B.I. Official e34 lowering, new suspension, wheels, and thrust arms!

[liquidtiger720]

special calibrated shocks? hahahahahaha

[Zeuk in Oz]

Not that I'm English, but that list is hardly exhaustive :

Missed out on "dog" - dog and bone - phone

As in "talked with him on the dog last night".

[BigKriss]

Well, I don't mean to get any more enemies on here that I already have and I don't think it's arguing over semantics however I looked over my notes from when I was studying last year and all mechanics in NSW are taught that on a McPherson strut design that the "insert" in the shock absorber and the "strut housing" is just known as the strut. I'll show you what the text book says;


Another example;

I was just trying to get the point across that the insert was the strut, not the housing itself......

This thread is going to be about correcting a lot of misinformation....

[Bill R.]

pictured the hyundai and the holdens (gm) don't have strut inserts, you buy the entire strut assy as is shown here in the pic of a kyb for a hyundai. I mentioned that earlier that some cars don't have replaceable inserts for the struts

Well, I don't mean to get any more enemies on here that I already have and I don't think it's arguing over semantics however I looked over my notes from when I was studying last year and all mechanics in NSW are taught that on a McPherson strut design that the "insert" in the shock absorber and the "strut housing" is just known as the strut. I'll show you what the text book says;


Another example;

[Anthony (M5 in Calgary)]

Picture of actual sachs kit and how it comes.

The bump stops provided in that kit look tiny. How long are they? M5 bump stop is 2.9" and normal E34 is 3.5". The shorter bump stops should keep this kit from bottoming out.

M5 stop:

[Scott H]

like so

The bump stops provided in that kit look tiny. How long are they? M5 bump stop is 2.9" and normal E34 is 3.5". The shorter bump stops should keep this kit from bottoming out.

M5 stop:

[Anthony (M5 in Calgary)]

like so

Thanks Scottl. I hope the Sachs kit is still available when my SLS finally bites the dust. Sounds like a nice setup.

[Scott H]

BTW, how is the supersprint?

Thanks Scottl. I hope the Sachs kit is still available when my SLS finally bites the dust. Sounds like a nice setup.

[632 Regal]

the bumpstops are why I changed to the Bilsteins, it would actually ride on the bumpstops even after I cut them way down. I even had to cut the Bilstein bumpstops down...
http://www.bimmer.info/~regal632/Bumpstops.htm

Thanks Scottl. I hope the Sachs kit is still available when my SLS finally bites the dust. Sounds like a nice setup.

[Anthony (M5 in Calgary)]

BTW, how is the supersprint?

I use OE front springs and Koni Sport (new a couple of weeks ago) up front. The rears are Dinan springs on SLS, the final remnant of the Dinan Stage 1 kit I put on in 2001. When the one of the front Dinan springs broke I re-installed the OE fronts and haven't got around to putting the OE rears back on since it means opening the SLS hydraulics up. I have a new pair of SLS bombs to install in the springtime, so the Dinan rears will revert to OE for better balance. The Dinan rears will be for sale if anybody is interested.

The SuperSprint exhaust is nice. Lighter than stock by about 40#. It is quite a bit louder than OE at idle but once the RPMs are above 1500 it is about the same until the engine comes "on cam". Then it makes a very nice shriek up to redline - very satisfying. Saved about $600 vs OE too.