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Hello, got a 525i with the 17inch alloys... Dont like the gap in between the tires and body, what lowering springs do you prefer. I was thinking about .75 inches all around. What do you people prefer?
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Originally Posted by gurp99' post='915987' date='Jun 18 2009, 03:17 PM
Hello, got a 525i with the 17inch alloys... Dont like the gap in between the tires and body, what lowering springs do you prefer. I was thinking about .75 inches all around. What do you people prefer?
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Regular Suspension... any pics of the prokit installed with the stock 17" rims?? The prokit drops 1.2 and .75 right?
Originally Posted by CWS530' post='915991' date='Jun 18 2009, 04:19 PM
Do you have sport or regular suspension?
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You'll need a 1.2" drop to be equal to sport suspension. So, whatever you get will need more than that if you want to slam it.
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great okay im thinking about the prokit... but should i get the 1.2-1.2 or the 1.2-0.6 Will it look weird if its 1.2-0.6? How much is the install roughly and would I need anything else? Just the Springs right
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for springs it usually comes down between the eibach pro-kits and H&R sport springs. drop will also depend on whether you have sport suspension or not, so since you have a non-sport the eibach pro-kit would drop 1.2" all around, the H&R sports would drop 1.4" front and 1.3" rear. you may also have to consider shocks depending on the condition of your stock shocks. for shocks its usually between Konis and Bilsteins, most popular for us have been the bilstein shocks, either HD or sports.
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