Springs and rear shocks arrived. H&R springs which I am only using for the rear and Bilstein HD's. Wanted something stiff with 580 ft lbs of torque. Fortune Auto coilovers are being built for the front and I should have those within 2 weeks. Also got my mounts yesterday. They look amazing! Great work, Josh!
I will get you that info and pix asap. I may wait to drop the rear until I get the coilovers though.
My wife has been driving it as her Golf has been having some issues. The guy who wants the engine and trans isn't pulling it until next week.
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Pan arrived. Took some better photos of the mounts too.
Took some better photos of the color. I need to get a number of small dings fixed and re-spray a few panels.
I installed the H&R rear springs and Bilstein HD shocks which feels great. I will install the coilovers up front next weekend. The rear drop is subtle so far. Hoping it sits a little lower once everything settles.
Needs moar low!
Hoping those rear springs settle in a little as that was a nightmare of a job. Next weekend the front can go as low as I want.
You can take my word for it H&R springs didn't lower the rear at all.
Is the car sitting on 16's?. The car looks lower than my 528 ( I dont have SLS on the 528) stock with 18's. - JT
It is on 16's. But it was at the same height prior to install. Just talked to Turner and they said shouldn't need to settle. Sucks as it was a royal PITA to install. Now I am going to have to do this all over again. Does anyone know another spring manufacturer that actually lowers the rear?
Edit: The only other thing to consider is that I haven't lowered the front yet as my coilovers aren't here yet. I was going to throw the H&R fronts in this weekend just to see what it looked like but the rears took so long that I was over it for now.
Last edited by RVAE34; 10-22-2012 at 09:21 AM.
did you put the stock spring and the H&R side by side when you were installing them? Should give you an idea how much drop is expected.
Indeed but I have never found that to be an absolute final drop comparison.
The guy I bought my E39 from sent me this. My dream interior. Might have to look into re-creating this.
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e39...-pictures.html
Last edited by RVAE34; 10-22-2012 at 02:53 PM.
Absolutely love my coilovers!! Just took it for a drive and it's wonderful. Will get some photos tomorrow. Lowering the front helped make the rear look a lot better too.
tagged looks like a nice build
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