(Not so) low & slow bimmer build / BMW E34,

[Laef]

Sup guys

I received my coilovers last week and I already installed the front : in fact it's not that low
Since I don't know how to weld, I just took the spring and the "adjustable" part of the coilover and mounted it on the stock dmaper...

Pics soon ?

[philippeoliviergiguere]

J'ai passé plusieurs mois en Provence il y a quelques années et j'en garde de super souvenirs! Je suis moi aussi encore aux études et je connais le struggle du compte en banque haha. Beau projet! J'ai hâte d'en voir plus!

[Laef]

Stylé ! Tu était de quel coté ?
Ouais le portefeuille vide on connait haha :P

Merci ! Photos ce weekend

[Laef]

Hey hey

Firstable, the gay thing :

(the pink parking lights...)


Next, it's been two weeks now that i'm on coilovers !

And it feels good, my original suspensions were sooo bouncy compared to those!

Let's start by the beginning: the day i received the coils



And i "immediately" put the car on stands to start with it
My cousin helped me do the right side
(i'm on the last pic haha)









Lowest setup "without welding"





(Not low) my thread title's still good haha






"Vans"






And you probably noticed that i received my SW stickers haha
I shouldn't be rockin' it since i'm not low enough but i really love it




POV !



Well, i expected that the base E34 coilovers kit from JOM will not got me enough low but the car looks way better now tho




CHEERS ?!

[SnazzyQ]

Dang even just slightly lowered it looks amazing.

I think what should happen now is your angle grinder should have a date with a couple of the coils and.....

cut your springs is what im trying to say

[nelius]

Ballin on a budget we all know how that goes! I've realized the the 5 series in general is BMW's best looking series, IMHO. e34s and e39s in particular

[Chillponta]

Looking good man! But I have to agree with SnazzyQ about the coils, but just a few tho, like 2. or 3 or 4

[Laef]

Sup guys it's been a while!

Thanks for the kind words but yeah she's not as low as i expected... The ride height has slightly lowered himself tho, by "1 cm"... (dont know a shit about inches sorry haha)

I agree with you guys but dont think i can cut some coils because of the spring shape... I could do that for the rear since the springs are straight but that's all...
If someone have the solution ?

Now i'm in disparate need of a new steering wheel, stock one is faded so i dont want to spend more on suspension (maybe next year )

Think i'm gonna go the woodgrain way, since "everybody" in here does that, yeah SnazzyQ you know what i mean haha

[SnazzyQ]

Haha I know what you mean. *winks*

[Laef]

Just came here with a little update guys

Yesterday i bought some black plate for the car, looks so much better on it imo

Took a ride on the local tourist road ("Route Des Crêtes" in french) and snapped some pics that i wanted to share with u

Also got my rc's back (with some gold hardware or lug nuts, what's the english for this??) cause i broke one of 'em and the car was for a while on the stock rims..... The fact is, the car was lower on stock ones haha










the gold thing shit













"soon you'll have a new st wheel..."

[lauriest]

Idont know man this just looks incredible

[Laef]

hey thank you sir

[jeger]

Eh dude This coilovers setup is way better than the normal one for sure !! ^^

Love the way you photoshopped your picture on the precedent page, but I am style French and our shitty roads with many many many many maaaanyyy speed bumps are a banormous problem for the lowered game .... :/ (SURTOUT en Région Parisenne ...)

I am really lucky to found the perfect way at my first attempt to stanced my E36 !

Keep this way, it is so good to see some frenchy one Stance Works !

[Laef]

Hey mate, i'm always pleased to see some "same country guys" haha
(Ouais parce que t'as vu entre français on s'parle quand meme en anglais :p)

For sure this setup's much better than the stock offroad machine status

Interested to see more of ur car man, gave u a follow on IG btw

[Steeewie]

Loving the progress so far keep it up!