found the paper under the seat

[skr]

got a couple of questions:
First of all i have "210" in the options field and the list says 3 things :
210: DSC 3
210:Anti-Blocker system(1994)
210:ABS(E36/3,E36/5 (1995)
What should i make out of it?

Second one:
226:Sport suspention setting. Well, it looks lower than stock but i guessed that's just the springs sagging over time. What exactly is diffrent than stock and how do i know if it still is?

And how can i find the production week without going to the dealer?

thanks in advance

[Ausmpower]

226: standard ride height but (slightly!) stiffer springs, different Toe & camber angles on front tyres. Would have sagged by around 1" by now (mine had)

210: ABS - ABS is fitted factory standard, yours has the provision for traction control ($1500 aud - ABS ecu swap plus a switch)

If you PM me the last 7 digits of your vin number I can decode it for you at work and pm the info back to you (I'm a BMW parts interpreter at a dealer)

Ross

[Bleeding_Knuckles]

production date should be on the plate in the drivers door

[Ausmpower]

He want to know the production week, the plate gives you month year only.

German site (at work) will give full date: day/month/year.

[Ross]

Ross,
Would you be able to provide me the proper ride height for my car? It seems high in front or low in back. It's a "95 525it GD25814.
Ross

[Ausmpower]

See what i can find for you!

Also don't be fooled by the different wheel arch heights front to rear (fronts are higher - look at the link in my Signature - mine sits on factory reset springs, but front looks high (it isn't!))

[genphreak]

Ross, Would you be able to provide me the proper ride height for my car? It seems high in front or low in back. It's a "95 525it GD25814. Ross

In my experience the springs do not sag so much as the shocks de-pressurise. Even after 225,000 km my car had the oringinal shocks. It sat very low. The shocks still worked 98% of the time, but not when the going got really rough... when I changed them, the car shot up by 3" front and back. Sashs/Boge shocks are not liks the crappy ones they fit to other cars, they still work right to the bitter end.... nick

[Ausmpower]

My 535i had sagged 23 mm rear 21 mm in front and that was with new shocks (Boge).

Fixed now with reset springs.

Genphreak: Shocks don't support the cars weight the springs do, the gas just stops the oil inside the shock from foaming.

[Ross]

PO had replaced fronts and not rear. I thought the shocks were to dampen and not carry load. Given what you say and my car's condition I guess it's not so here. I guess I'll do the rears. It just seems too high in front.

[Ross]

Yours looks less nose up. As soon as my dinosaur ass figures out how I'll post a picture.