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[illest328i]

I'm new to this forum and a BMW 97 328i is my first car I'm 18 and just always looked up to this place and love how low these model gets I have sportline lowering springs and want to get coilovers. Now bare with me I don't know much I'm wondering can you get coilovers with the springs I have and will it still give me the option to lower my car???
How I got it from my dad when it was passed down to me


Now what I've done so far

don't have those ugly fogs anymore

I wanna go lower!! or atleast my front. HELP?

[got splits?]

You ruined it my painting the wheels black.

[illest328i]

Originally Posted by got splits?

You ruined it my painting the wheels black.

its only plasti dip i can take it off if i wanted to

[SxMachine]

Are you asking if coilovers come with springs? Because they do

[illest328i]

Originally Posted by SxMachine

Are you asking if coilovers come with springs? Because they do

yes i know that but right now im running sportline lowering springs and wondering if i get coilovers and use my sportline springs will give me the option to lower my car more or do I have to get a different set of springs to give me that option??

[da_teflon_don]

may i ask why you would want to keep the springs?? When you buy a set of coilovers they will come with everything you need springs, struts etc....sell the springs or keep them for later but after you spend all that money on coils, u probably wont care about the springs anymore IMO

[SeanDub]

Originally Posted by illest328i

yes i know that but right now im running sportline lowering springs and wondering if i get coilovers and use my sportline springs will give me the option to lower my car more or do I have to get a different set of springs to give me that option??

Using your springs on a set of coilovers would make the car taller. You use the springs that come with the coilover setup because it is built for those springs. I have no idea why you're trying to accomplish here, but it's not a good idea whatever it is.

[erabmx]

It looked pretty fresh before you blacked out the wheels. Id go back to silver and space those wheels out just a tad, then decide how much lower you reallly want to be. If you want coils, hell yeah, but you might get a lot of mileage out of just compressing the front a tad.

[Daviticus]

^ Since this thread is obviously full of winners, how do you "compress" the front end?

I'm anxiously waiting your response.

Also, to the OP, its' painfully obvious you have no idea what coil-overs are or how they work, I'd suggest you do a lot of searching on the subject - its' an E36, its' the Civic of Stance. Info is EVERYWHERE. Writeups are EVERYWHERE. Parts are EVERYWHERE.

Another thing to note, that is not only VERY bothersome to me, but everyone else on this site - when you post up a new thread asking a question or multiple questions, DO NOT title the thread "please help" or "help needed asap!" ... Choose a title that GENERALLY DESCRIBES the content of the thread. On my own personal forums, and other forums I was a moderator on, I'd simply delete those threads. It makes searching harder, and people are less-inclined to click on the thread at a glance, because without opening the thread and reading it, they have no idea what is contained inside.

There are some helpful suggestions, now, hit the books. ALL of your answers, to EVERYTHING about your car, are on these very message boards.

[seven-57]

Originally Posted by illest328i

its only plasti dip i can take it off if i wanted to

Definitely take it off. Car is clean and I never condone black wheels.

Originally Posted by SeanDub

Using your springs on a set of coilovers would make the car taller. You use the springs that come with the coilover setup because it is built for those springs. I have no idea why you're trying to accomplish here, but it's not a good idea whatever it is.

Agreed. Honestly, I would just toss the springs. Sometimes Frankenstein-ing things together like that just doesn't work. Take Frankenstein for example >:]

But if you want a good coilover setup then pm Seandub^^^ Him and Jaze make gangster coilovers.

[Jesus Christ]

Op, its easier to just get coils and sell your current set up.

Btw, it physically won't work because coilover springs are 2.25 or 2.5 Id and oem style springs have very big openings for oem strut tops.

[SeanDub]

Originally Posted by Jesus Christ

Op, its easier to just get coils and sell your current set up.

Btw, it physically won't work because coilover springs are 2.25 or 2.5 Id and oem style springs have very big openings for oem strut tops.

Lol, I hadn't even considered that fun fact.

[illest328i]

Could you guys help me out and tell me what coilovers I should get and which are reliable? my friend sent me this link but idk seems cheap and unreliable

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290732888016...84.m1423.l2649

[illest328i]

lol btw its funny how people on bimmerfourms disliked my chrome rims and liked the black better and how people on here is opposite but no lie i think wanna go back to the chrome.

[odie]

Originally Posted by illest328i

Could you guys help me out and tell me what coilovers I should get and which are reliable? my friend sent me this link but idk seems cheap and unreliable

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290732888016...84.m1423.l2649

kw: http://www.ebay.com/itm/V1-KW-DAMPER...32d5e3&vxp=mtr

h&r http://www.ebay.com/itm/H-R-STREET-C...d13a8f&vxp=mtr

[Jesus Christ]

Originally Posted by odie

kw: http://www.ebay.com/itm/V1-KW-DAMPER...32d5e3&vxp=mtr

h&r http://www.ebay.com/itm/H-R-STREET-C...d13a8f&vxp=mtr

I do not reccomend buying these, neither go any sort of low.

You get what you pay for with suspension, what's your budget?

[stinkinrich]

Originally Posted by SeanDub

Lol, I hadn't even considered that fun fact.

Thought you'd gone haywire for a second then.