lowered my '08 335i

[Kadarin]

Excuse the crappy iphone fotos:

At the shop.
Closeup of the (really dirty) front wheel.

Edit: Here's a larger pic, taken with my '05 GTO, which will be going up for sale soon.

Here is a pic showing the 335i with its interior trim.

The point behind doing this was to improve the way the car looks by removing most of the gap between the top of the tires and the bottom of the fender lip, without making the car look too low. The H&R Sport springs were installed by Auto Innovations in Milpitas, CA.

Next up, exhaust kit (Corsa?) and some kind of spoiler lip for the trunk.

 

[Fenixgoon]

looks good :thumbsup:

 

[chris7b]

I hate you!

 

[RFtesla]

Paint those amber reflectors post haste.

 

[sjwaste]

I had H&R's on my supra for a long time. Eventually scraping over driveways and speedbumps got to be too much and I took them off. Looks great, I hope it's still driveable for you.

 

[BW86]

looks great! :thumbsup:

 

[ElFenix]

i still have no idea how BMW managed to get the back of the coupe so right and yet screw up the back of the sedan so much

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i still have no idea how BMW managed to get the back of the coupe so right and yet screw up the back of the sedan so much

I have to agree with this. I dislike the back of the E90 (sedan), and also dislike the chrome front kidney grills on it. The E92 (coupe) is a much better looking car.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: RFtesla
Paint those amber reflectors post haste.

No kidding! One thing at a time, though...

 

[Apex]

Very cool, that car looks perfect with just a little drop.

 

[Corporate Thug]

beautiful

 

[DivideBYZero]

20mm drop?

 

[Aharami]

nice! subtle drops are the best. how much did that run you (parts/installation)?

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: Aharami
nice! subtle drops are the best. how much did that run you (parts/installation)?

It was $600, including parts, installation, and alignment.

Oh, and 20mm sounds about right.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i still have no idea how BMW managed to get the back of the coupe so right and yet screw up the back of the sedan so much

I actually own one of the sedans, but can't seriously dispute your point.

 

[sjwaste]

Originally posted by: Kadarin

Originally posted by: Aharami
nice! subtle drops are the best. how much did that run you (parts/installation)?

It was $600, including parts, installation, and alignment.

Oh, and 20mm sounds about right.

Holy hell, good deal on that. Does the 335 use a standard strut configuration or coilover? I think it ran $800 on the supra, but that was with new shocks also, and a coilover setup.

 

[rh71]

Did you wax those rims and the resulting brake dust looks like that? I am hesitant about doing the rims because at least right now the brake dust is more even. Kinda silly but I don't want it looking any worse.

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: Kadarin
Excuse the crappy iphone fotos:

At the shop.
Closeup of the (really dirty) front wheel.

The point behind doing this was to improve the way the car looks by removing most of the gap between the top of the tires and the bottom of the fender lip, without making the car look too low. The H&R Sport springs were installed by Auto Innovations in Milpitas, CA.

Next up, exhaust kit (Corsa?) and some kind of spoiler lip for the trunk.

For what it's worth, the Corsa lost HP on the current gen M5.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: sjwaste

Originally posted by: Kadarin

Originally posted by: Aharami
nice! subtle drops are the best. how much did that run you (parts/installation)?

It was $600, including parts, installation, and alignment.

Oh, and 20mm sounds about right.

Holy hell, good deal on that. Does the 335 use a standard strut configuration or coilover? I think it ran $800 on the supra, but that was with new shocks also, and a coilover setup.

I'd have to look it up, because I really don't know. The shop initially suggested the idea of getting a coilover setup, for the low, low price of about $1600, but since all I wanted was a simple drop, I decided to save the $.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: rh71
Did you wax those rims and the resulting brake dust looks like that? I am hesitant about doing the rims because at least right now the brake dust is more even. Kinda silly but I don't want it looking any worse.

I didn't wax anything; the car hasn't even been washed yet since I bought it two weeks ago.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: Kadarin
Excuse the crappy iphone fotos:

At the shop.
Closeup of the (really dirty) front wheel.

The point behind doing this was to improve the way the car looks by removing most of the gap between the top of the tires and the bottom of the fender lip, without making the car look too low. The H&R Sport springs were installed by Auto Innovations in Milpitas, CA.

Next up, exhaust kit (Corsa?) and some kind of spoiler lip for the trunk.

For what it's worth, the Corsa lost HP on the current gen M5.

Interesting... I'm not specifically set on the Corsa, other than the fact that I liked how the Corsa Sport system sounded on my GTO. I'd rather not go with a kit that will have quad pipes (two per side), because that would require cutting the bumper and installing a (diffuser?) plate.

 

[Throckmorton]

I don't like the look because the shape of the fender is not concentric with the circumference of the tires.

 

[Kadarin]

Updated to add a couple of more pics.

 

[fstime]

In before the autotragic comment.

 

[ponyo]

Originally posted by: BouZouki
In before the autotragic comment.

:laugh: