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      06-20-2018, 05:12 PM   #23
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That looks pretty low there, is the ride harsh?
Ride is fine in my book. H&R only quote 20-25mm lowering F&R with these, but I’d say it’s more!
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Odd, does this work? This is with ACS installed
Yes it does, many thanks. Looks good.
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I'm running 265/30/19 but mine aren't oem wheels - they are 10".
What size are the front tyres or interest please, just working heights / drop out. Are you on 235x40x19 ? Thanks
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Really appreciate all you posts with pictures it helps greatly, but as my original post, anyone near me so I can have a look & park side by side to compare ?
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What size are the front tyres or interest please, just working heights / drop out. Are you on 235x40x19 ? Thanks
Close, i'm running 245/35/19 on the front.
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I'm not local to you, but here are some before & afters from my F31 330d sDrive on H&R sport.

Stock 442m with stock M Sport suspension vs H&R sport with OEM 437m with 245/35 and 265/35 MPSS....





OEM 437m with 245/35 & 265/35 MPSS on stock M Sport suspension vs H&R sport

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@R99 - really like those comparison shots. Massive improvement, and what's really obvious is the way that the stock car has larger arch gaps at the front compared to the rear. I wonder why BMW do this?
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@R99 - really like those comparison shots. Massive improvement, and what's really obvious is the way that the stock car has larger arch gaps at the front compared to the rear. I wonder why BMW do this?
Thanks, yeh BMW get it so wrong in that department! The stock F80 M3 and F82 M4 are woeful for it!!!

H&R are the best out there in terms of a lower front end compared to the rear, however that doesnt actually mean they handle better

I have nothing else to compare them to other than stock, but I really dont think they handle any worse than before in terms of harshness.
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Thanks, yeh BMW get it so wrong in that department! The stock F80 M3 and F82 M4 are woeful for it!!!

H&R are the best out there in terms of a lower front end compared to the rear, however that doesnt actually mean they handle better

I have nothing else to compare them to other than stock, but I really dont think they handle any worse than before in terms of harshness.
Thank you very much, that is extremely helpful. must say it makes a great difference...and those wheels
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Thank you very much, that is extremely helpful. must say it makes a great difference...and those wheels
No problem.

I had this exact dilemma regarding springs and nobody could assist with decent pics.

All the pics I saw showed cars lowered but still sporting reverse rake with the front higher than the rear. I really didn’t want that look so took a gamble on H&R as I had them on my previous E91 and they lowered it perfectly.
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Just a quick question for those who have 235x40x19's on the front, do you get any rubbing on the front part of the plastic wheel arch liner at all ?

I've just replaced my 225 front with 235's and the lower side of the car, drivers side, seems to catch, but the nearside which is slightly taller doesn't, just concerned that if I lower it will be worse.

Thanks in advance
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Just a quick question for those who have 235x40x19's on the front, do you get any rubbing on the front part of the plastic wheel arch liner at all ?

I've just replaced my 225 front with 235's and the lower side of the car, drivers side, seems to catch, but the nearside which is slightly taller doesn't, just concerned that if I lower it will be worse.

Thanks in advance
Are you running spacers?
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Are you running spacers?
Yup 12mm all round, bought from you
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That explains the rubbing then. You can run wider tyres or spacers, but not both. A 10mm wider tyre is like a 5mm spacer, so effectively you have 17mm spacers now.
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That explains the rubbing then. You can run wider tyres or spacers, but not both. A 10mm wider tyre is like a 5mm spacer, so effectively you have 17mm spacers now.
Sort of thought that, but R99 is running the M3/4 alloys with much greater offset and wider rim than my 442's & 235's so just wondered how he was getting on ?

My logic was to help keep the front lip off the deck if I put your springs on...maybe I'll wizz the spacers off & see how it is before I go back to 225's.

Ta for the input
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I think you'd have to run stretched tyres to get M3/M4 wheels under the arches of a regular 3 or 4 series without rubbing.
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I think you'd have to run stretched tyres to get M3/M4 wheels under the arches of a regular 3 or 4 series without rubbing.
Sorry should have said he's on 265 rear & 235 front std profiles.
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Sorry should have said he's on 265 rear & 235 front std profiles.
I’m on 245/35 & 265/35 MPSS (BMW * rated)

No rubbing AT ALL on my F31 with H&R including with a full car.
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Also not ACS, but H&R sport.





I looked into ACS, but all the pics I saw showed the car lower on the rear than the front so I wasn’t too sure what to expect & went with the H&R.

Im sure the ride would be better on ACS though!
That looks superb,

Is that estoril blue, looks different...
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Thanks!

It’s Pure Blue, an Individual colour
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