Wanted Spring Pads

[andyglym]

Folks, I have the Bilstein B12 Pro Kit with Eibach Springs lowered by 30mm on my Z3, with two up and full luggage the rear bottoms out, any recommendations for Spring Pads to raise the car by circa 15mm please? Front and rear less she looks like a dragster.

TIA.

 

[Lee]

The rear pads can still be bought from BMW, they're not a huge amount of money. Not sure what you can do with the front as the spring controls the height.

 

[AntStark]

I was going to suggest you hunt out some original BMW Sport Springs (-15mm)... but then realised what I was thinking . Given their rarity I wonder if anyone has approached a company such as https://springcoil.co.uk to reproduce them. Sheffield seems to be the epicenter of Spring manufacturing.

 

[Althulas]

Only way I suppose is either a full set of coil overs for full adjustability or some standard units for the front and maybe standard springs or thicker pads as suggested for the rear but would be a chore changing that lot over for holidays. Maybe the dragster look not so bad for just a holiday.

 

[Eddie Zedder]

This may help Andy.

Raising Suspension Slightly

I've recently had the Bilstein b12 kit installed which runs 30mm lower. I feel the rear is a little too low and bottoms out more than I'd like when fully loaded. I want to raise it slightly by about 10mm. What would be the best way to do this? I've looked on real OEM and seen that the lower...

zroadster.org

 

[Stevo7682]

Fitting new upper and lower spring pads to rear will squeeze a few mm extra in ride height i changed Stevie's when rear end rebuild done as his bottomed out driving over a pound coin and it has made a difference definitely raised the vehicle a few mm .
You can also buy aftermarket pads in various thickness ( more or less than stock.)
But as Lee said front more of an issue as no pads in front ride height controlled by amount of compression of spring between spring pan on strut and top mount.
Stephen.

 

[andyglym]

Fitting new upper and lower spring pads to rear will squeeze a few mm extra in ride height i changed Stevie's when rear end rebuild done as his bottomed out driving over a pound coin and it has made a difference definitely raised the vehicle a few mm .
You can also buy aftermarket pads in various thickness ( more or less than stock.)
But as Lee said front more of an issue as no pads in front ride height controlled by amount of compression of spring between spring pan on strut and top mount.
Stephen.

So does that mean I need x4 pads, top and bottom for each side?

 

[Ianmc]

with two up and full luggage the rear bottoms out

Lateral thinking, a few less cakes?!!

 

[andyglym]

Lateral thinking, a few less cakes?!!

Said nobody ever. Eat more cakes, fat people are harder to kidnap. You ain't getting me in the boot of your car