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Coil-over ride height spacer
Hey all, I recall a thread a while back talking about but I can't find it. Does anyone make ride height spacers that slot in between the the strut top/camber plate and the strut tower? Or, if they aren't commonly made, does anyone have measurements for them before I disassemble the front end to measure and make them myself?
My TCK struts don't have independent pre-load adjustability, so the only way I can get the car up to a moderate front ride height is to bind the crap out of the front springs, reducing max travel. UPDATE: See post #13
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Check this thread - custom height addition using cheap E36 camber plates, would these work?
https://www.1addicts.com/forums/show...0&postcount=33 Also - there is a BMW part that is similar, it's part of the "rough road kit" or something, pretty sure if you google that you'll find what is effectively a height spacer... |
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01-26-2020, 08:19 PM | #5 |
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Update: In case anyone else is interested in this issue, BMW offers a 20mm ride height spacer PN 31306779671. Pricey, but cheaper than the cost of designing one-offs and having a machine shop make them for me. Ordering them and will update accordingly.
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Looks like fair pricing to me. I have made spacers for another forum member to raise their camber plates, but the BMW solution looks pretty slick.
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That looks totally reasonable btw. Hopefully it works. Look forward to your findings.
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No longer tracking it, it's just a daily beater now. Tracking my Civic and drifting my E46.
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Would you mind measuring the ID of that 20mm spacer when you get it, I'm wondering how that ID matches up to the strut tower opening.
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Update: BMW 31306779671 works! I am now able to achieve near-neutral/ideal spring preload and still have moderate ride height, even with the super soft DD-friendly spring rates I now use on my TCK dampers. This would also work for KW, Bilstein, etc, or any front coilover strut that lacks independent spring preload and shock length/ride height adjustability. The car's ride quality is better than ever, as I now have maximum available suspension travel (coil bind = bad).
However, there are a few tricks and caveats I figured out that are required to make this part work with adjustable camber plates, as the part was originally designed for OEM strut tops. I made a video showcasing my findings here:
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