BC Racing coilovers have arrived!

[oldskool]

Can't wait to drive it! (thanks beforehand)

[1st 5er]

Moar pics, or do we have to wait till Vintage?

[clongo]

Sorry guys. Been a crazy weekend looking at houses. Ill try to post the pics this evening.

[lateforlunch]

Looking forward to some pics!

[clongo]

The day before I installed my coilovers I started getting this really odd plastic burning smell. At first I thought it was electrical. Fortunately it was just a plastic bag on the exhaust, lol.



My old front springs. So glad these are finally going in the trash!



Here is a shot of the rears installed.



My friend built a jig for the coilover sleeves to make sure they were in the exact same spot when he welded them together.



I hit them with some spray paint to prevent them from corrosion.



Everything lined up perfect and the reinstallation couldn't have been easier.



I haven't taken any pics of the car after install. I raised it up about 3/4" from where it was before. I may even go a little higher. i'm just waiting for the suspension to settle.

[Coldswede]

Nice job Chris! The coil overs look to be well designed and constructed. Keep us in the loop on how they do.

[kingcheefsalot]

I have the same set of coilovers on my car and I have to say they are pretty decent haven't had any problems with them so far and I've had them for awhile now. I got them pretty cheap and they were one of the first prototypes they had made I got them off a guy who had worked at BC racing the only problem I've had is that they go so low that I've cracked my oil pan twice now but hey it happens.

[jrcanes55]

Just ordered my set. So excited to get them. I'm so tired of cut springs.

[Niterider03]

How's the the height adjust ability on them? Can you adjust both the spring preload as well as the actual strut insert?

[clongo]

The height adjustability is great. You can raise it to stock height or lower it until the lower control arms hit the ground.

You can adjust spring pre load separately from ride height.

After driving on them for a few days I can say I am very pleased with the ride quality. No noises, nice firm ride, and the car handles great. I couldn't be happier with my purchase!

[BimmerSultan]

Can't wait to drive it! (thanks beforehand)

Love it....

[6h0st]

trying to order them and there saying they dont have them....

[clongo]

Call and ask for Chelsea Denofa. These are new and not in stock yet so the person you spoke with may not know they are available for order.

[Niterider03]

The height adjustability is great. You can raise it to stock height or lower it until the lower control arms hit the ground.

You can adjust spring pre load separately from ride height.

After driving on them for a few days I can say I am very pleased with the ride quality. No noises, nice firm ride, and the car handles great. I couldn't be happier with my purchase!

That sounds awesome. I'll definitely be considering these once I'm ready to make a coilover purchase. Thank you for your review, info, and pics!

[Fuel]

Mine can't get here fast enough, having to drive the Honda is killing me....

[6h0st]

woo hoo ordered my set but its going to take atleast a month:(

[Fuel]

In case anyone was still wanting some: http://customers.precision-sport.com/bl ... -from-psi/

Order link: http://www.precision-sport.com/bc-racin ... it-for-e28

[beware]

^^^^So I spoke to Sean at PSI(Precision Sport Industries, as recommended by Fuel's link above) about getting some of the BC's sent to Australia. We emailed back and forth a few times and he was extremely helpful and I wouldn't have hesitated ordering them from him and highly recommend him and PSI, but unfortunately he can't supply me as I have to go through the Australian distributor(which is fair enough I guess).

So I'll be ordering my set locally on Monday!!

[winfred]

finally got the replacement for the broken one on the e39 m5 at the shop, snapped a couple shots and discovered why it broke, they made it out of a drinking straw, the adjusting rod kills a good bit of of what little metal that is there


splat


i knew the springs settled a good bit but it really shows up with a fresh one on one side with the preload and height set the same, it probably lost 1/2 - 3/4 of a inch of ride height. i had strongly suggested a couple weeks or so before he busted the strut that he find some decent springs as they seemed to really suck

[Nebraska_e28]

clongo, do the front camber plates allow for adjustment back to stock specs in order to prevent wearing the inner side of the tire?

[BimmerSultan]

Clongo's car at the AutoX for this years Vintage. He won his class by the way. Surely it was the susp setup! Ha.






Car seemed flat as my first girlfriends chest out on the course! Looked great bro.

[charter21p5]

These look very nice! I have been searching the forum to see what others have installed. I think I might be done looking!

[clongo]

clongo, do the front camber plates allow for adjustment back to stock specs in order to prevent wearing the inner side of the tire?

Yes. But running negative camber in the front will not cause inner tire wear if your alignment guy adjusts your toe correctly. I'm running -2 degrees in the front and -2.5 degrees in the rear with no issues.

Thanks for posting the pics Tim! 1st place in a group of 1! Haha! I had fun out there. Too bad the car couldn't get into any kind of power on that course. I need to install a oil cooler and bring her up to VIR.

[righteousrags88]

Im currently waiting on broadway static, a branch of Fortune Auto who specializes in low applications, to build me my coil overs for my e24. Pretty much best of the best from what I hear from people who are running them. Gonna have 22/20K rates using swift springs. They are made here in America and built to order and run $1650. Should be in sometime soon. Cant wait! So its another option for coilovers

[Jelmer538i]

I think this is best of the best for a E24/E28:

http://www.intraxracing.nl/merken/bmw/e ... s/bmw5643/

Adjustable damping and springrate, costs are around € 3500,-.
A friend of mine has it under his S62 powered E28 and it drives very, very good!

[righteousrags88]

I guess what i meant was best of the best for going the lowest and still retaining a comfortable ride and being quality made for that matter. Although i hear they do well being tracked also. Im not expert though and honestly dont know much about the tech side of it but I know Jaze at Broadway static will be more than happy to back their product up with dynos and answer any questions. http://www.broadwaystaticsuspension.com. I know some of you may not like it but if low is your thing then I think these guys are your best answer for the money. Wish I could read what that page says ha Not trying argue with you though, Im sure those coilovers are amazing

[clongo]

I guess what i meant was best of the best for going the lowest and still retaining a comfortable ride and being quality made for that matter. Although i hear they do well being tracked also. Im not expert though and honestly dont know much about the tech side of it but I know Jaze at Broadway static will be more than happy to back their product up with dynos and answer any questions. http://www.broadwaystaticsuspension.com. I know some of you may not like it but if low is your thing then I think these guys are your best answer for the money. Wish I could read what that page says ha Not trying argue with you though, Im sure those coilovers are amazing

I almost went with the broadway static coilovers. Jaze was great to deal with and I have heard nothing but good things about their coilovers. Unfortunately they were a lot more expensive than what I paid for the BC racing coilovers, which is why I ended up going with them. As far as going low, the BC racing coilovers will put you as low as you would ever want to go. The length of the threaded strut tube is crazy. My friend has a set on his E28 and set the oil pan on the ground to see how low he could get it.

[righteousrags88]

Alot more expensive? $400 more which seems worth it to me since they're built in the US so its easier to get them rebuilt or revalved if needed be. Plus I spend alot of time on stanceworks, ya I know its not the best name around here ha, but everyone who runs them praises them so it seemed like a no brainer to me. But nonetheless I would've gone with BC's also if I didnt hear that Broadway was going to produce a set for the e28/e24 chassis. But from what Jaze told me they werent gonna produce vary many sets this years. They have the protype built so Im thinking I should have mine sometime soon. Tired of waiting though, my 6 has been sitting for 2 months now

[clongo]

Alot more expensive? $400 more which seems worth it to me since they're built in the US so its easier to get them rebuilt or revalved if needed be. Plus I spend alot of time on stanceworks, ya I know its not the best name around here ha, but everyone who runs them praises them so it seemed like a no brainer to me. But nonetheless I would've gone with BC's also if I didnt hear that Broadway was going to produce a set for the e28/e24 chassis. But from what Jaze told me they werent gonna produce vary many sets this years. They have the protype built so Im thinking I should have mine sometime soon. Tired of waiting though, my 6 has been sitting for 2 months now

When I spoke with Jaze back in Feb about getting their kit, he was up front and said it would be at least 4-6 months until they were ready. I was not willing to wait that long since these were already available and I was daily driving my car.

Also, I paid much less than retail for mine. They used my car to get the initial measurements needed to make this kit 2 years ago. So yes, Broadway coilovers were MUCH more expensive than what I paid for my BC coilovers.

[righteousrags88]

Ah i see i see makes sense. Same here im getting mine cheaper than retail cause i sent them my rear coilover for measuresments and such so they gave me a good discount. Eitherway Cheers!