01-19-2020, 04:27 PM | #1 |
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Lifting up my E84-Eibach pro lift kit
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I am starting a small project on my 2011 Xdrive Xline 18d so I want to share the process with you. New springs have arrived and will be implemented soon. For now, I have just put 3% bigger tires 225/55/17. Some pictures: Last edited by Nesa5; 01-20-2020 at 03:45 AM.. |
01-20-2020, 03:54 AM | #2 |
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Pictures before
Before new tires. Stock original Pireli 225/50/17 runflats, very old and stiffened, bald, terrible to drive, unsafe because of drifting on the road.
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01-20-2020, 04:07 AM | #3 |
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Pictures after new tires
After shifting to new winter 225/55/17 from local manufacturer, the car is a little higher and much, much more comfortable. In my opinion, it looks better. No more drifting on the road, rides perfectly. Funflats never again! It runs trough deep mud with no problems!
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01-20-2020, 12:35 PM | #4 |
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Super nice, like your car color. Very curious about the spring install, please keep us informed. I had Eibachs in my previous rig.
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01-30-2020, 05:01 AM | #7 |
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Update and photos
Well, it was not that easy and without a problems. My friend mechanic did all the work in one afternoon. But when we take the old springs out, he noticed the cuffs that are holding the springs under tension at top side are bad. There is a bearing inside of each cuff(cups, don't know the real name) that had a lot of play. I had to buy new ones. Around 60e aftermarket for booth.
Then the problems start. I have gained 30 mm rear exactly as eibah said, but at front end I have gained 45 mm, which is much more than stated 25-30 from Eibach. That leaded to another problem. My xenon lights went up and it was like I was driving with high beams all the time. And xenon's are self adjusted and I couldn't see any adjusting mechanism. That night my trip to a 70 km away city where I work was a nightmare. People were pissed off by my lights, blinking and horning, I thought I had got wrong springs from Eibach, so I will need to put the old ones back, because the car was undriveable. Also, it became totally unstable in corners(without wheel alignment yet). It was slipping out, especially rear end. But that was not a problem that is urgent. I could slow down and it would be ok. But lights were a real mess, I was totally down. Next day, after small internet searching, I was able to find alen screws deep inside the chassis holes to adjust the lights. Deep relief after that. Next day, I did wheel alignment. It is much better now, but not perfect. The guy said he could adjust rear wheels all the way, but said that the front camber is not adjustable and stayed negative 0.3 instead of positive 0.3 He also said that half of the corner sliding is because of low budget tires. Could be, they were cheap. Now I am in emailing with Eibach to see if I got the right springs(by numbers on the springs) and to solve why I have gained 45 mm instead of 25-30. Maybe the old front springs were bad and settled down more than rear ones, or those cuffs are taller by 15 mm... we will see.. |
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01-30-2020, 02:21 PM | #8 |
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Just from some quick searching; it looks to me like Eibach gives the same springs across all model for the E84. Again with some brief Googling- your car was said to be about 300 pounds lighter than the 6 cylinder turbo models. If most of that is up front and the springs were designed for 6 cylinder cars- then that could explain the high front ride height.
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01-31-2020, 08:25 AM | #9 |
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Here's some data from the USA 2013 BMW X1 Brochure that suggests there's about a 165 pounds (75 Kg) weight difference between the xDrive28i and xDrive35i models. And using the specified weight balance figures most of that is indeed on the front axle (142 pounds / 64 Kg).
I suspect most of the weight difference is the bigger engine, bigger brakes and larger wheels - BMW specifies 17x7.5" wheels for 28i vs 18x8" wheels for 35i. I know that many x28i models were sold with 18" wheels, but I only have one configuration in the brochure to reference. Model Weight (lbs) % Front % Rear Weight Front (lbs) Weight Rear (lbs) x28i 3726 50.6% 49.4% 1885.4 1840.6 x35i 3891 52.1% 47.9% 2027.2 1863.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 165 141.9 23.1 (additional 35i (lbs) |
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02-01-2020, 12:27 PM | #10 |
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Yes but OP has a 18D which is even lighter, at around 3395lbs curb weight (that was the spec I saw on a quick search)
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02-04-2020, 05:25 AM | #11 |
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Well, I am sorry now for not taking the measurement the right way. I did it from the garage floor to the bottom of a fender, but I should have done it from the bottom edge of the rim to discard the tire influence. Hope it was not that incorrect because car had not been moved while springs had been changed. Only the tire temperature could made some influence.
Also, when I saw the pictures above again, I saw that the right numbers of lifting are 23 mm rear and 35 mm front (Eibach stated 30 mm and 25-30), so I did have a problem at rear end too. It is not lifted enough at rear end and it is lifted to much at front end. That explains my light problem too. My 18d is probably light at front end and it may be the reason for gaining 35 mm front, but then, why the hack did I gain 23 mm rear? |
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