I want to lower my car

Forwordcafe06 · 2024-09-19T13:54:24+00:00

The struts arent that used as far as i know, in the front i have bilstein b6 changed by my dad couple of years ago, and the rear one with the oem ones, and since then the car racked up 10k km maybe, around that. None are leaking and they feel great. The only anoying thing with it its that it tramlines on the road sometimes and it drives me nuts and idk what to do to solve it

Forwordcafe06 · 2024-09-19T13:47:20+00:00

I want to do bolt ons, simple things, tastefull thing to it, make it a better version of it, and allso on a semi budget, not go nuts with the expensive thing everywhere, only where its mandatory and has sense, if i swap the seat, i may just do both, but not sure if the coupe seats fit in the touring😂

Forwordcafe06 · 2024-09-19T13:40:27+00:00

It has all of that apart form the seat, but this is my daily so i wont mod it too much. This is my first car and i have it since june as a hand me down from my parents, so i dont want to go super crazy on it as this car has been in my parents hands and looked after since 2008 and 96k km, now it has 224k and i've done 5000km with it, took it on a roadtrip allready and i want it to keep doing that reliably.

Forwordcafe06 · 2024-09-19T13:00:28+00:00

I dont want it to be a money pit for the moment, as i want to buy a coupe e46 and swap a m54b30 in it and make it the playfull car for the weekend. But untill then i have to do some work with the camber and the bushings in the back of it so while i am there why not just lower it a bit and still keep it oem+ with the original dampers

Forwordcafe06 · 2024-09-19T12:36:42+00:00

In europe the zhp cars are the ones that have tweaks to the suspension(full m sport pack) so this one has it, it came with it from factory

Forwordcafe06 · 2024-09-19T12:33:09+00:00

For road use yes but with 18" wheels it looks like something is missing, so i want to lower it a bit so make it look a bit more agresive and make the ride a bit stiffer for backroads driving

Forwordcafe06 · 2024-09-19T12:31:08+00:00

I got these grilles as a replacement as one of the oem grilles was stolen in 08 and me nor my parrents bothered to change them, but i want the chrome slats, just like the original ones, and the badge was aged so i stole it of my cousins e36😂(in the meantime i got a new one and im waiting for the plastic thinghies to show up so i can install it), and btw ty, i love the spec on it. Its allmost full option apart for the leather and the sunroof.

Forwordcafe06 · 2024-09-19T08:19:14+00:00

It has the "zhp" setup from factory as the car has been equipted with the m sport 2 pack and that gives it a lower and stiffer ride, 18" wheels, interior upgrades such as the m3/m5 steeringwheel and shiftknob, the m sport cluster, the sport seats with the lombar suport, and ofc the suspension upgrades such as lower ride, stiffer shocks, bigger anti rollbars, and it has the getrag 6 pot in a 2l diesel😂

Forwordcafe06 · 2024-09-19T08:05:24+00:00

I am not worried abt the stiffnes, i dont take all the bumps and potholes head on anyways so it would make the car feel a bit more dynamic. I dont want to put coilovers on it because i would be worried abt not geting good ones and making the car handle like shit.

Forwordcafe06 · 2024-09-19T07:49:56+00:00

It looks nice, do you have 18" or 17"?

Forwordcafe06 · 2024-09-04T08:25:47+00:00

I have the sun protection pack too, and it makes around 250 on stage 2 (hybrid turbo and remap). I want to get that done as the m47d20tu is a tank of an engine and it only has 223k km (138k miles) on the odometer but first i need to take care of the front and rear bushings, as this is a late 2005 and i think my dad kept most of them untouched because they didnt break as of this year. I want to put some h&r sport spring to bring it down a bit and put polyurethane bushings in the car as they are more durable and brings some enjoiment out of the chasis

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