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I'd be booking a BMW F30 320d Sport Line in the first week of December. The stock ground clearance of the car is gigantic 158mm (refer the picture attached).
I wanna lower the car 'slightly' but still don't wanna compromise on the ride quality/comfort. The roads scenario in India is not too great and the car will have 3-4 people at all times since this would be my daily drive to college. I wan't something that can handle the load well, tackle bad roads, lower the car slightly and still offer a nice and comfortable ride... Something similar to the KW Street comfort; Which one would you suggest ? 1. KW V1 2. BC Racing BR Series 3. Bilstein B14 |
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Bilsteins B14 have a race inspired quite rough ride though. I have them and they improve the handling a lot but also take away about 50% of the comfort.
Best option would be "B16 type komfort" which is Bilsteins product to compete with KW street comfort. |
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B16 would have suited the need perfectly but it'd be a bit expensive (around $3800) getting it imported to India...thanks to our crazy import duties. My only options are KW V1, KW V2 and the BC Racing coilovers.
Does anyone have any experience with the V1s ? |
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Bilstein is a great choice. Prefer them over KW and H&R but they are a bit more track oriented.
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I love my KWV2s although many people gripe it is "too low". But I have never had any problems with them, and they seem to take shitty roads well for the most part. I am in Los Angeles area, and downtown LA, parts of Hollywood, and the 710 freeway truck lanes are absolutely awful, but they still hold up.
I have never used the other C/O's you mentioned though, so I might be bias. Why the hell does the 320D look like it has a lift kit on it though? SMH |
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AdiSinghV12, if I understand all of your requirements correctly through reading the posts that you've been making: you want to lower your car just enough, just enough to handle well despite bad roads over in India. And, if possible, you also want as close a comforts to a stock suspension setting for India market. Your F30 is your daily drive and you haul 3 to 4 people at any given day. At the same time, you also want to spend as effectively as you possibly can..
Well, as other had said multiple times, you won't be able to have a lowered car and have the same comfort level as a stock setting so there is, and will be, to a degree, a compromise between ride quality and suspension height. In addition, comfort level is different from one person to another. To tell you the truth, I don't think you'll be able to achieve that lowered-and-still-as-comfort-as-a-stock-suspension balance even if you were getting a coilover. If you are looking for the best compromise then go with the MPerformance Suspension (MPS) but in order to achieve that compromise, you have to purchase the whole set which came with shocks/struts, MPS springs, as your car is not equipped with the sport suspension to begin with. And as I understand, this MPS would cost you a lot of Rupees (INR). Else, you could go with the settings on Sedan_Clan's F30, the H&R sport+B8; would this setting be cheaper than the MPS? Perhaps, but, alas, this is firmer than the MPS according to your requirements |
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After an extensive research, I have finalised on the BC Racing BR Series coilovers. My other considerations were the KW V2 and the Bilstein B14 but finalised on the BC Racing because it's the only one out of the three which can go the highest and the lowest because of its fully threaded design and also has 30 point adjustable dampers. The B14 doesn't even offer adjustable dampers for 1.8L and the KW V2 has less scope for height adjustment hence considering everything I have chosen the BC Racing BR Series. Will place the order in a week.
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Have you considered just shocks and lowering springs? I am currently trying to decide between them myself: http://www.f30post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=918295
If you are like me and do not track the car, the adjustable ride height may not be necessary. |
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PS : Just got a call from the dealer and they have offered me the 'M-Sport Suspension - 33502320980'. Should I consider this or go ahead with the BC Racing ? By how much do you think the M-Sport suspension make the difference to the car shown in the very first picture ? |
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The drop isn't as dramatic as the M-perf which lowers 20mm to the M-sports 10mm IIRC
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