Swapping out 35mm H&R springs for M Sport

[HazArc]

Good evening all,

Recently acquired a lovely looking 2006 E85 3.0si Sport. I will post some pictures the weekend when Its clean and daylight when I'm home!

The previous owner fitted 35mm H&R springs and a front splitter. The car is struggling over all the speed bumps. The front splitter hits EVERYTHING and rear cross beams (or whatever they are called) are scrapping too. Even when I creep over bumps!

The sale came with the OEM M-Sport springs (rear ones are brand new). I'm seriously considering removing the H&Rs and re-fitting the M-Sport springs. Am I right that even though the H&Rs are 35mm, as the original springs are M Sport, the car has only been dropped roughly 20mm as the M-Sport are around 15mm lower that basic springs?

Will be doing the work myself but thought I'd give my local independent garage a call and they quoted £330 to refit my M Sport springs!!!!!!!

Thanks

 

[HazArc]

Bump…

 

[Mr Tidy]

My only experience of H & R springs has been the H & R coil-overs my car came with.

The previous owner had it slammed and the floor grounded the first time I drove over a speed-bump, but after getting the ride wound up as high as possible it clears them OK. But the ride is very firm.

I think you'd need to check the H & R spring part numbers to see if they are a 35mm drop from SE or from Sport.

And if you swap springs consider whether new dampers might make sense at the same time.

 

[HazArc]

Thanks for the response Mr Tidy. Managed to get the part number of the springs and the description says -

Lowers by 35mm
Cars with Sports Suspension will show less lowering as they are already factory lowered

All I can find is the sports suspension is 10-15mm lower than standard springs. I will be looking at dampers and better springs, but for now I’m hoping putting the OEM sports springs back on will lift the car by around 20mm

 

[Mr Tidy]

IIRC the Sport models were 15mm lower than SE which ties in with that, so it should sit 20mm higher than it does now.

Just be careful with those spring compressors!

 

[HazArc]

Lovely… thanks

 

[Zedebee]

Will be doing the work myself but thought I'd give my local independent garage a call and they quoted £330 to refit my M Sport springs!!!!!!!

To be fair there’s a bit of work involved doing the fronts, although the rears are easy. Definitely worth new dampers if you’re still on the originals.

 

[3002 tii]

I recently installed a splitter, which sits 0.5” below the bumper and I do not scape so you must really be slammed

Can you post pictures of your car (e.g. front and side profile)?

 

[HazArc]

I recently installed a splitter, which sits 0.5” below the bumper and I do not scape so you must really be slammed

Can you post pictures of your car (e.g. front and side profile)?

I could get three fingers beterrn the splitter and the ground! I've since removed the splitter and in the process of swapping the springs - although I found a shattered rear roll bar drop link so I'm waiting on a replacement to arrive. The speed bumps around where I work and live are short in length, but quite high.

 

[3002 tii]

I recently installed a splitter, which sits 0.5” below the bumper and I do not scape so you must really be slammed

Can you post pictures of your car (e.g. front and side profile)?

I could get three fingers beterrn the splitter and the ground! I've since removed the splitter and in the process of swapping the springs - although I found a shattered rear roll bar drop link so I'm waiting on a replacement to arrive. The speed bumps around where I work and live are short in length, but quite high.

Yea that is slammed for sure. Barely any wheel gap whatsoever and those skinny tires on what looks like 19s probably don’t help either!

 

[HazArc]

I recently installed a splitter, which sits 0.5” below the bumper and I do not scape so you must really be slammed

Can you post pictures of your car (e.g. front and side profile)?

I could get three fingers beterrn the splitter and the ground! I've since removed the splitter and in the process of swapping the springs - although I found a shattered rear roll bar drop link so I'm waiting on a replacement to arrive. The speed bumps around where I work and live are short in length, but quite high.

Yea that is slammed for sure. Barely any wheel gap whatsoever and those skinny tires on what looks like 19s probably don’t help either!

They are 18s. Different offset to prevent rubbing on the arches!!!

 

[HazArc]

Original sport springs refitted, and yeah it doesn’t look as good compared to it being lowered, but with the amount of speed bumps where I live and work I had no choice. Much more practical now.