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Rory525
12-09-2006, 10:10 AM
Hi Folks,

Following my broken spring I took the chance to lower the car. I bought Eibach Pro springs which lower a regular E34 by 50mm. When it was in the garage they advised I needed 2 new rear dampers, which I kinda expected... hurt the wallet a bit though ! So now I have Bilstein dampers all round as I already had them on the front.

Took a quick pic last night with camera fone , will get better pics when Ive cleaned the car !

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/rorybmw/08122006065.jpg

The ride is quite a lot firmer now, maybe a little too firm but theres not much I can do about it now lol. The ride does get much better with speed.

The handling is very nice so far, its so flat on corners and gives you lots of confidence. The front end turn in feels much sharper now... I used to feel the weight of the engine up front but now its much keener to change direction.

Oh and as a nice surprise the famous 55-65mph shimmy is greatly reduced, almost gone really. The knackered rear dampers must have been contributing to it.
Macv
12-09-2006, 11:32 AM
Looks good, is that black, or a hint of green?
Rory525
12-09-2006, 11:45 AM
Looks good, is that black, or a hint of green?

Thanks macv :)

Its diamond black - I think it does look a little green due to a night shot with a camera phone.
bigtisas
12-09-2006, 05:23 PM
Nice
BillionPa
12-09-2006, 10:07 PM
now you gotta get some swaybars!
Rory525
12-10-2006, 06:52 AM
now you gotta get some swaybars!

Hehe it is tempting to buy more of the eibach stuff , I think I'll need to let my wallet recover a bit first though :p
Luftpost
12-10-2006, 07:50 AM
Looks great!!! Hope one of my springs breaks soon.....
Rory525
12-15-2006, 12:55 PM
Heres a few more pics of it sitting low :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/rorybmw/15122006073.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/rorybmw/15122006072.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/rorybmw/15122006071.jpg
SC David
12-15-2006, 01:06 PM
Maaan! That thing is pure sex! I love the color and I love it with the drop. I like the darker colors with clear indicators, but that might just be me :D. It will probably settle a little more too. Maybe the ride will be a little less harsh.
shragon
12-15-2006, 01:08 PM
nice! clean car! (minus the m5 badges :p)
Rory525
12-15-2006, 01:11 PM
Maaan! That thing is pure sex! I love the color and I love it with the drop. I like the darker colors with clear indicators, but that might just be me :D. It will probably settle a little more too. Maybe the ride will be a little less harsh.

Thanks very much :) I do love my car

I had thought about clear indicators, but as I've been trying to make it an M5 replica I figured if an M5 had orange indicators in 1991 so will mine hehe.