Remove bumpstop from coilovers?

pysical · 07-13-2017, 09:21 AM

I put coilovers on my 2009 335xi E90. I lowered the car to remove the 3-4 inch wheel gap and I am on 19" wheels. However when hitting some of the bumps up here in Maryland I feel like the shock is being compressed all the way and not absorbing the hard ones. I read somewhere that people removed the bumpstop which is about 2 inches thick and gave them more shock to play with. I am going to raise the car up another inch because the springs are settling and it has dropped, but I was checking to see if this would be bad to remove?

Thanks.

Antetokounmpo · 07-13-2017, 02:11 PM

good luck with that. blown shocks and coil bang.

zero2sixtyZ · 07-13-2017, 02:52 PM

Which coils? Spring rates? Ride height? Gave us nothing to work with. It's probably not the bump stop's fault, nor a good idea to remove them like the previous post mentioned.

pysical · 07-13-2017, 03:53 PM

I don't think it is a good idea to remove them either, but I have read stories where people have removed them on various coilovers and didn't have issues.

The coilovers are BC. I am not sure of the spring rates on these.

YoungBlood · 07-13-2017, 04:15 PM

what bump stops do you have on them?

pysical · 07-13-2017, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by YoungBlood

what bump stops do you have on them?

They are the normal ones that come on it. I never touched them. If I remember right they are about 2 inches thick which is why I thought if I removed them I could gain 2 inches of shock travel.

YoungBlood · 07-14-2017, 08:44 AM

what coilovers? That info would help

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pysical Captain 127 Rep 712 Posts Drives: 2009 335xi Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Laurel MD iTrader: (1)	Remove bumpstop from coilovers? I put coilovers on my 2009 335xi E90. I lowered the car to remove the 3-4 inch wheel gap and I am on 19" wheels. However when hitting some of the bumps up here in Maryland I feel like the shock is being compressed all the way and not absorbing the hard ones. I read somewhere that people removed the bumpstop which is about 2 inches thick and gave them more shock to play with. I am going to raise the car up another inch because the springs are settling and it has dropped, but I was checking to see if this would be bad to remove? Thanks.
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pysical Captain 127 Rep 712 Posts Drives: 2009 335xi Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Laurel MD iTrader: (1)	I don't think it is a good idea to remove them either, but I have read stories where people have removed them on various coilovers and didn't have issues. The coilovers are BC. I am not sure of the spring rates on these.
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YoungBlood LongDongSilver 274 Rep 706 Posts Drives: e90 335i Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Utah iTrader: (2)	what bump stops do you have on them? __________________ N54 E90 6AT: 3" Pipes that go down, Thing that cools the inter, PE Mod, DCI, ST XTA, Whiteline bushings, Aodhan, and lotsa corn-juice
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YoungBlood LongDongSilver 274 Rep 706 Posts Drives: e90 335i Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Utah iTrader: (2)	what coilovers? That info would help __________________ N54 E90 6AT: 3" Pipes that go down, Thing that cools the inter, PE Mod, DCI, ST XTA, Whiteline bushings, Aodhan, and lotsa corn-juice
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