Thank you my friend!

thank you!

good luck!

Amen brother! Thank you!

Thanks man!

Thank you Mr James!

M3NACE ❤️😊👍you are welcome buddy

thanks man!

I did not have the Issue with the exhaust, I have a borla catback, not a supersprint, so it may differ. as far as the rear shock length goes, it depends on which coilover kit you have. the BC coilovers have a significantly higher spindle Hight, as in the suspension does not drop nearly as far when the car is jacked up, even with the spring perches removed fully for the slammed look the spring does not bounce around loosely in it's perch, however a set that has a long spring travel may do that, in which case you would need to adjust the shock body length to close the gap. as far as the adjustment goes, installing performance suspension will increase the stiffness of the car, but it is set to a very manageable damp rate for a street car. my drift car has BC coilovers as well, and I have set the coilovers up for drifting on smooth tracks, and its almost unbearable to drive on the street. these cars have excellent travel in the rear even when sitting as low as my M3 does, and I looked at some of the early 90's DTM E36 race cars for my stance, their race cars were even lower than my M3 is and were competitive back in the day.

sounds mint my dude! what coils did you go for? rear shocks on droptops are super easy unless your top doesnt work.

Just went for cheaps dude, the roads in glasgow are terrible iv already changed the shockies on the back 2wice before so just cheap and nasty coils. The top still works thankfully but tbh I'm having trouble with the driver window at the moment sticks then stops, then when I get it unjamed a need to do a window reset which is basically everytime I use it. Otherwise cars cool as a cool thing. I basically just buy a new set of cheap coilovers when the fronts give in.

@@stevencameron3154 damn man sounds brutal, the roads here are not that bad. ive had window problems for years on my droptop, they all work currently somehow, main reason i love the Sedans! we have 4 sedans and none of them have ever had a single window problem.

@@M3NACE I had 2 coupes before my vert and they had zero window problems. I just love the style of the 2 doors though and even more so the verts now. The suspension should last about a year lol. I seen used hydraulics on ebay for about £1500 so maybe next year I'll see if I can come across something like that again. The window thing is my next fix this week lol rolling about with no door card on it just now :( and the leaky wheel. Got that welded last week but its not sealing properly so I'm on the hunt for 2 rc042s (not easy to find) as it has rc041s on every corner. Fun and games but totally worth it.

Yeah im not sure how it will change the bars effect

Thanks my guy!

very nice thank you! I need to do control arms at some point soon.

@@M3NACE actually the hardest thing to do on the car, just cut the ball joints off

@@burger1g I would probably just buy replacement arms with new ball joints, pop them out and pop the new ones in.

@@M3NACE I got new ones too, I'd recommend getting the poly bushings and new brackets unless you got a way to press em in and out. The ball joint under the shock I cut because I wasn't trying to take off the suspension yet. BC coils soon should I get the BR or DS? Can't decide

I like BC's run them on all the cars, street or track. ive heard broadway static coils are good, ive also heard that solowerks are good street coils but the welds dont like the track that much. as far as the shock mount problem, i havent ran into that issue. i would have it re-welded and run a rear strut bar, that should help with the stress distribution alot.

best way to lower it with good performance, stock suspension is usually designed for maximum comfort while having good performance and good clearance for bumps, potholes, and clearance for curbs ext. if you want to lower your car and increase the performance of the suspension, good quality coilovers are the best option. they allow maximum adjustability for damping while having adjustable ride height. the problem with getting a good spring and shock setup, like koni shocks and H&R springs, which it a pretty good street setup, is that the shock and the spring are not designed to be in harmony with eachother. if the spring is lower than the shock is designed to be, the shock will not have its full range of travel, and you can bottom out the shock, which can disrupt the car. coilovers like BC's, broadway static, or bilstein coilovers are designed so that the shock and spring can have maximum travel while having the car and any ride height you want, BC's are designed to be used on drift cars, where suspension system see's way more abuse than any "street" or "sport" shock will ever see, that's why i use BC's. coilovers like solowerks, megan, and even some shocks like koni's have reports of cracking on shock welds for the tabs that hold the spindle and sway bar together on cars that see drift and high regular abuse.

@@M3NACE thank you.

Yup! Have them set up this way on my street and my drift car with no problems.

Excellent, going to 3 years of daily driving

@@M3NACE Great to know, thanks! I'll be looking to order a set. I have H&R lowering springs but with the older shocks it is getting a bit too harsh for daily driving.

fits well, i did a little bit of trimming on mine so it would sit a little lower but it fits well.

I havent had a set of GC's, so i cant really compare, but cant really go wrong with BC's

thats all about playing the offset game. what wheels, width, and offset do you have?

Just for adjusting ride height, slammed all the way.

So you removed the collars to max out the lowering height?

@@justinphan1779 yes, the kit includes rubber replacement perches. For factory kits, the top 1/3rd of the sleeve needs to be trimmed, but they dont on extreme low kits.

You can run it without the collar but it’s a lot more stiff

No spacers, M3 Trailing arms though.

What’s tire size? I have 245/40/17 from PO was gonna try to run in front for more grip but had clearance issues with coil

@@turbolifestyle6548 well you run 225/45 on the fronts, 7.5 inch wheel, 245/40 on the rear on 8.5

Run them how they were meant to be ran

I feel really dumb. I had no idea the wheels were staggered. It’s going to be a weekend warrior. Daily driven drift car. So I don’t want 245s in the back. Guess I’ll save those for something else 😂. Thanks for the knowledge. Your videos are a joy to watch.

No. What coils are you running?

yes, you just hook them up to the non-m bar. the issue is the sway bar is a different thickness than the M3 bar, and the bar will not perform like an M3 bar just because you have M3 links on.

@@M3NACE Okay makes sense! would you reckon there would be any drawbacks besides possibly premature wear then? which is to say more like safety concerns?

Yes we do, and our camber isnt even out of spec.

@@M3NACE do you specify what you want to the person doing alignment?

@@RobbyJHope im a professional mechanic, and I do them myself at the shop i work for

@@M3NACE so do you think a regular shop would accept out of spec adjustments or do I need to look for an Indy shop

@@RobbyJHope well if you run camber arms on the lower control arm like we do then your camber wont be out of spec, but you will need to find a shop that has an alignment machine that can hook up to a low car, they have alignment wheel mounts that grab onto the wheel. Most will grab onto the tire and you cant do that of your tucking wheel. Best to call around some performance shops and see if they can do it or not.

No, but the kit will need to be modified.

Ltw wing

it's a Rep LTW wing that came with the car, needed a ton of work and paint to make it look half decent. roof spoiler is Street Track life.

no, but the bar will not act like an M3 bar just by installing the end links, i would recommend leaving the stock end links in place with the stock bar,

@@M3NACE and if you are running e46 low control arms that need the sway bar link flipped and hole drilled or m3 bc links

on it this weekend my guy!

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