Thread: lowering x1 35i
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      09-19-2016, 01:03 PM   #45
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I hate to bump an old thread, but anyone else have M-sport suspension + H&R springs?
Many of us do/have. Myself, and many many others, would recommend against running them without also replacing the shocks/struts. The car is way underdamped otherwise...bounces around and will smack the bump stops on high-speed larger impacts.

Get yourself some Bilsteins to go with the springs, you'll be much happier.

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When you lowered, were you able to align it back to stock specs? I installed coilovers on my x5 but quickly learned my camber was eating my rear tires every 10K miles! The x5 rear adjustable camber and toe arms were $850, so this time around, I want to know exactly what I'm getting myself into.
Are you sure it wasn't a toe issue? Camber doesn't kill tires, toe does. Unless you were running like -5 or something back there...

But yes, car aligns perfectly fine on the H&Rs. I run max camber front and rear for performance reasons. Still not enough.
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