E39 TA Technix Coilover Install Issue.

[Wipo]

Hi peeps!

My 1st post on bmforums but far from being my 1st BMW owned. lol Glad to be amongst some true passionist! ;)



I have recently aquired a barley used set of TA Technix adjustable coilovers for my 99 528i. Unfourtunatly, i was not provided with the "sleeves" for the front coilovers to fit snig into the control arm. Here is exactly what peice i am talking about:

http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag348/Chris_Bax/1022090_4_zpsac3b3831.jpg


I have contacted the company inquiring if they would ship this one item alone but have yet to hear back from them.


I was considering on filling the spacing with tubing to fill in the gap (considering thats what the "sleeve" is doing).


Im not one to be pro-Mcgiver tricks (especially when it comes to suspension) but i need a quick fix until i can get the correct parts machined or shipped.



Thanks in advance! Cheers buds.

Chris

[mustbeflush]

welcome to the bmw world man, im new to the forums as well as to bmws but i was curious if you had any luck with the install, if youve recieved the sleeves or not.. i have the same set and i couldnt get the strut and the sleeve in the carrier together they wouldnt slide down.. good luck man

[RVAE34]

If those sleeves are all that hold the suspension in place, then what holds that sleeve to the coilovers? Looks to me that only the sleeve would be clamped in place allowing the coilovers to move up and down which is not good.

[GGray]

A piece of tubing, muffler tubing or pipe of some type, probably have to measure it should work fine. The sleeve rests on the coilover, you can see the lip where the sleeve sits on the coilover, then the coilover bottoms out in the knuckle keeping it from moving down.

[RVAE34]

I understand that so long as all the weight is pushing down. But what happens when you go over a major elevation change at high speed? Seems to me the coilover could lift out of that sleeve that is clamped into the knuckle. IMO, the coilover should be held in and not just the sleeve with the coilover just resting in the sleeve under the weight of the car only. Regardless though, they look like they were very poorly designed. Because of that reason and the fact that as you lower the car, you also are compressing the shocks and springs unlike quality coilover setups that thread down into a lower tube so that your shock spring travel is the same no matter how low/high you go.

[GGray]

I understand that so long as all the weight is pushing down. But what happens when you go over a major elevation change at high speed? Seems to me the coilover could lift out of that sleeve that is clamped into the knuckle. IMO, the coilover should be held in and not just the sleeve with the coilover just resting in the sleeve under the weight of the car only. Regardless though, they look like they were very poorly designed. Because of that reason and the fact that as you lower the car, you also are compressing the shocks and springs unlike quality coilover setups that thread down into a lower tube so that your shock spring travel is the same no matter how low/high you go.

Will not pull out at speed once clamped together, it will not pull apart. MCS and JRZ both use sleeves so they can make one damper for the M and non M E9x chassis cars.

Also not true. REAL high dollar coilovers, think race level, you adjust ride height with the spring height. The damper bodies are typically 1-3 inches shorter so in most cases you rarely need much if any more lowering. The only high end damper manufacturer using the independent height vs preload on spring is Ohlins which is what ALL the lower budget makers copied. They copied them because unlike JRZ, or MCS they can make a damper that is generic and goes into a lower carrier cutting production cost by a huge amount... Take your pick BC, ISC, TRM, Broadway static, they are mid level coilovers not high end.