E39 coils

[prod0660]

the jack points under the sides,,,yes they do scrape, not on everyday basis but when the driveway is at an off angle it does,or i approach it wrong....
and yes the 14k/and 10k is what i have and its fine,,stiff but doable...

[PavelK313]

damn you! your e39 is the reason I bought this one haha
ideally, id like to be about 1" higher than yours, still tucking the rears and tucking the fronts.
debating on if i wanna do 19's or put some 18's like you.
i know youre running a 18x10/11.5 right? how much fender work do u have done, and what do you think could be fitted in the front considering the H&R's are wide springs?

tons of good info so far, thanks homie

I had 11.5, car looks stock right? Its pretty easy if you just want to put them on and start pulling until it clears. On my car however, I wanted to make it look as stock as possible.
Not sure whats the widest wheel possible with H&R's.

I'm running ISC coilovers 3" drop all around I scrape jack points with 19s and 2 " rear and 1/2 upfront left

Sorry, but you not going to scrape jacking pads no metter how low E39 is!
In comparasing to stock E39 (my friends sister has 2001 525), my car is 6" lower.

^nice

not sure if this is a dumb question or not, but their site shows front spring rates at 14kgs and rears at 10kgs? a simple conversion to lbs doesnt make any sense... do u have any idea what spring rates the ISC are?

that sounds normal if you want to slam your car, maybe even not high enough...

[rowdydaoudy]

^nice

not sure if this is a dumb question or not, but their site shows front spring rates at 14kgs and rears at 10kgs? a simple conversion to lbs doesnt make any sense... do u have any idea what spring rates the ISC are?

[prod0660]

I'm running ISC coilovers 3" drop all around I scrape jack points with 19s and 2 " rear and 1/2 upfront left

[rowdydaoudy]

damn you! your e39 is the reason I bought this one haha
ideally, id like to be about 1" higher than yours, still tucking the rears and tucking the fronts.
debating on if i wanna do 19's or put some 18's like you.
i know youre running a 18x10/11.5 right? how much fender work do u have done, and what do you think could be fitted in the front considering the H&R's are wide springs?

tons of good info so far, thanks homie

[PavelK313]

How low do you want to get your car?
H&R's have VERY wide springs in the front which is not ideal for running wide wheels.
Pretty much all of the coils out there will give you same drop. +/- .5"
My friend Richard has H&R's on his E39 and maxed out his car seats about 1.2-2" higher than mine.
Btw, mine is NOT maxed out, I have another 1/2" to go in the front and probably good 3" in the rear.

[rowdydaoudy]

Any one have an idea on which set of coils will drop an E39 the lowest?

I know Pavel's are a custom build, but I also hear that H&R's drop pretty low. Looking for a slammed/tucked look rather than a poke for this one.

Any ideas would be great, thanks!