I want to see pics of your drasticly lowered car, and what springs and rates you are running. Im running 550 fronts and 600 rears, and its a little too soft for me. Im interested to see what everyone else is running to determine what I should get to go a little lower.
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Originally posted by Stephen View Post315 / 570 i think..
My buddy's J stocks are somewhere around 600/1000 and suprisingly streetable
On my e36 I'm running 750/850
On my e24 I'm running 450/400
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Originally posted by TheStig View Postyeah, mine feel stiff too, but when I drive it, I can tell im damn near bottoming out... I think I'm gonna try and get 700f and 850r.
Other things to consider on the e36 is front lower control arm angle in relation to 90 degrees or parallel with the ground. Under normal and useful conditions it would be at an downward angle and on a car lowered as much is yours it could be parallel or even worse at at an upward angle. Taking all the available suspension travel out of the equation.
In the rear, just like on the other model e36 vehicles your spring rate is drastically reduced because it sits on the lower control arm and due to the increase in force by being on the 'wrong' side of the fulcrum you lose A LOT of spring rate. On an e30 it is almost 50% because of the rear suspension design. E36 is a bit better but same effect. Put a 1000lb spring in the rear of an e30 and it acts as a 500lb spring. So consider that when ordering springs.
550 Front and 700 Rear on the vert. Push on the front fender and it barely moves. Push on the rear and it feels soft.
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Yeah, I know what you're saying. Its not lack of shock travel tho, I have full shock travel because I have an adjustable base. The reason I know I'm almost bottoming out, is because my sway bar is 1-7/8" off the ground... So when my car bounces, I know its really close to hitting the ground haha. I don't really have problems with bumps, as much as I do with creeping up driveways at an angle. My rear wheels hit my fenders because the suspension articulates too much. I'm lookin into gettin some big ass sway bars haha.
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Adjustable base? You mean you loosen up the lower mount and spin it up? Thus 'shortening' the shock? You can still bottom it out and there is a good chance at looking at coil binding which can feel like 'bottoming out'. Feels like you reached the end of travel.
Really? Looking at your ride height in sig and looking at my car it seems something else may be out of wack. Sway bar is not going to help a lot with low speed 'cornering' or taking bumps at an angle. Would recommend a much stiffer spring so it won't be able to move
Or a true coilover but that opens up a whole different ballgame. Reinforcing the mounts. Getting lower spring rates would probably be necessary.
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