Spent a bit of time reading threads about what is the consensus of the best solution to correct the front ride height of an X-drive car.
This is my second E91 X-drive and they both sit slightly higher in the front.
Not a lot but enough to bother me. Kind of a boat on plane look.
Most say the only solution is coilovers. Great solution I'm sure.
As for others, I didn't find much agreement. Many said cutting the spring put the strut in the wrong spot to work right (makes sense) and upper mounts may rub.
So......
This is what I did (and maybe it's been done but I didn't find any other threads about it).
On an X-drive car, the strut is stepped and there's a small lip at the bottom of the knuckle which limits the struts downward travel into the knuckle.
To -level- simply-
Mark the strut .300in above the knuckle. This is where it will get dropped to.
Remove strut (and at the same time I removed camber pin from top).
Cover CV boot with a towel.
Drop a 2 inch hole saw with no pilot bit into the knuckle, spray with some oil and run it through. Takes a minute or so tops.
Next, carbide burr to clean up slight remaining lip at the bottom.
Re-install strut, drop to the mark you made .300 up from it's original position.
Bolt everything back together. (I pushed the top of the strut in as far as it would go for some negative camber, will check on the alignment rack).
Enjoy your non-wheelie ride height.
Original slight wheelie-
Set caliper to .300, scribed strut, then removed-
Lip in bottom of knuckle-
2" hole saw-
After hole saw-
Cleaned up with die grinder-
Reinstalled, dropped in .300 lower-
Looks like this underneath-
Lower spring perch to tire-
Finished. There's room to drop it more but .300 put the fender lips exactly equal front/rear to the ground-
