Lowering

my 325i coupe was dropped 60mm all round and that was a pain with speedbumps, had to crawl over them, and some had to take at an angle, some weren't passable at all. Multistory car parks also became a no go area as I found out when I got stuck and had to get pulled backwards to get out.
 
I ran Koni springs on my Mk1 focus, which gave a 35mm drop, around the same as the ebiachs. This gave a nice drop and improved handling, without looking silly.

This was nearly 10 years ago, so if doing it now, I'd want springs and dampers unless they've been changed recently.
 
This may sound a silly question but how do you measure what size springs you want? So does 40mm mean it's 40mm off the ground? Or a 40mm gap between the wheel and the wheel arch?
 
Why not just sell it and get an ST170 which is already a little bit lower with nicer alloys? The price difference between that and the 1.6 isn't very big at all, probably less than a pair of good coilovers.
 
if its already been lowered (I imagine on springs as you would know if you had coilovers) your not going to get much lower with different springs maybe 10-15mm lower hardly noticeable.

so I would imagine your only option is coilovers
 
not sure how much lower my ITR is but i would say cant be any lower than this. Alrd dont have any plastics left under the car even wing arch plastics got shredded last year :P O and parking on curbs is not even an option. If curb is one of those very high ones i cant open the doors :X

Thank god its only weekend blaster :P


Anyhow dont go lower than 35mm if you want to park on cerbs :)
 
Let me point this out to you... if you lower your car you MUST inform your insurance company. If you keep it quiet, have an accident and they find out you will not be insured.

I remember lowering one of my cars... it felt like a go-cart compared to the standard suspension I had on it before. :)
 
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