Suspension!!

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   recently i lowered my 318is 3omm all round and put a set of 18" wheels with 225x40 rubber can anyone tell me should i have put sports shocks on aswell and do i need to uprate bushes, mounts etc.
  Cheers guys!

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nwhite90 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 02-November-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2	Topic: Suspension!! Posted: 02-November-2002 at 22:46
	recently i lowered my 318is 3omm all round and put a set of 18" wheels with 225x40 rubber can anyone tell me should i have put sports shocks on aswell and do i need to uprate bushes, mounts etc. Cheers guys!

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Rory Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30-October-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 62	Posted: 03-November-2002 at 16:49
	What makes you ask the question? Are you having any problems with the set-up you have now? Rory

nwhite90 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 02-November-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2	Posted: 03-November-2002 at 19:28
	no problems so far it handles nicely, just thought that with it lowered and the big wheels that mabye bottom arm/wishbone bushes would be under alot of stress, and so too the top mounts, as for the sports shocks my concern was that they too would suffer with the current set up?!

Webdunk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Moderator Group M3 GT Register Joined: 16-October-2002 Location: Central Scotland Status: Offline Points: 5245	Posted: 03-November-2002 at 21:37
	Kinda depends on the age of the shox... I put -30mm Eibach springs on my Puma when I had it. Shox had done less than 40k miles so were reasonably fresh. I was very pleased with the results. If your shox are older, then replacing them with sporty jobs could be a good plan. Sometimes the sports springs can exercise the OEM shox more than they are designed for which will in due course lead to premature failure - it all depends on the quality of the kit, condition of your car and components. BTW Have you checked out the price of AC Schnitzer kit - I was pleasantly surprised at the cost (admittedly when compared to BMW OEM kit). For the E36, Eibach sway bars, springs and Koni shox get a good name. If it was me, I'd be saving my pennies for either the full ACS kit or H&R Coilovers :-) Well.. I'll stop day dreaming now :-(