NEED HELP PLS - *V-MAXX* coilover kit

edy74 · 05-15-2010, 05:30 AM

HY GUYS
I have a 2006 318 E90 M sport suspension, after installing a V-Maxx coilover kit, I have a big problem with the rear height control nuts and the control arms.
the height control nuts do not fit the space in the control arms, so between the control nut and the control arm is a ~ 40mm space.
the control arm has a big lip where the rubber spring seat came off, so the control nut is not going all the way down in the control arm...

PLS HELP

mike-y · 05-15-2010, 01:36 PM

compared to other coilovers I've seen, you put them in upside down. The hight adjusters should be on top of the spring at the upper mount, not on the bottom in the control arm

edy74 · 05-15-2010, 01:51 PM

THANK YOU, after reading some threads about coilover install, I found this... http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=334336 , and I think you are right...
thnx again

yamazaho · 05-16-2010, 11:53 AM

Yeah dude you are upside down.

edy74 · 05-18-2010, 12:15 PM

now its all in place, the car handles good but I'm not satisfied with the ride height..., some told me that in 2-3 days the car will settle

Got Rice? · 05-19-2010, 12:49 AM

take out the perch and see how low it goes. i have the same problem with my kw's front is slammed and the rear is... meh....

edy74 · 05-19-2010, 02:36 AM

^ I will do that but the perch is ~10mm...

mike-y · 05-19-2010, 02:12 PM

give them a couple of weeks. they'll settle in a few days, but in my experience, it takes longer for them to settle completely.

DJKhan85 · 05-19-2010, 02:19 PM

If I tried that kind of ride height on my v2s I would be tucking the rear wheels.

05-15-2010, 05:30 AM	#1
edy74 Captain 133 Rep 767 Posts Drives: CUSTO///M E90 , 640d xdrive Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bucharest iTrader: (2) Garage List 2006 318i [9.00]	*NEED HELP PLS - V-MAXX* coilover kit** HY GUYS I have a 2006 318 E90 M sport suspension, after installing a V-Maxx coilover kit, I have a big problem with the rear height control nuts and the control arms. the height control nuts do not fit the space in the control arms, so between the control nut and the control arm is a ~ 40mm space. the control arm has a big lip where the rubber spring seat came off, so the control nut is not going all the way down in the control arm... PLS HELP Attached Images __________________
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05-15-2010, 01:36 PM	#2
mike-y just another bmw douche bag 195 Rep 3,640 Posts Drives: 1.9L of fury Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA iTrader: (4)	compared to other coilovers I've seen, you put them in upside down. The hight adjusters should be on top of the spring at the upper mount, not on the bottom in the control arm
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05-15-2010, 01:51 PM	#3
edy74 Captain 133 Rep 767 Posts Drives: CUSTO///M E90 , 640d xdrive Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bucharest iTrader: (2) Garage List 2006 318i [9.00]	THANK YOU, after reading some threads about coilover install, I found this... http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=334336 , and I think you are right... thnx again __________________
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05-16-2010, 11:53 AM	#4
yamazaho Wang D.D.S. 185 Rep 7,057 Posts Drives: 14' WRX, 15' W205 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Houston, TX iTrader: (11) Garage List 2006 325i [7.76]	Yeah dude you are upside down. __________________ Official Houston Chat Thread
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05-18-2010, 12:15 PM	#5
edy74 Captain 133 Rep 767 Posts Drives: CUSTO///M E90 , 640d xdrive Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bucharest iTrader: (2) Garage List 2006 318i [9.00]	now its all in place, the car handles good but I'm not satisfied with the ride height..., some told me that in 2-3 days the car will settle Attached Images __________________
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05-19-2010, 12:49 AM	#6
Got Rice? Second Lieutenant 26 Rep 263 Posts Drives: aw 335i coupe Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Earth iTrader: (3)	take out the perch and see how low it goes. i have the same problem with my kw's front is slammed and the rear is... meh....
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05-19-2010, 02:36 AM	#7
edy74 Captain 133 Rep 767 Posts Drives: CUSTO///M E90 , 640d xdrive Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bucharest iTrader: (2) Garage List 2006 318i [9.00]	^ I will do that but the perch is ~10mm... __________________
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05-19-2010, 02:12 PM	#8
mike-y just another bmw douche bag 195 Rep 3,640 Posts Drives: 1.9L of fury Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA iTrader: (4)	give them a couple of weeks. they'll settle in a few days, but in my experience, it takes longer for them to settle completely.
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05-19-2010, 02:19 PM	#9
DJKhan85 Major 24 Rep 1,190 Posts Drives: 2011 4dr 6mt Golf GTI Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boston Massachusetts iTrader: (1)	If I tried that kind of ride height on my v2s I would be tucking the rear wheels. __________________ 2011 VW GTI 4dr-6mt-Sunroof-Nav-Xenons OLD: 08 335i AW/CR/Poplar 6mt-ZSP-ZPP-ZCW-iPod-iDrive-PDC-Style 230s w/FK 452-Dinan LSD
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