E36 m3 suspension help ( too high)

[tommy18]

Hi,
I've very nearly finished my underside restoration on a M3 3.0.
Bmw do not sell front springs for a 3.0 any longer.
My only hope for a stock ride hight was Evo springs so I've bought a pair along with 2x Evo upper spring cups and rubbers. They have been fitted and I'm left with the car sitting far to high.
Backs are perfect.
Any ideas on what the issue could be??

Thanks

[Schermerhorn]

Wouldn't E36 328i coil springs do the job?

You are right though, BMW simply don't supply the front coil springs anymore,

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=BF93-...


Try these guys they may be able to help

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-BMW-M3-Front-Sp...qsAAOSwVNxZ-bg9

Edited by Schermerhorn on Thursday 15th March 12:50

[tommy18]

I did think about 328i springs but they also use a different top spring cup to the 3.0 and 3.2 so i thought I'd buy the 3.2 setup hoping it would give the M ride

Instead i got Bigfoot haha

That Ebay spring is definitely the same as what it has on it now. The Bmw paint markings are the same.
I've ordered 2 Evo top mounts in the hope that there smaller and bring the car down

[E-bmw]

Google spring manufacturers in your area, I used springcoil in sheffield.

They will need to test the one you have & ask you what you want with a couple of measurements "on the car".

Mine were £55 each.

[vsonix]

Size of the spring pads maybe? Otherwise I'd just get quality aftermarket springs, you can't go wrong with Eibach.

[tommy18]

There were 2 listings for spring pad
9mm and 3mm, i got the 3mm.
Maybe a 9mm would have compressed the spring more?


Strangely there main dealer Evo springs came with eibach markings on them
Thanks

[89pgy]

i had the same problem on a 30 M3 last year, we ended up ordering a pair of front lowered springs for the 3.2 from Eibach and that worked

[vsonix]

tommy18 said:

There were 2 listings for spring pad
9mm and 3mm, i got the 3mm.
Maybe a 9mm would have compressed the spring more?


Strangely there main dealer Evo springs came with eibach markings on them
Thanks

Nope 9mm would have just brought the ride height up further. The idea is you use them to raise the ride height but keep the spring rates all the same, so if you wanted to run fatter tyres or raise the rear you could use the 9mm ones. Come to think of it, even 3mm seems a bit fatter than usual. I've never had an M3 but the pads on a 328i are practically non-existent.

[tommy18]

Its should be so straight forward lol

This is an evo set-up, the same to 3.0 bar spring upwards.
No 15 is a reinforcement plate evos had so if anything i should to lower.
A had to but no8 to accept my evos springs, maybe thats wrong and should be deeper so the springs further up the shock?
All the part no's check out with bmw so should be ok.
So today evo top mounts go on hoping they the not as thick ? And bring it down some.
Maybe I'll have to get lowering springs on the front.
Thing is its definatley too high, that much the wheels have positive camber.
Thanks