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Thanks for the suggestions. With regards to your first point, I don't want to stiffen the rear springs at all - the suspension is that way on purpose. The kit I have is designed by Birds BMW in the UK and they had Bilstein and Eibach set the springs and dampers as such to optimise grip and driveability on the UK's poor roads. The whole kit is the result of lots of R&D and testing and is very well received in the UK. One of the main issues with the 1 series is the overly stiff rear and the poor damping on that end. Since the kit was installed the rear end is much less crashy and more compliant. It is too stiff from the factory because the springs are doing the duties of body roll prevention in the absence of a proper sway bar (the standard one is pathetically small.)
My car has a Quaife diff and uprated sway bars front and rear. The rear one is much larger than stock, the front one is only a tiny bit bigger, to the extent that it fits into the OEM bushes even.
Hopefully a 5mm spacer on the rear will fix my rubbing - what do you think?
As for the fronts, I think the camber is already maxed out. I knocked the camber pins out and pushed the struts over as far as possible, and now have the M3 parts as well. When I had the alignment done the front camber was the only thing out of OEM tolerances because the OEM settings for front camber are really low and I obviously had more neg camber than BMW want. I'll try to find the print out to see how much I had.
Would I be able to get a 5mm spacer up front if I get the Dinan camber plates? I doubt they will bring the top of the wheel in by 5mm, but they will at least increase the front ride height a bit, won't they?
Thanks again for your help with this, I really appreciate it.
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