KWV3 ride height adjustment...HELP!

[PunjabiM3]

I got done installing the KWV3 yesterday. The front ride height is darn close but the rears are too high (I left the ring in the middle of the collar). So now I have the rear of the car lifted off the ground, but I CANNOT get the stupid adjustment ring to spin. The entire assembly (ring and the threaded collar) turn when I try to adjust it. My guess is that there is too much load from the spring. Is there any way to get this thing to work or is my ONLY option to go through the pain of uninstalling the lower control arm, strut from the entire assembly and then adjusting the ring? I sure as hell hope not because it was a bitch to get everything to line up back there during the install. Hope to get some feedback on this!

[PunjabiM3]

Alright thanks to a search on the regular 3 series forum I came across this:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=239019

Did the trick. Got the car pretty darn close to the height I want it at. Will see how the suspension settles the next few weeks, will readjust, and then get the alignment done.

[Franklin Joseph]

glad you got it worked out.

fwiw, my rears were set to 1 turn from the top, and that was close to an inch drop.

[Maximus_Prime]

Nice! Props on handling this yourself! Glad you got it sorted. I helped a friend install springs on his 135, and it is pretty straightforward if you have a DIY tutorial and the right tools. Of course you had to do a few extra steps to replace the dampers and adjust the height, but I'm sure it felt great when you were done! Now go buy some wheel scales and corner weight it yourself too. Not sure if there's a way to do the alignment yourself though (think you need a machine for that).