Suspension upgrade 540i6 help

[txp135]

Hi everyone,

I've done a lot of reading and the more I read the more I'm confused. Would everyone who has experience with suspension set up specifically in an e34 540i help me out? I love my car and would like to keep it for as long as I can afford to, so I'm willing to spend the money neccessary to fix/upgrade/mods.

The reason I can't make a decision yet on what I need to do is because I can't afford to cause more problems to the car. For example, a lot of people in here lower the suspension and some report excessive tire wear, bottoming out... etc.

I'm willing to spend some more for the right set up, but I can't afford to get a new set of tires every year.

Front wheels hubs are the only thing I've replaced so far on the car. EAT chip is going in next. My suspension really needs attention and I somewhat got pushed into buying a set of style 19 wheels/tires. A laundry list of things await : a/c, belts, brakes, fluids, door hatch trims, hood gas lifters, lower door trim.

I've considered taking the car to a good bmw mechanic and let him do an over all inspection on it to see what I need for the suspension. But my thinking is that since I'm going to keep the car for a long time, why not just replace every thing that it needs at 135k so I can enjoy it? Then after I've done everything I can, take it to a bmw pro for a ground up inspection.

So back to the suspension. Here's the priority list...

1) Ride comfort / Reliability (rubbing, uneven tires wear, alignment)

2) Handling/Looks (stance of the car, trying to avoid the SUV looks, slammed looks not neccessary)

3) Warranty (of the shocks/springs)

4) Price (It looks like around $800 for the shocks/springs alone, savings would be nice but not neccessary)

This is a wonderful forum and your insights are greatly appreciated. Thank you.