Greetings everybody,
Just wanted to get members opinion on my current ride height. the oem struts i took out were absolutely spent.

-The Ksports are a firm ride, corners like a champion.. except i feel every bump in the road
going to mess around with adjustment a little bit and see if i can change up the ride a bit.
Anyway, back to topic.

Take a look at pics. i'm undecided what i want to do. Keep the ride height and keep the tires just barely tucked or raise it and space out the wheels a tiny bit to go as wide as the fenders.

Also, please take a look at the Rear ride height. I have two different ride heights now in the back which i did not notice until today. The drivers side is lower than the passenger but i cant decide what i want to do with the rears. notice the passenger side has a tiny wheel gap.. wish my gloss black roof could be noticeable in the pics, it really completes the look!

since my wheels have a beveled hub bore, if i were to go up and space out the wheels flush, would i need a hub extender to eliminate vibration from a spacer under 10 mm that would not be hubcentric? would a 3mm cause vibration

Drivers side rear.. slightly lower



passengers side, rear slightly higher, notice the little wheel gap.








i have a couple more pics of the side profile a little further away... opinions? as far as driving i have no issues with rubbing, scraping etc. might do 3 mm spacers up front and a 12.5mm in the back if i decide to go up and widen the stance.

 

Wow.... Love the height man! looks great !
I wish I could get coil overs but, I already got 20" inch wheels and these NYC streets are unforgiving.
I say keep the look.

 

looks just a tad bit too low for my taste but it's your car. i'd bring it up a half inch or so and toss some spacers on.

 

I'm with you on this... Definitely needs some spacers on that joint.

 

thank you!


Im considering this route but from my understanding, I would be worried about vibrations from spacers..
To my knowledge a beveled hub bore and a spacer that is not hubcentric will give a vibration..

I changed up the height a little bit in the rear. went up 1/4" on one side and down 1/4" to make up the half inch ride height difference. im going to look into spacers some more, its a lot of money to spent on 4 spacers and bolts to find out they will give me a terrible vibration at highway speeds..
For now, some instagram fun


thanks for the input thus far!
-Bill

 

Bro, if you get hubcentric spacers you shouldn't have a rubbing issue. There are several companies that make spacers specifically for BMWs. Turner, Berger, and others, hit up Michael @ AcutePerformance.

 

Shouldnt have a vibration problem?
i have no issues with rubbing

I thought 3 and 5 mm spacers wouldn't be hubcentric since they are smaller than the hub lip?
Went on to turner's site and did notice their spacers made for bmw's. Its kinda crazy to spend the 100+ for 2 spacers and bolt to find out they will give me a vibration though!

 

3-5mm spacers you can usually run with no issues. The hub lip is anywhere between 10-12 mm so you got enough lip left, unless you have a crazy beveled wheel hub. I have h&r 5 mm spacers on my fronts and my wheels still sit on the hub lip fine. Also no vibrations even when I'm in the triple digits.

 

you are correct. my bmw has seen three different sizes of h&r spacers, includin the 5mm ones. the 5mm ones were not hub centric.

 

im 99% sure my hub is beveled..


which is why it raises the concern.
looking at that picture now, its confusing as heck. ill have to take another one at a better angle. for now thats what the back of my wheel looks like.

3/5 mm spacer; longer wheels bolts required?