BMW E91 Wagon.... everyone is doing bags, why not external reservoir coilovers

[TechnoV]

Such an awesome fleet. Looks like you have the same problem as me. Cant leave anything well enough alone, sticky tires and coils on the daily haha.
What lift is that you have on the floor of your garage. Ive been meaning to look into a lift like that for my garage as well.

Cant leave anything stock. lol.

The lift is Quickjack BL-5000SLX. It works great. Pull the car in, slide it under and lift.
They have a 3500lb, 5000lb and 7000lb version. I have the 5000 just incase.

Here is the link to the site and the one I have. CLICK

I have a buddy that can get 10% since he's sponsored by them. He's one of the Bimmerworld racecar drivers.

wow I wanna see you guys have fun with an E32! subbed ! awesome!

Btw more updates are welcome! need something to read while im deployed

Look in my sig. I have 2 other build threads E36, E82 and the E91 Enjoy

[becausephilchow]

Even the original RT-615s were good on the. They got a little greasy when they got too warm, but, they seemed to fix that with the RT-615Ks.

[Back_in_Black]

THOSE MEATY TIRES. I love them! I love the whole car! Looks bonkers!

[royalife]

You're from the bay area....and so am I, You have really cool stuff and really cool cars. I'm jealous, can we be best friends? lol

[becausephilchow]

Any fitment photos? Didn't know the Non Widebody E9Xs could run stuff like 10.5 +25 with a relatively meaty tire.

[TechnoV]

Even the original RT-615s were good on the. They got a little greasy when they got too warm, but, they seemed to fix that with the RT-615Ks.

Yeah, now that they fixed that, they feel amazing. They don't grease up anymore.

THOSE MEATY TIRES. I love them! I love the whole car! Looks bonkers!

Thanks man.

You're from the bay area....and so am I, You have really cool stuff and really cool cars. I'm jealous, can we be best friends? lol

Haha. I'd go out to more car meets but I hear about them to late. Only stuff I usually go to is Fatlace Fridays now.

Any fitment photos? Didn't know the Non Widebody E9Xs could run stuff like 10.5 +25 with a relatively meaty tire.

Current wheel set up:

Advan TCIII's
Front 18x9.5 ET35 +10mm Spacer = ET25 245/40/18 Falken RT615k
Rear 18x10.5 ET25 275/35/18 Falken RT615k

The BBS CH's Black Edition before:
Front 18x8.5 ET35 + 7mm spacer = ET28 245/40/18 Falken RT615k
Rear 18x10 ET40 +10mm spacer = ET30 275/35/18 Falken RT615k

New set up is more aggressive but the tires are the same so they have a stretch now. Only reason why they fit.

UPDATE
Roof box creativity, kinda

So I wanted to play around with some of the extra vinyl in my garage.
This is the outcome.

Pulled the roof box off, cleaned it and tossed inside since its hot outside.



Setting up the cut lines



One color done... I wanted orange but had none



Then the white



Our dog loves to chew on the scraps, he's eyeing the piece on the box



and some layered stickers



Boom... on the roof





And since some people after and PMed me for some fitment photos... here they are.

Rear:





Front:



Hope that helped. Again the fitment is:

Advan TCIII's
Front 18x9.5 ET35 +10mm Spacer = ET25 245/40/18 Falken RT615k
Rear 18x10.5 ET25 275/35/18 Falken RT615k

[becausephilchow]

Wow, that rear fitment is absolutely perfect. Slight stretch to tuck the tires in.

Any rubbing? I assume you've probably rubbed through your fender liner and whatever tab(s) there were/are there? haha.

[Nuts]

Very very nice.

[TechnoV]

Wow, that rear fitment is absolutely perfect. Slight stretch to tuck the tires in.
Any rubbing? I assume you've probably rubbed through your fender liner and whatever tab(s) there were/are there? haha.

No rubbing at all. When I swap out the coilovers, I will post photos of what I cut on the inside to make everything fit. I **** not running fender liners so I still have them in the front and rear on all our cars.

UPDATE
I got roofbox jacked

My buddy got a roof rack for his E36 M3 and he really wanted to try out the roof box. By the way he said goodbye when he left, I feel like I might never see the roofbox again. haha



I left naked driving around today with no box on the roof. Awkward

[radiokilla]

MWAHAH

I am liking your roof box way too much, im gonna see how much snacks I can fit inside of it this weekend hahaha.

Dude u put some mega work into ur thread, looks fresh my man!



But seriously thank you for letting me use it.

[FunfGang]

This is so cool, you have too many great cars!

[Lurk]

Love the functionality of your setup, wagon looks spot on!

[TechnoV]

MWAHAH

I am liking your roof box way too much, im gonna see how much snacks I can fit inside of it this weekend hahaha.
Dude u put some mega work into ur thread, looks fresh my man!



But seriously thank you for letting me use it.

No worries dude. Im glad you're enjoying it.

This is so cool, you have too many great cars!

Thanks man. Its been a long process.

Love the functionality of your setup, wagon looks spot on!

Thank you. Thats what I'm going for.

UPDATE

Good news.

All the Eibach stuff came in.
They did an amazing job rebuilding the struts and their customer service was great. The person I talked to was super knowledgeable and he understood what I wanted from the suspension. I talked setup with them and I figured out what I wanted to run.



New spring set up. Helpers in the front and rear.



6 inch 500lb Springs in the front. 500lb is about 9k



8 inch 1000lb Springs in the rear. 1000lb is about 18k



If some of you are wondering why its such a huge spring jump from front to rear is cause the rear is running inboard springs. You're suppose to double up from the amount you really want to run. So this set up is actually 500lb front and rear if it was true rear coilover.



Rear struts look brand new. The lines look new, the copper washers/seals are new, the bodies themselves look repainted and who knows what interior stuff they did. Oh and of course they got repressurized. So good.







As for the fronts, the bodies look really clean, I can see the new blue seals around the shaft, Im sure some internal stuff got changed and again, they also got repressurized.



What blew my mind was the attention to detail. One of my front strut tabs got ripped off. I told them nothing about this... Someone welded me a new tab on. Im honestly blown away.



The complete kit





Thanks Eibach USA. From the time they left my hands till the time I got them back, it's been a total if 12days (including shipping). Crazy.

Ready for the weekend to get here so I can put them on.

[hkz286]

there is something so badass about Japanese wheels on german cars!

[becausephilchow]

Amazing! Eibach really does have great customer service.