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1997 M3... Too low for Michigan
Just picked her up like this, Traded for my stock-appearing Audi S4. It's a 1997 M3.
Right now its sitting on Raceland (ick) coilovers, 17x8 Style 5's (205 tire). Carbon hood. Pretty much nothing else done to it than that, (Turner chip, short throw shifter) I'm going to need to raise it up at least 1/2 inch, and hopefully get some more tire under her.
I promise, I'll some non-instacrap pictures of it up soon.
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07-01-2012, 03:54 PM
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You will leave it at that height and you will like it.
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07-01-2012, 03:56 PM
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Looks pretty fucking sweet right there dude.
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07-01-2012, 04:04 PM
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I know some guys that make some insanely awesome coilovers for that car. 
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07-01-2012, 04:14 PM
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Hmm me too!
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07-01-2012, 04:48 PM
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You will leave it at that height and you will like it.
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Legit lolled.
Op, get some Broadway coils.
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07-01-2012, 07:14 PM
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DO NOT RAISE IT!!!
looks good how it sits!
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07-01-2012, 07:26 PM
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I never knew how bad Michigan roads were until I moved away. They're bad.
BUT I DON'T CARE. YOU LEAVE IT AS IT IS.
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07-01-2012, 07:44 PM
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You will leave it at that height and you will like it.
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haha i love this comment. i also happen to agree with it
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07-02-2012, 12:02 AM
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Quote:
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You will leave it at that height and you will like it.
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Looks pretty fucking sweet right there dude.
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Thank you!
I would LOVE to leave it as it is right now, and if I get another E36 as a daily/beater, I very well might go this low. Looks awesome like this, but it bottoms out too often, bump-steers like mad (Yes I know rack spacers will help this) and worst of all, understeers (also accredited to stretch)
Once I have a daily this car will be only for fun runs, driving hard and track days. It'll be staying like this for another week maybe, and my friend already got some awesome shots, she might want to do some more before I raise it. I will be sure to share. A project log will also be started soon, starting with analoid-level paint correction. She's not bad right now, just a bit of swirling that for this car I will not allow.
Thanks for the support and comments/compliments. I'm in love with it.
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07-02-2012, 12:23 AM
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Cant really see that the clear on the hood is faded here
Stately, Aggresive, Love
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07-02-2012, 12:37 AM
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Are you not running a front swaybar? Raceland doesn't offer a m3 coilover.
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07-02-2012, 08:32 AM
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You can run racelands and a swaybar on an m3, you just need to use the swaybar links that mount to the control arm and not the strut. Its the same for the 93-up 325's.
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07-02-2012, 08:35 AM
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There is no such thing as too low.
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07-02-2012, 08:38 AM
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There is no such thing as too low.
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not when it comes to cars
i like this very much op
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07-02-2012, 08:53 AM
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Rise above the lameness
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Thank you!
I would LOVE to leave it as it is right now, and if I get another E36 as a daily/beater, I very well might go this low. Looks awesome like this, but it bottoms out too often, bump-steers like mad (Yes I know rack spacers will help this) and worst of all, understeers (also accredited to stretch)
Once I have a daily this car will be only for fun runs, driving hard and track days. It'll be staying like this for another week maybe, and my friend already got some awesome shots, she might want to do some more before I raise it. I will be sure to share. A project log will also be started soon, starting with analoid-level paint correction. She's not bad right now, just a bit of swirling that for this car I will not allow.
Thanks for the support and comments/compliments. I'm in love with it.
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You could even go lower with a coilover fit for the job. Rack spacers do not help with bumpsteer, they just allow more steering angle. You got a nice clean example, get some M specific coils so you can get your swaybar back, that's the understeer you're feeling not the tires so much.
can't wait to see some progress!
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07-02-2012, 10:21 AM
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that's not too low at all. get some better coils and see if that doesn't change your mind. 
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07-02-2012, 11:57 AM
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Quote:
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I know some guys that make some insanely awesome coilovers for that car. |
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Hmm me too!
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Me three!
Oh Jaze you so humble 
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07-02-2012, 04:25 PM
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Haha thanks guys, but I know I could go lower, even on this setup (which does have a swaybar, though I havent seen what it's attached to yet) but I don't want to. As nice as it looks I want to be able to drive my car and not worry about the next bump im going to bottom out on. That and I would like for my suspension geometry to actually be functional.
To me function > form.
Also, to any of you saying its not too low: Have you driven in Detroit lately? (Not trying to be an ass, just asking. Those who have will understand)
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07-02-2012, 09:09 PM
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I didn't know the roads are bad ONLY in michigan and not everywhere else in the united states... the M looks good though!
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07-03-2012, 12:52 PM
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Quote:
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+1 looks great. No need to raise it.
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07-03-2012, 01:10 PM
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You will leave it at that height and you will like it.
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Talking sense!
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07-03-2012, 01:12 PM
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Wasn't that E36M in GR?
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I didn't know the roads are bad ONLY in michigan and not everywhere else in the united states... the M looks good though!
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Metro Detroit roads suck, badly. Sections of road are missing, massive expansion joints (up and down), chunks of concrete sitting in the road, 2" vertical transitions, etc. I have literally never seen roads as bad anywhere else in the US and I drive through major cities frequently.
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07-03-2012, 09:00 PM
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Well if you do raise it...  atleast get some 17x10 or so and run some meat and make it flush. M3's look better with meaty flush rather than a slightly stretched 205...
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07-03-2012, 10:56 PM
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I must admit, Michigan roads fucking suck. I went down for a weekend and long story short came home with a new oil pan.
That being said. I've spent the last two weeks raising my engine, the car went a half inch lower.
Raise it? Bad, bad dog.
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