335D Eibach + Koni Yellow too low

rod.bearings · 06-11-2019, 02:12 PM

My car (blue) has brand new suspension setup from strut monkeys.

Compared to my friends 335xi (black) with stock struts and eibach springs, mines a lot lower

Any recommendations or springs to raise it? Thinking Dinan or bmw yellow would be my only option.

Nautinto · 06-11-2019, 11:28 PM

Do you have the correct Eibach kit for your car?

rod.bearings · 06-11-2019, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Nautinto

Do you have the correct Eibach kit for your car?

Yes straight from strut monkeys

Volasko · 06-12-2019, 07:37 AM

I have Koni yellows with Eibach prokit springs and my car sits more like the black car, your car looks much lower for some reason.

Nautinto · 06-12-2019, 07:39 AM

Do you have the part numbers of the springs? I'm pretty sure they aren't the correct springs (or then they are Sport Line springs, not the Pro-Kit which lowers less). There can't really be any other reason...

GMWNashville · 06-12-2019, 08:10 AM

Yours looks abnormally low for something from Eibach

rod.bearings · 06-12-2019, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Volasko

I have Koni yellows with Eibach prokit springs and my car sits more like the black car, your car looks much lower for some reason.

Can I see a picture?

rod.bearings · 06-12-2019, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Nautinto

Do you have the part numbers of the springs? I'm pretty sure they aren't the correct springs (or then they are Sport Line springs, not the Pro-Kit which lowers less). There can't really be any other reason...

Good point. I'll have to check when I do my arms. I don't believe strut monkeys even carries sport line but I'll ask

Volasko · 06-12-2019, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by krazi3azn

Can I see a picture?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8p...ew?usp=sharing

Old picture but at that point I had my suspension installed and it had a chance to settle.

rod.bearings · 06-12-2019, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Volasko

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Originally Posted by krazi3azn

Can I see a picture?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8p...ew?usp=sharing

Old picture but at that point I had my suspension installed and it had a chance to settle.

Hmm honestly I don't think I'm that much lower than that. Maybe the fronts do.

I do have really sunk wheels and and abnormal amount of camber. I do get my apex next week and alignment, so I'll repost some pictures to compare to yours again

dleccord · 06-13-2019, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by krazi3azn

Yes straight from strut monkeys

is that guy still around? i thought they banned him on here.

thormessiah · 06-14-2019, 04:20 PM

Curious to see how it looks with the Apex wheels, I'm planning on doing a very similar setup with same suspension.

ki_soarer · 06-15-2019, 09:03 PM

It could be due to the fact that you have a diesel also. I put the BMW performance suspension on my 335d and it sits much lower than I expected it would. It's perfect, but I didn't think it would be as low as it is. That little bit of extra weight seems to make quite the difference.

6ixSpd · 06-15-2019, 10:17 PM

That looks like you have Eibach Sportline, not the ProKit.

rod.bearings · 06-15-2019, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ki_soarer

It could be due to the fact that you have a diesel also. I put the BMW performance suspension on my 335d and it sits much lower than I expected it would. It's perfect, but I didn't think it would be as low as it is. That little bit of extra weight seems to make quite the difference.

I think you are right. I talked to strut monkeys and he said the exact same thing. The diesel are heavier

Nautinto · 06-17-2019, 02:28 AM

Yes the diesels are heavier but they use the same springs as the 335i, which is also quite heavy. However according to Eibach the 335d should be lowered around 20mm front and 0mm rear, and this looks much lower than that.

Blown95ImpalaSS · 06-17-2019, 04:46 PM

Yeah, something is definitely feefed. I'm guessing wrong spring part # but could also be wrong strut

What does strut monkey say?

Can you post up part numbers if you have them?

Nautinto · 06-18-2019, 03:19 PM

The strut shouldn't affect ride height, at least not make it lower.

Blown95ImpalaSS · 06-18-2019, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Nautinto

The strut shouldn't affect ride height, at least not make it lower.

Meant to include the word mounts above i.e. wrong strut mounts but even if the kit came with the wrong mounts they wouldnt cause such a drastic drop

How does it ride, bump stop city? Is there normal droop when you jack the car up? Anything from chris @ strutmonkey?

rod.bearings · 06-24-2019, 11:19 PM

Ended up looking pretty good. Everything from strut monkeys was correct. It's the fact that the diesel weigh more. Since I'm deleted I have to remove the def tank and stuff and that might help with the ride height

Masstar · 10-30-2019, 02:00 PM

I have the eibach pro kit and koni yellows too and it has settled in front to the point it's too low IMO. I like the look of your BMW performance springs better. Do you know a good place to buy those besides dealer?

ki_soarer · 10-30-2019, 06:57 PM

Looks like they discontinued the e90 performance springs. Not available on getbmwparts.com

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ki_soarer Second Lieutenant 129 Rep 264 Posts Drives: 2010 335D Join Date: May 2018 Location: MD iTrader: (1)	It could be due to the fact that you have a diesel also. I put the BMW performance suspension on my 335d and it sits much lower than I expected it would. It's perfect, but I didn't think it would be as low as it is. That little bit of extra weight seems to make quite the difference.
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Nautinto New Member 8 Rep 20 Posts Drives: BMW E92 330i N52K Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Finland iTrader: (0)	Yes the diesels are heavier but they use the same springs as the 335i, which is also quite heavy. However according to Eibach the 335d should be lowered around 20mm front and 0mm rear, and this looks much lower than that.
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Blown95ImpalaSS First Lieutenant 72 Rep 365 Posts Drives: s54 e36 m3/4/5 Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (5)	Yeah, something is definitely feefed. I'm guessing wrong spring part # but could also be wrong strut What does strut monkey say? Can you post up part numbers if you have them?
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Masstar Private 2 Rep 62 Posts Drives: 2011 335d Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Hawaii iTrader: (1)	eibach pro too low on 335d I have the eibach pro kit and koni yellows too and it has settled in front to the point it's too low IMO. I like the look of your BMW performance springs better. Do you know a good place to buy those besides dealer? __________________ 2011 335d, JBD, AEM Meth Kit, Sport Steering Wheel Retrofit, Eibach Pro Kit, Koni Sports, 162 Rims.
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