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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-November-2002 at 18:59

jeez Doc... you don't want coil overs.

you can never get them just right, or at least that's what you keep telling yourself and you spend the rest of your life resetting the bu66ers insted of enjoying the thing.

The Schnitzer set is the best comprimise, bar none. But you can get good results with just the right springs and some konis and you get the corner weights done by using different springs... oh and don't forget the neg cam top mounts...sometimes you don't need anything else.

.... after all Doc... it's not like we ever drive flat out in the wet down through Craner!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-November-2002 at 17:51

Lancelot,

I was wondering where you got your coil-over kit from. Could you tell me what it consists of, and also what you have at the front.

Thanks.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-November-2002 at 09:20

The Schnitzer kit is a road kit, it won' cut the mustard on the track. Remember that these kind of kits were designed around German roads that don't resemble plowed fields, so in that environment they will work well.

Any suspension upgrade will compromise your ride, stiffer suspension which is an inherrent part of an upgrade will mean a more compromised ride.

Personally, I will never buy any suspension upgrade that is not adjustable. They may be more expensive in the long run but it's cheaper than throwing it all away after 6 months because you can't get it to work how you wan't it.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-November-2002 at 09:02

I've only heard good things, other than the price!

The only BUT being the chap I spoke to said you probably don't feel much benefit on the road but on track at the limit would be a different story. He struck me as a relative novice so without belittling him I guess it was pretty easy to spot the difference.

He was talking E30 M3 by the way.

IMHO I believe the billy/eibach kit is probably a more cost effective improvement.

I'd recommend talking to someone like Nigel at Moseley Motors (01952 503992 )or Barney at Munich Legends (01825 740456) as a minimum, they've tried them all I would imagine.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-November-2002 at 12:38
Obviously I am considering buying the Schnitzer suspension kit (for my next M3, not the current one!) Therefore I am wondering what the pros and cons are of the kit. Anybody here have experience of what it's like? If so what would you say the main benefits are and how do you find it for regular road driving - allowing for your dreadful roads!

Thanks for any comments.

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