.

The springs are standard and the struts are the smaller 47mm ? units.

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