E36 coilovers installed (SLAMMED CONTENT)

[Mark Ostrowski]

Originally Posted by Sik wit it

no shit?! looks good, should do a review on them, people seem to love the way your car sits now! including myself!

alright here goes:

[ElricE36]

Looks nice ....

Have had mine done for a couple of years ....



using Bilstein PSS9 setup

[Mark Ostrowski]

Originally Posted by acssilhoutte

low low low low.. i wish i could get that low..

^ now you can. im sure all of you have heard of raceland coilovers and their ridiculously low price of $275- shipped, and you all have seen the thread for them but weren't convinced.

here is a thorough reveiw of them for the short amount of time that i have had them:

Ok first point, ordering them. As soon as i paid for them, within hours Raceland shipped them out from their warehouse. Also i am not the only one, many people have reported seeing their coilovers shipped RIGHT AWAY. I ordered a ton of parts that day (including my widebody) and the coilovers were the first ones to arrive, only took 3 DAYS to ship to my house!!!
next point, installing them: most coilovers i believe, do not include an instruction manual and recommend professional installation, so do these, but i did not heed this warning and like many other e36 owners, proceeded to save a little $ by doing it myself.
I used the Haynes e36 repair manual, just to get an idea of how to take the old suspension off, once you look at it, its very simple, trust me. There is only 3 very obvious bolts that connect the suspension strut to the brake and control arm, then there is 4 bolts located on top of the strut tower in the engine bay. taking the 4 bolts is super simple and easy, also one of the 3 bolts mentioned above is also easy- despite rust to take off. The last two that are located at the bottom of the strut, on my car were badly rusted, and extremly difficult to take off. the only advice i have is keep at it. I used a socket wrench that i hit with a mini sludge hammer to break it loose. make sure you use a spring compressor to remove the old suspension w/o it getting stuck. then re-installation of coilovers is straightforward on the right side. ON THE LEFT SIDE. you have to detatch the control arm with the brake from the SWAY BAR and lower it until you have enough clearance to place the coilovers in. then bolt the coilovers back onto the brakes and jack the control arm back up to the sway bar and re-bolt those together (i had to learn this trick the hard way)
after that adjusting them is just screwing the black plates at the bottom up to raise height and down to lower height. (they arrive set at lowest setting in order to install easy, RAISE ONLY AFTER you install them)

as for the ride: So far, MUCH STIFFER AND MORE RESPONSE. Rides great, car handles better, will install the rear this weekend

also after you install these you have to get your car alligned

there you go

[Go3Go]

^I agree with this, I'm running racelands as well. I haven't heard any complaints thus far beyond some people suggesting the back is not stiff enough. All and all seems like a good budget coilover system for people that want to adjust ride height in their daily drivers. These coilovers will absolutely dump your car too. This isn't even all the way down with them:

[bjh102]

so i think its awesome ur 15 and doing a widebody and have a sponsor helping you out with it all.

but dude im sorry you screwed up with this build already.

you are about to spend THOUSANDS of dollars building this car to how u want it but you cheaped out on the most important part. the suspension. its awesome that they are cheap and get you low and all that good stuff but really $275 coilovers on a car you just dropped a couple thousand on a wide body for. that logic to me just doesnt make sense.

[topnotch]

did you measure the drop before/after installation?? center of the hub to fender lip??

thanks,

[Mark Ostrowski]

Originally Posted by bjh102

so i think its awesome ur 15 and doing a widebody and have a sponsor helping you out with it all.

but dude im sorry you screwed up with this build already.

you are about to spend THOUSANDS of dollars building this car to how u want it but you cheaped out on the most important part. the suspension. its awesome that they are cheap and get you low and all that good stuff but really $275 coilovers on a car you just dropped a couple thousand on a wide body for. that logic to me just doesnt make sense.

^ dude i know, its just that my sponsors are only paying for my bbs, and i didn't have much cash laying around after the widebody, so my idea was to install these for now to get the look to please my sponsors, then later swap out for some nicer bilstein, tein, or eibach coilovers to get the improved performance.

Originally Posted by topnotch

did you measure the drop before/after installation?? center of the hub to fender lip??

thanks,

all i know is that i had exactly 2 inches of wheel gap before, and now over half the tire is covered so i would say i dropped it a good 4-5inches at least , sorry about not having exact measurements, will do that for the rears, because other people also might want to know.

[Bimmer Man]

Originally Posted by bjh102

so i think its awesome ur 15 and doing a widebody and have a sponsor helping you out with it all.

but dude im sorry you screwed up with this build already.

you are about to spend THOUSANDS of dollars building this car to how u want it but you cheaped out on the most important part. the suspension. its awesome that they are cheap and get you low and all that good stuff but really $275 coilovers on a car you just dropped a couple thousand on a wide body for. that logic to me just doesnt make sense.

+1

I hope this isn't indicative of the rest of the build.

[Boris1111]

So cheap parts can't be quality parts now...

Everyone needs to have $1500 coilovers when you are going for aesthetics or you just suxxors.

[Mark Ostrowski]

Originally Posted by Bimmer Man

+1

I hope this isn't indicative of the rest of the build.

did you not read my comment right above yours

Originally Posted by Boris1111

So cheap parts can't be quality parts now...

Everyone needs to have $1500 coilovers when you are going for aesthetics or you just suxxors.

my point exactly these are one of those rare good quality cheap parts, but i will prob eventually swap them...as stated in my previous comment

[bimmer speeder]

Looks great man .

[bjh102]

Originally Posted by Mark Ostrowski

^ dude i know, its just that my sponsors are only paying for my bbs, and i didn't have much cash laying around after the widebody, so my idea was to install these for now to get the look to please my sponsors, then later swap out for some nicer bilstein, tein, or eibach coilovers to get the improved performance.



all i know is that i had exactly 2 inches of wheel gap before, and now over half the tire is covered so i would say i dropped it a good 4-5inches at least , sorry about not having exact measurements, will do that for the rears, because other people also might want to know.

so your sponsor of your car build is only paying for your wheels? not saying that isnt awesome but still. but you still fucked up. the look of your car and how low it is isnt going to mean shit when you spend the next year with it all hacked up in your garage/shop. you should of just gone and bought the right stuff the first time around. you should of held off on the wide body for now and just ordered GOOD coilovers not the cheapest set you could find. im just getting this feeling that this is a warning of the rest of the project. prove me wrong but im just getting this gut feeling. just seems like you are jumping in WAAAYYY over your head.

are you installing the wide body or paying someone to do it?

Originally Posted by Boris1111

So cheap parts can't be quality parts now...

Everyone needs to have $1500 coilovers when you are going for aesthetics or you just suxxors.

not at all. but in this case he is making a track/street car. it just seems pointless to put all this money into a wide body with $300 coilovers on it.

[whiteknight]

Nice! Im lovin the wheels man!!! I want them when you get your BBS's!

[Dricebrug]

Originally Posted by ElricE36

Looks nice ....

Have had mine done for a couple of years ....



using Bilstein PSS9 setup

Why?

[Mark Ostrowski]

Originally Posted by bjh102

so your sponsor of your car build is only paying for your wheels? not saying that isnt awesome but still. but you still fucked up. the look of your car and how low it is isnt going to mean shit when you spend the next year with it all hacked up in your garage/shop. you should of just gone and bought the right stuff the first time around. you should of held off on the wide body for now and just ordered GOOD coilovers not the cheapest set you could find. im just getting this feeling that this is a warning of the rest of the project. prove me wrong but im just getting this gut feeling. just seems like you are jumping in WAAAYYY over your head.

hey, i totally agree with you just want to add some stuff to your comment: the car has to be done by April (this includes BIG brakes slotted +cross drilled, w/ 2 or 3 piston calipers for front, widebody, BBS lm's + Tires- i have michellin pilot/sports wrapping the wheels pictured, the coilovers that i just installed, some $500 HID's with angels, half-clear tails, roll-cage, racing seats, steering wheel, weight reduction, CSl style hood w/ vents made out of carbon fiber, cams, turbo, repainting white, tinting lights yellow, carbon fiber canards, and if i still have time + money, M3 engine swap.)

^ so as you can see, i haven't really skimped out on expensive quality parts e.x. i could have bought angel eyes, but i bought HID's w/ angels, also im planning on at least cross-drilled or slotted and cross drilled, 12" inches or more, with at least 2 piston calipers. also i am getting AUTHENTIC bbs lm's not cheap crappy reps, those come with a heafty $4,500 price tag in the size im getting hence the sponsorship (4.5k is better than nothing right , and its not like 500, its 4-5k, some people on this forum hesitate even spending $150
so the car will be on the street and running by the beggining of spring at LEAST

Originally Posted by bjh102

are you installing the wide body or paying someone to do it?

i do everything myself, i don't trust other people to work on it, the guys just recently for example that swapped out my wheels overtightened with an air gun and stripped the lug nut so now i have to get an entire new set.

but this will be installed in a professional auto bodyshop, possibly with the help of some guys that do work of only the highest quality. (they are currently building a BAD ASS 69' charger daytona FROM SCRATCH to beat the land speed record in the neveda silver state classic its gonna have 1600+ HORSEPOWER! not to mention all aluminum body, and a long list of ridiculous mods that i would prefer not to list because they = basically the parts list for le manns race cars)

so yeah, the car will also include some custom fabricated touches, IF ANYONE KNOWS WHERE TO FIND AN AIRCRAFT/MOTORCYCLE GAS CAP THAT I COULD FABRICATE INTO A GAS CAP FOR MY E36 I WOULD BE EXTREMLLY GRATEFUL

also i really respect you, and totally agree with your opinions, except i coundn't spend money on expensive coilovers because then i couldn't get the widebody i promised them the car would have, and to make the widebody look good it has to be slammed so i cut a corner. Yes a very important corner, but one that saved me a TON of money in short term, but i PROMISE they will eventually get swapped out once the car is done...but hey give me a break here, i paid for all this crap myself im only 15 barly have any free time with work + school + car.

as for the sponsor, make a quick list of what you would do to your car IF you had 4-5k, they were going to give it to me for whatever i wanted, i just chose the wheels because they were very expensive and i feel that i just HAVE to have em to complete the new look i am building

Originally Posted by Dricebrug

Why?

hahahahaha

Originally Posted by whiteknight

Nice! Im lovin the wheels man!!! I want them when you get your BBS's!

if you do, i will be selling them in the beggining of spring once my car is done, if you want em' ill pm you once i am ready to sell

[ElricE36]

Driceburg .... why what?

[LBMotoring]

porsche pics!

[E36RJBMW]

The car looks awesome, I can respect what you did. You have to meet a deadline and the car needs to sit low to pull off a certain look, so on your budget you bought a budget coilover. seems like a good decision from what you described...if your only going for a hardparking car and its not going to be tracked than, why even change them out, I would just maybe get some custom springs to stiffen them up a little bit, but with that being said if you are in fact going to be tracking it and boosting it to really drive it and not just have it sit and have the hood open just to say your boosted, pick up something more reliable but do your research, companies like koni and bilstein do not go as low as you have your car right now.

[Mark Ostrowski]

Originally Posted by E36RJBMW

The car looks awesome, I can respect what you did. You have to meet a deadline and the car needs to sit low to pull off a certain look, so on your budget you bought a budget coilover. seems like a good decision from what you described...if your only going for a hardparking car and its not going to be tracked than, why even change them out, I would just maybe get some custom springs to stiffen them up a little bit, but with that being said if you are in fact going to be tracking it and boosting it to really drive it and not just have it sit and have the hood open just to say your boosted, pick up something more reliable but do your research, companies like koni and bilstein do not go as low as you have your car right now.

^ wow, thanks for the tip, never knew that they don't drop as much, i'll prob swap out for stiffer springs like you said then, thanks a lot bro, save me some $ and frustration

[Dricebrug]

Originally Posted by ElricE36

Driceburg .... why what?

Do you have white racing stripes on a red E36?

[Mateen9]

Originally Posted by Dricebrug

Do you have white racing stripes on a red E36?

lol I was going to ask the same question.

[Mark Ostrowski]

it's obviously a mustang...duh

but i guess if you track it, its ok

[ElricE36]

Originally Posted by Dricebrug

Do you have white racing stripes on a red E36?

Yes .... paint job was done by previous owner. It is all done with BMW colors .... Brilliant Red / Alpine White III / Avus Blue. Been building it for the last 2 years. Bilstein PSS9 coilovers / Remus Cat-back / S52 engine swap w/ OBD1 coversion / AA chip / UUC E34 clutch / UUC 8.5 lbs flywheel / EvoSport Power Pulleys / M3 front brake conversion / 325 interior (tan) swapped out with black M3 Vaders / custom door panels (blk w. silver carbon fiber insert).

Future plans include Mashaw PTG widebody kit, Euro 6-spd, and possible forced induction.

[ethirtysixmiii]

hmmm

[bjh102]

Originally Posted by E36RJBMW

The car looks awesome, I can respect what you did. You have to meet a deadline and the car needs to sit low to pull off a certain look, so on your budget you bought a budget coilover. seems like a good decision from what you described...if your only going for a hardparking car and its not going to be tracked than, why even change them out, I would just maybe get some custom springs to stiffen them up a little bit, but with that being said if you are in fact going to be tracking it and boosting it to really drive it and not just have it sit and have the hood open just to say your boosted, pick up something more reliable but do your research, companies like koni and bilstein do not go as low as you have your car right now.

mark im going to respond to your post later i just have wayy too much to write on it.


but e36rjbmw

ground control goes lower than anyone right out of the box. and you get custom spring ratesand lengths.