LawrenceW said:Just out of interest does anyone know if the OEM Sachs shocks are still available?
GT Spec said:LawrenceW said:Just out of interest does anyone know if the OEM Sachs shocks are still available?
No longer listed on the Sachs online catalogue so I assume not. For normal fast road driving you can't got wrong with the Bilstein B12 kit which is Eibach springs and Bilstein B8 dampers, 100% improves the ride and predictability of the car. Ride height of my car with the B12 kit and OE CSLs attached.
maupineda said:There are no B8 for the Z4M (no such thing exists)
Vis a vis, The car will sit higher with bilstein as they have too much gas pressure which acts as a spring.
Also the Z4M is already low as in it has limited suspension travel, so lowering it is bad idea.
Did you step up to 265 35 19 on the rear?ShaunKC said:I’m no expert, but in theory yes, as the springs control the height. However as Maupinda said and I agree with him, the b6 have too much gas and control the height along with the springs. Of course if you removed the springs altogether then the dampers wouldn’t hold up the car so the springs do influence the height and therefore you would imagine that changing back to stock springs would raise the height slightly, but my guess is not by much. Below are two pictures one before changing so stock dampers and eibachs. The second picture the same springs but B6 dampers. Everyone has their own opinion, but personally I hated the arch gap. To close the arch gap I have ended up changing the tyres and now love the look, but added expense that I wasn’t expecting.
BTZ461 said:Did you step up to 265 35 19 on the rear?ShaunKC said:I’m no expert, but in theory yes, as the springs control the height. However as Maupinda said and I agree with him, the b6 have too much gas and control the height along with the springs. Of course if you removed the springs altogether then the dampers wouldn’t hold up the car so the springs do influence the height and therefore you would imagine that changing back to stock springs would raise the height slightly, but my guess is not by much. Below are two pictures one before changing so stock dampers and eibachs. The second picture the same springs but B6 dampers. Everyone has their own opinion, but personally I hated the arch gap. To close the arch gap I have ended up changing the tyres and now love the look, but added expense that I wasn’t expecting.
Sajk said:OK so b6 on stock springs should help with the crash bang but will raise the ride hight. What are we talking here like 2mm or 10mm.