[tjobeid]

New wheels finally mounted and can anyone identify how my car is lowered?
It always looked and felt lower, the original owner i guess lowered it with something. Today i noticed it when they were mounting the new wheels.
You can see in the front passenger side tire the tire is actuallyFU#$ed. Discount Tire messed it up during install and have to order me a new tire -__-

[StevenY.]

Hm, that could be koni yellows with some type of springs. Just taking a guess, sorry if I'm wrong.

[Alen E90]

well first of all those Rohana's look really nice on your SGM E92 and second of all your car has coilovers installed on it!

[tjobeid]

Originally Posted by Alen E90

well first of all those Rohana's look really nice on your SGM E92 and second of all your car has coilovers installed on it!

no lables on them or anything.Which is why im a little confused. Are all coil overs adjustable?

[Alen E90]

Originally Posted by tjobeid

no lables on them or anything.Which is why im a little confused. Are all coil overs adjustable?

yup

[tjobeid]

Originally Posted by Alen E90

yup

i see the fronts have a little knob to turn kind of. But the rear where could that be?

[Alen E90]

Originally Posted by tjobeid

i see the fronts have a little knob to turn kind of. But the rear where could that be?

the rears are located behind the carpet liner in the trunk

[yamazaho]

If those are Koni yellows, you probably have the old version where the damping is adjusted by twisting the tube. You have to remove the shock body and do that.

Only the newer design ones (think the shocks are white in color) have the damping adjusting knobs on the top

[VTECaddict]

Originally Posted by Alen E90

well first of all those Rohana's look really nice on your SGM E92 and second of all your car has coilovers installed on it!

Umm, no those are not coil overs. There is no height adjustment.

[Alen E90]

Originally Posted by VTECaddict

Umm, no those are not coil overs. There is no height adjustment.

they are...in the fourth to last pic

[tjobeid]

are you talking about those silver looking bolts that turn right about the bottom of the spring ?Now with the 19" wheels i wouldnt mind dropping another .5 inch.

[Lammmmbert]

Originally Posted by Alen E90

there is...in the fourth to last pic

Those aren't coilovers... They are a shock and spring combo.

[gtaccord]

Not coilovers. Shock/spring combo. Looks like Koni yellows or bilstein shocks with some type of spring. I notice that bilstein offers blue colored springs in some of their kits so it may be a bilstein shock/spring kit. There should be a sticker on the shocks that say what brand they are.

[tjobeid]

It's warn out. But the front ones under the hood look adjustable.

[davidwarren]

That's just a strut and spring. That is not a coil over. That is essentially what every e9x looks like. Now, it looks like you have different struts and possibly springs, but not coil overs.

Probably a bilstein/Koni strut and Eibach or similar springs if it is dropped.

[Surly73]

Originally Posted by yamazaho

If those are Koni yellows, you probably have the old version where the damping is adjusted by twisting the tube. You have to remove the shock body and do that.

Only the newer design ones (think the shocks are white in color) have the damping adjusting knobs on the top

I put Konis on my E39 almost 10 years ago.

The fronts came with a knob and offered a flattened rod to which you fitted the knob at the strut bearing. The matching rears were the kind where you had to compress all the way and turn the body. They were all yellow.

You can't generalize adjustment type to body colour.

[tjobeid]

what does everyone think about the FITMENT? the way the car sits

tires are 275/30/19 245/35/19

wheels are 19" 8.5+33 and 9.5+40

[Amini77]

SGM your car looks beautiful with those wheels!!!

[tjobeid]

thank you! once i get the new tire mounted ill do a nice little photoshoot with my handy dandy iphone

[N8N]

yeah, those are probably Koni yellows... is there enough left of one of the labels to tell or can you pick any stamped numbers off the shock bodies?

Those might be stock springs - that's just about how my car sits and as far as I know it's bone stock (still has the original BMW shocks at least, didn't look at the springs real close but I have no reason to suspect it's been modified as the PO even bought his tires from the dealership.)

[mike-y]

the knob on top of the front strut, under the hood is to adjust the rebound damping force. Counter-clockwise = stiffer rebound.

Like others said, this is a shock+spring setup, not coilovers. Your springs are blue, while OEM springs are black. you might be able to figure out which springs you have by searching for aftermarket springs that are blue.

[Be Awesome 335i]

lol awesome use of cargo space... way to fit four tires in you e92!

i like the color combo!