How can you tell if e90 has sports suspension?

driven1 · 09-18-2010, 02:30 AM

Hi,

I'm looking at another possible car to buy this week (not from a dealer). I can tell from the pictures some of the options (it has sports seats and sports steering wheel, no aero package) it has but not others.

How can I tell if a 2006 325 has sports suspension or not when I view the car in person? It should be lowered by 15mm, so should I measure the height from the ground to... the jacking point or which other part of the car? And how high would it be? The car has type 160 wheels. I assume that with RFTs, the tyre pressure won't make much of a difference in height.

Are there any ways of checking? Does the suspension assembly look any different to the non-sport?

Oh, (my memory is fuzzy) is there an options code under the back seats or something?

roundle · 09-18-2010, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by driven1

Hi,

I'm looking at another possible car to buy this week (not from a dealer). I can tell from the pictures some of the options (it has sports seats and sports steering wheel, no aero package) it has but not others.

How can I tell if a 2006 325 has sports suspension or not when I view the car in person? It should be lowered by 15mm, so should I measure the height from the ground to... the jacking point or which other part of the car? And how high would it be? The car has type 160 wheels. I assume that with RFTs, the tyre pressure won't make much of a difference in height.

Are there any ways of checking? Does the suspension assembly look any different to the non-sport?

Oh, (my memory is fuzzy) is there an options code under the back seats or something?

Well, if it is not an AWD car, and has sports seats, it likely has sport suspension (as part of the ZSP sport package).

JhnR · 09-18-2010, 10:09 AM

lower than non sport

Curt2000 · 09-18-2010, 10:18 AM

18" rims are usually a good indicator but the sport seats are exclusively for sport package equipped cars.

driven1 · 09-18-2010, 07:52 PM

In Australia we don't have the ZSP, just the MSport package (what they call the ZMP in the US?) which also has the aero/cosmetic package. This vehicle doesn't have that. But it does have sports seats and sport steering, as if they were individually added options. The alloys are 17" non-standard as well, but still different from the 17" ZMP alloys.

I would have thought people would go for seats/steering/suspension, and this has two but I can't figure out the suspension. It is not x-drive.

How high off the ground would a rear drive e90 NA engine be without sports suspension?

e90pilot · 09-18-2010, 08:18 PM

Here's a pic of my ZSP.

Yvette · 09-22-2010, 04:46 AM

if the car is equipped with sport steering wheel / sport seats / zsp wheels on....
it is probably a sport suspension as well.

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driven1 New Member 5 Rep 18 Posts Drives: e90 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Aust iTrader: (0)	How can you tell if e90 has sports suspension? Hi, I'm looking at another possible car to buy this week (not from a dealer). I can tell from the pictures some of the options (it has sports seats and sports steering wheel, no aero package) it has but not others. How can I tell if a 2006 325 has sports suspension or not when I view the car in person? It should be lowered by 15mm, so should I measure the height from the ground to... the jacking point or which other part of the car? And how high would it be? The car has type 160 wheels. I assume that with RFTs, the tyre pressure won't make much of a difference in height. Are there any ways of checking? Does the suspension assembly look any different to the non-sport? Oh, (my memory is fuzzy) is there an options code under the back seats or something?
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JhnR Laker Land 16 Rep 802 Posts Drives: E90 335 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCaL//Van Nuys iTrader: (5)	lower than non sport __________________
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Curt2000 Brigadier General 1013 Rep 3,157 Posts Drives: '93 Supra Turbo Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Washington D.C. iTrader: (25)	18" rims are usually a good indicator but the sport seats are exclusively for sport package equipped cars. __________________ Former Car: '16 SUNBURST GOLD F80 ///M3--6MT/Carbon Cloth (ED Thread) Former Car:'13 SANTORINI BLUE E92///M3--6MT/Speed Cloth/ZCP(ED Thread) INSTAGRAM:@C2KMotorsports
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09-18-2010, 07:52 PM	#5
driven1 New Member 5 Rep 18 Posts Drives: e90 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Aust iTrader: (0)	In Australia we don't have the ZSP, just the MSport package (what they call the ZMP in the US?) which also has the aero/cosmetic package. This vehicle doesn't have that. But it does have sports seats and sport steering, as if they were individually added options. The alloys are 17" non-standard as well, but still different from the 17" ZMP alloys. I would have thought people would go for seats/steering/suspension, and this has two but I can't figure out the suspension. It is not x-drive. How high off the ground would a rear drive e90 NA engine be without sports suspension?
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e90pilot Freight Dawg 104 Rep 2,103 Posts Drives: E90 325i Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oakland, CA iTrader: (3)	Here's a pic of my ZSP. __________________ --Marcelo '06 Arctic Metallic 325i \| Sport Package \| 6MT \| Dinan Stage III suspension \| Dinan exhaust \| 330i manifold swap! Click here! \| Active Autowerke tune \| 135i Brake Calipers \| Deiselboost caliper brackets \| E46 M3 front rotors
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Yvette Major General 761 Rep 7,408 Posts Drives: M Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Vancouver iTrader: (19)	if the car is equipped with sport steering wheel / sport seats / zsp wheels on.... it is probably a sport suspension as well.
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