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      06-15-2014, 05:26 PM   #67
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Ok. Give them a few days to settle. They will drop nicely
I hope so!
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      06-15-2014, 08:28 PM   #68
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To be honest you won't notice. Unless your a pro racer and hitting bends at crazy speeds lol. The springs are actually for the se shocks.
I thought h&r springs could lead se shocks to fail?
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      06-15-2014, 10:04 PM   #69
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I thought h&r springs could lead se shocks to fail?
Any mismatched springs can cause shocks to fail. Wouldn't give the SE shocks 6 months with H&R.
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      06-16-2014, 08:09 AM   #70
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Need more pics of the race springs fitted boys
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      06-16-2014, 02:20 PM   #71
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If you drive your car hard then you will notice your shocks aren't up to scratch. A lot of bouncing. I speak from experience. Don't have to have a fast car to notice it, i had a 320D.

But if you don't drive hard and just pitta patta about then its no problem...until your se shocks are finished
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      06-16-2014, 03:00 PM   #72
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I thought h&r springs could lead se shocks to fail?
They do

I thought otherwise against forum knowledge and one of my poor SE shocks died within 10k miles and failed its mot on a serious oil leak

H&r sports do NOT work well with SE shocks. Car is completely under-dampened and rides like plop

I couldn't be bothered changing out all the shocks so instead i bought some msport springs. These are still a compromise but match the SE shocks a hell of a lot better than the h&r sports.
Also i feel the h&r drop the rear too much. Makes you look like your running reverse rake (not cool)
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      06-22-2014, 02:32 AM   #73
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So what are peoples thoughts on running H&R Sports on M-Sport shocks? Tempted by some of these and some spacers (eventually 1M reps) on my E91 M-Sport...
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      06-24-2014, 06:51 AM   #74
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Measured up and theres a 10mm difference between front right and front left. The front left has dropped around 30mm. The front right has probably only dropped around 10mm (it was 10mm lower to start with) which means is is now sitting 10mm higher. Any ideas?
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      06-24-2014, 07:13 AM   #75
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Could be the type of turns your doing? Start going around some left hand bends and around roundabouts the wrong way may work :
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      06-24-2014, 07:39 AM   #76
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Measured up and theres a 10mm difference between front right and front left. The front left has dropped around 30mm. The front right has probably only dropped around 10mm (it was 10mm lower to start with) which means is is now sitting 10mm higher. Any ideas?
H&R trait. They all sit wonky

One of my gripes with them
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      06-24-2014, 08:48 AM   #77
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Not happy with them tbh the arch gap is still there even more so on the side thats 10mm higher lol
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      06-24-2014, 11:48 AM   #78
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All springs do that standard as all bmw's sit that way from standard... very annoying!
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      06-24-2014, 12:26 PM   #79
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This is how my vert sat with h&rs. Is yr gap like this?...as this is the max you'll get with their sport springs. You'll need their race springs for a lower drop
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      09-28-2014, 04:12 PM   #80
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This is how my vert sat with h&rs. Is yr gap like this?...as this is the max you'll get with their sport springs. You'll need their race springs for a lower drop
yer mine sits like that maybe a tad lower at the front and the sports do me fine, I scrape enough as it is sod going lower lol

This is how its sitting now about a year on.

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      09-28-2014, 04:19 PM   #81
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So what are peoples thoughts on running H&R Sports on M-Sport shocks? Tempted by some of these and some spacers (eventually 1M reps) on my E91 M-Sport...
a year on and my m sport shocks are fine. Im also using spacers.
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      09-29-2014, 12:28 AM   #82
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Just like to say my springs lowered more over time and have evened out a bit and im now over the moon with them!
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      09-29-2014, 02:30 AM   #83
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That's good to hear mate.

My next mod is to lower mine a bit. So the H&R's aren't really as harsh a ride as some people make out?

Think I may be swayed from the Eibachs now
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Not at all mate. H&Rs are fine. Yes a bit stiffer say over speed bumps but generally just as smooth. They are progressive springs so still have the soft touch for minor road changes...they just get to the stiffer part quicker as they need to damp earlier to reduce travel because they are lower.
Bit wordy but hope that makes sense
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Yea cheers that makes sense. My previous cars have all been lowered to a degree and I am now conditioned to always be weary of speed bumps. I just don't want to ruin the ride. I will be just fitting the springs to the M-sport shocks.

The only hurdle now is that I have my new AvantGarde rims ready to be fitted soon. They are 9J front & 10J rear. Tyres will 235/35/19 & 265/30/19. Hope these won't rub with H&R springs.
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      09-29-2014, 02:01 PM   #86
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That's good to hear mate.

My next mod is to lower mine a bit. So the H&R's aren't really as harsh a ride as some people make out?

Think I may be swayed from the Eibachs now
My h&r's give a very nice ride. cant even tell the difference between them and msport to be honest.

Also I got 15mm spacers on the rear and 10 on the front and don't get any rubbing.
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Nice job, and good choice on the HR springs
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      09-29-2014, 02:35 PM   #88
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