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  1. 02-13-2006, 02:01 PM #1
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    Does this car look lowered??

    hey guys im looking at some M's on autotrader and i saw this one but it looks a bit lower then others ive seen what do you guys think about it. thanks

    http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...=en&cardist=34
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  2. 02-13-2006, 02:03 PM #2
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    Its hard to say. I'd vote no.
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    nope
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    Very hard to say... Either it does.. or it needs a new suspension...

    Buddy of mine has a M3 with a completely shot suspension.. and is lower than my car with H&R coilovers.

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    He didn't mention any suspension mods... I second 97alpineM3, it looks like a bad stock suspension.


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    Staggard setups are for cars that you park at show meets. They go well with 5 screens and 3 12"s.
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    It's a bit lower than mine. Like was said above, it's probably a bad stock suspension. Hard to see where the rubber starts and ends in those pictures though.
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  7. 02-13-2006, 03:34 PM #7
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    would a bad stock suspension ride pretty harsh?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MuGGular
    would a bad stock suspension ride pretty harsh?

    they call it bad for a reason..... right?
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    that's a lot lower than my car when it had stock suspension - i would vote that it is stock, but it's probably blown.
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    Looks stock to me....angle of pics prolly make it look lower than it is
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    Quote Originally Posted by CrazyINP
    stock
    +1 Fronts look very stock
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    Rear looks like ours did about 2 weeks ago before the tired OEM shocks were replaced with Konis.

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    that looks stock to me
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    well the dealer just emailed me back and he said it has a dinan suspension.
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    It looks dropped to me... Not that much though.
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    My cars suspension looks exactly the same and its the stock suspension. Car still holds strong to the ground on turns -- I wouldnt say that my suspension is shot.
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    Never mind the ride height... no one thinks 20K is steep for a '99 with 81K miles?!
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    hah well i guess everyone was wrong
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    mine looks the same and its stock.
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    Looks like a normal height for OE suspension to me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MuGGular
    well the dealer just emailed me back and he said it has a dinan suspension.
    Let us know if that was true when you get it


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    Staggard setups are for cars that you park at show meets. They go well with 5 screens and 3 12"s.
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  23. 02-13-2006, 11:52 PM #23
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    I checked that car out about 2 or 2.5 months ago (seeing as I live two seconds from the dealer) and was considering a buy until then some issues came to light with the car....Anderson Bmw has had that car forever and I figured out why as soon as I drove it. It had some body issues at the time of my drive that have now been fixed rather nicely and I think it may have been smoked in, but the major problem I found was the clutch....it needed one on a serious level, no joke. Pretty clean car overall, after the body was taken car of, yet I agree with brown9999, the price is a bit steep for what you get. Plus, you don't want to hear what I think of the service I recieved. Just my opinion.
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    Also, I want to add that the clutch may have been fixed with the body work that was done.....I haven't driven it since my first drive awhile ago. Maybe they took car of it....Who Knows?
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  25. 02-14-2006, 12:12 AM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by CosmosKrammer
    Also, I want to add that the clutch may have been fixed with the body work that was done.....I haven't driven it since my first drive awhile ago. Maybe they took car of it....Who Knows?
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    hey thanks alot for that info man, ya i dont really want to get into a car that had some work done to it already so thanks again for the heads up
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