Lowering e39 528 sport
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Hiya
Very easy on this one.. you must go for the highest quality brands for their lowering springs and shocks. Usually, it's the Eibach springs and shocks kit that is most mentioned and I've not heard any negative feedback about them at all. I'd say a kit like this would be around the £300 mark ( I think!). Another option is what I've done on my last two BMW's for lowering. I use H&R springs over the standard shocks, and I've been absolutley very happy with this setup. Obviously, I ensured my shocks were in good condition first, had they been leaking, or past their useful time, I'd have changed them as well. My H&R springs only were like £150 at the time, theres a discounter on Ebay doing the same set (E39 Touring and saloon versions) I believe for around £115 with I think £20 delivery from Germany.
There are cheaper options out there, however, you increase the chances that the ones you get might not be agreeable with you, might be too hard and give a jiggly ride or too soft and the car still has too much roll etc on cornering etc etc. Or you may find you do like them, your choice if you want to try the cheaper options.
Another way of lowering is coilover kits. A few years ago, these were ultra expensive options only (£1000+, as they are state of the art products so only the very best manufacturers offered them and you only saw them on owners cars who had big fat wallets. Over the last couple years, a whole lot of cheapies have come onto the market and you can now find sets for like £160-250. Very tempting, as of course with these kits you can set the ride height you want, from a smidgen lower than standard, to very lowww. Quite a few owners have put them on and said 'not bad for the price' and 'quite stiff, so getting used to it' and 'not as compliant as I'd like, but not too bad' and 'will have to get used to it, but was expecting worse'. For me, quite how well long term these cheapie kits will last is the big thing. If they give up after 2 years, then it means removing and refitting the suspension again, and crucially, when fitting coilovers, there is the requirement to have them setup correctly which again costs perhaps another £100-150 or so to match them up properly. I personally am saving up for the 'mid range' level of coilovers which current owners report as excellent and fantastic, they come in around the £600-900 mark.
Cheers, Dennis!
Very easy on this one.. you must go for the highest quality brands for their lowering springs and shocks. Usually, it's the Eibach springs and shocks kit that is most mentioned and I've not heard any negative feedback about them at all. I'd say a kit like this would be around the £300 mark ( I think!). Another option is what I've done on my last two BMW's for lowering. I use H&R springs over the standard shocks, and I've been absolutley very happy with this setup. Obviously, I ensured my shocks were in good condition first, had they been leaking, or past their useful time, I'd have changed them as well. My H&R springs only were like £150 at the time, theres a discounter on Ebay doing the same set (E39 Touring and saloon versions) I believe for around £115 with I think £20 delivery from Germany.
There are cheaper options out there, however, you increase the chances that the ones you get might not be agreeable with you, might be too hard and give a jiggly ride or too soft and the car still has too much roll etc on cornering etc etc. Or you may find you do like them, your choice if you want to try the cheaper options.
Another way of lowering is coilover kits. A few years ago, these were ultra expensive options only (£1000+, as they are state of the art products so only the very best manufacturers offered them and you only saw them on owners cars who had big fat wallets. Over the last couple years, a whole lot of cheapies have come onto the market and you can now find sets for like £160-250. Very tempting, as of course with these kits you can set the ride height you want, from a smidgen lower than standard, to very lowww. Quite a few owners have put them on and said 'not bad for the price' and 'quite stiff, so getting used to it' and 'not as compliant as I'd like, but not too bad' and 'will have to get used to it, but was expecting worse'. For me, quite how well long term these cheapie kits will last is the big thing. If they give up after 2 years, then it means removing and refitting the suspension again, and crucially, when fitting coilovers, there is the requirement to have them setup correctly which again costs perhaps another £100-150 or so to match them up properly. I personally am saving up for the 'mid range' level of coilovers which current owners report as excellent and fantastic, they come in around the £600-900 mark.
Cheers, Dennis!
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