Persuader

Hi. I want to lower/firm up my non-m-sport E61(self levelling) and am a little confused.
Do I just get front springs and have the rear re-programmed but if so does this not make front firmer ride but rear still soft or are you meant to get front & back springs as well as getting rear reprogrammed. It just seems to be that most spring kits for the E61 are only for the front because of the self-levelling suspension.

Cheers

Persuader

Further to above post I have now had some e-mails back from suppliers stating that only the front springs are supplied for the E61 with Self-Levelling. However does this mean car is firmer on front than back???

Patrick E61

You could always add a E60 M5 rear anti-sway bar. I did, but no clue if it is any better.

I suppose that with the rear lowered, it will be somewhat "firmer" just because there is less travel in the suspension.

karman1977

as i understand that front lowering is performed by springs, rear only by programming leveling system.
if You want firmer ride then U can change to Sport schock absorbers
hope it helps, if somewhere iam wrong then clever Guys can correct me

StreetPro

imo the rear should be softer because of lesser pressure in bags (to rise the car higher, you have to rise the pressure as well)... I dont know if it is any significant change, I plan doing this in a month or so (I have Eibach front springs on the shelf, rear will be dropped via rotating the position-sensing arm on suspention)

Nels996

Maybe I can share my experience with lowering my E61. I used a set of H&R front springs
-35mm. I reprogrammed the rear suspension to match the ride height in the front. The first thing I noticed is the rear is slightly stiffer, and the compression rate was reduced.

Hope I helped.

mvd

Just buy these



Hartge, comes with new pair of rear leveling joints.

tac76

mvd

Shorter...drops about -30mm
< - like that

Spartan335i

This is what some were talking about!!!

I asked Nels996 if the H&R cames with the rear brackets and do not!

Interesting!