Lowered at last

[rossi46]

hi guys,
lowered my car finally with eibach sportline.
when i took my car to the garage to change the springs.
they've found both of my rear springs were broken!!!!! :eek:
at the lower part ( not in the middle) of both springs were actually broke in to 2 pieces.
luckily i've change it before it does any damage to my car.
will take some pictures once the springs has settled in.
i have also bought some projector front corners from ebay, but they bloody sent me the saloon one instead :mad:
still waiting for their reply so i can send them back to change it.

[Afif]

lookin forward to seeing it once it settled :).

[Ali_]

Broken, that doesnt sound to good.. i guess that change was meant to be..

Post up some pics when you get the chance, nice stuff mate.

[peppernick]

Way to go ;) ....if you're looking for a set of sport shocks, I still have my originals ;)

[Afif]

nick what affect would those sport shocks have on my saloon if i was going to buy them? Also how much they going to set me back cash wise :S?

[peppernick]

nick what affect would those sport shocks have on my saloon if i was going to buy them? Also how much they going to set me back cash wise :S?

Sport shocks are shorter so when you lower the car with just springs, the shocks won't bottom out, risk of punching a hole through your chassis. Coupe and saloon shocks are different I'm afraid.

[Afif]

aww shame :(

[rossi46]

Way to go ;) ....if you're looking for a set of sport shocks, I still have my originals ;)
how long were your sport shocks stayed on your car for before you upgraded to coilovers?

[peppernick]

8 months :)

[k4mm_d]

so if i lowered my car wiv eibach sportline springs n left the original shocks would it ruin the car in n e way??

[rossi46]

as promised, here's some pictures before and after.
I like the front but i don't think it's low enough at the rear as you can see from the last picture close up, it's actually slightly higher then the before picture i reckon.
BEFORE:
http://tinypic.com/nf6zn
http://tinypic.com/nf8jk

AFTER:
http://tinypic.com/nf8t0
http://tinypic.com/nf8uc
http://tinypic.com/nf8yo
http://tinypic.com/nf90z
http://tinypic.com/nf95v

BEFORE:
http://tinypic.com/nf8mw
AFTER:
http://tinypic.com/nf96o

[Afif]

yea saw it in person, was looking slick! Im still torn between 19's or a little lower. Decision decisions!

[Ali_]

Bro give her time to settle... but she's looking pretty fine to me, good to see the wing on to..

Afif i personally would love 19" but i just dont think my baby could handle it, stick with the 18" if i was you and lower it.

[rossi46]

yea saw it in person, was looking slick! Im still torn between 19's or a little lower. Decision decisions!
you should ask Nick to post some pictures with 19's not lowered to see what it looks like to give you an idea.
Nick is the photo library for evotechnik. ;)

[Afif]

Bro give her time to settle... but she's looking pretty fine to me, good to see the wing on to..

Afif i personally would love 19" but i just dont think my baby could handle it, stick with the 18" if i was you and lower it.
yea im worried if i lower it tyres will rub since i more often than not have a fully loaded car.

[peppernick]

Good drop. They will settle more. Good to see the BBS are nice and clean ;)

Eventually they'll look like this :)

http://photos.e46fanatics.com/data/500/4364Dcp_0217.jpg

http://photos.e46fanatics.com/data/500/4364Dcp_0219.jpg

http://photos.e46fanatics.com/data/500/4364Dcp_0220.jpg

[rossi46]

[QUOTE=Ali_]Bro give her time to settle... but she's looking pretty fine to me, good to see the wing on to..

How long does it need to settle?
i really liked the look of the wing even before i bought it, :) but after a few people on another forum told me not to put it on becos it doesn't look nice, i held on and thought for awhile and didn't put it on until now ( about 2 months now ).
but did not regret it, i know some of you may not agree.
but i like it and it's rare and different from others.

[rossi46]

[QUOTE=peppernick]Good drop. They will settle more. Good to see the BBS are nice and clean ;)

Eventually they'll look like this :)

http://photos.e46fanatics.com/data/500/4364Dcp_0217.jpg

i hope so.
but you've got coilovers on your car.

[Afif]

Like i said. To mean for me but definately a sweet wing :D. Anyways im off to bed. Will catch you guys another time,

[peppernick]

Those pics were taken when I still had my Sportline on ;) Give them 500 miles.

[rossi46]

Those pics were taken when I still had my Sportline on ;) Give them 500 miles.

yea but you have the sport suspension with it though. ;)
Nick, i've ordered those led indicator bulbs you told me about, i'll probably put those at the front and the silver bulb at the rears.
can't wait to put them on to see how good they look. :D

[Afif]

yea but you have the sport suspension with it though. ;)
Nick, i've ordered those led indicator bulbs you told me about, i'll probably put those at the front and the silver bulb at the rears.
can't wait to put them on to see how good they look. :D
the jlevi ones?

[peppernick]

Dude, sport suspension means the shocks are slightly shorter. It will not alter the way a car drops if you have Sportline springs on it anyway.

[rossi46]

Dude, sport suspension means the shocks are slightly shorter. It will not alter the way a car drops if you have Sportline springs on it anyway.
Nice to hear about that, so i'll wait for it to settle and hope it'll look lower at the rear.

yes, afif, the ones from jlevi, but i got it from umnitza since he owes me $50. :D

[Afif]

i was reading a topic on E46. IT talked about what you were saying about the 200 degrees faranheit resistor. Apprently you can hook them up without the resistor but you get alot more flikering. Anyways tell me how it goes!