[chenry]

**edit added updated pics to original post for a/b reference**

My Son headed out with with a photographer friend yesterday to capture some decent shots of the car which I will share in about a week when I get them (unlike my crap iphone photos) but for now here you go.

Ride is oem like I am quite pleased. I am happy with the drop - I have never been a fan of lowering springs on stock wheels because it just looks "off" to me (maybe too dumped) - but this combo works. If I saw this on the lot I would just think it looks "right" not lowered - that's what I wanted

ps-Son tells me I should start posting stuff to Instagram soooooo....I did white_M340 if you care :-)

pps: Burger spacers installed 13 rear 15 front - while it's only 2mm I wish I had gone 15 all around

[DG20]

Just followed you, car looks great! Looking forward to seeing the other pics too

[Burrcold]

Looks great!

[JDUNITNOW]

It looks great, we know you have good taste in modding your cars. Let us know how the ride is with lowering. Do you have adaptive or standard M suspension?

[chenry]

Originally Posted by Wyndi335I

It looks great, we know you have good taste in modding your cars. Let us know how the ride is with lowering. Do you have adaptive or standard M suspension?

that's very kind of you...thank you

this one has standard suspension, I really wanted adaptive and would have ordered it - but in that I grabbed this car off the lot I had to let go of quite a few things off my wish list. That said ride is very similar to stock and I am very pleased with the results both in terms of appearance and ride quality

[JDUNITNOW]

Originally Posted by chenry

that's very kind of you...thank you

this one has standard suspension, I really wanted adaptive and would have ordered it - but in that I grabbed this car off the lot I had to let go of quite a few things off my wish list. That said ride is very similar to stock and I am very pleased with the results both in terms of appearance and ride quality

Perfect, I feel better about lowering my car at this point once I order it. I may go the ACS route and am agonizing over 19 vs. 20's. My 7 series are on low-profile tires now and I bent a rim and damaged two tires. I am very cautious and anal about my cars so its a decision I will make once I have a M340i. Thank you for responding.

[vroompshert]

Your car is looking good! I love the subtle DINAN 1" drop. Do you have a square 19" set-up or staggered? I'm trying to decide what size spacers on my car right now and I'm thinking 15mm front/back with my 19" square set-up.

[chenry]

Originally Posted by vroompshert

Your car is looking good! I love the subtle DINAN 1" drop. Do you have a square 19" set-up or staggered? I'm trying to decide what size spacers on my car right now and I'm thinking 15mm front/back with my 19" square set-up.

Thank you! The wheels are staggered - I think 15 all around would bring you nice and flush with no poke

[M340_pilot]

Appreciate the write up and reviews. I ordered my springs/bump stops today. Can't wait to put them on.

[chenry]

Originally Posted by M340_pilot

Appreciate the write up and reviews. I ordered my springs/bump stops today. Can't wait to put them on.

i think you will be quite pleased - i just spent about 20mins at my garage looking at my car - absorbing all the angles and the new ride height and i couldnt be more happy

looking forward to your feedback

[chenry]

Just posted these to Instagram @white_m340 so figured I would share here too :-)

[Gdiddy23]

Too bad they don't have these for the Xdrive

Looks great man!

[chenry]

Originally Posted by Gdiddy23

Too bad they don't have these for the Xdrive

Looks great man!

Thank you! I know i know regarding the xdrive soon enough i'm sure. At least your G series xdrive doesn't sit up high like the F series cars did :-)

[Gdiddy23]

Originally Posted by chenry

Thank you! I know i know regarding the xdrive soon enough i'm sure. At least your G series xdrive doesn't sit up high like the F series cars did :-)

Here's to hoping so!

And that's exactly why I had my F30 lowered into KW's

[chenry]

I just posted this in another thread...but it's applicable here as well. Here's some good video that shows...the wheel gap of the Dinan Springs (under load and not) and also wheel offset with a 13mm spacer in the rear

[chenry]

Originally Posted by Gdiddy23

And that's exactly why I had my F30 lowered into KW's

you are a good man

[Punkwrock]

Did you get Dinan springs only or did you also get the ride quality kit as well?

[Ronan703]

Looks really great!

[chenry]

Originally Posted by Punkwrock

Did you get Dinan springs only or did you also get the ride quality kit as well?

I did both

[mic_crispy]

Following up, how has the ride quality been with the stock static dampers?
Noticable stiffer ?
Thinking about putting these in my DD 340 and would like to address the wheel gap, but retain stock compliance.

Also, how's your front ground clearance been?

[chenry]

Originally Posted by mic_crispy

Following up, how has the ride quality been with the stock static dampers?
Noticable stiffer ?

I have not noticed any degradation since install - I remain quite pleased with the ride quality overall. It's a bit more stiff vs stock as you would expect but it is IMHO well within acceptable limits for daily use. Last weekend I drove my 83 year old mother 100 miles out to palm desert to drop her off at a friends and not a peep out of her regarding ride quality

Originally Posted by mic_crispy

Also, how's your front ground clearance been?

Well I made things a bit more difficult on myself by adding an oem style front lip and I do have to be careful in driveways and sometimes scraping is unavoidable.

I would not hesitate to lower it again on Dinan springs. And this is coming from someone that said I would never lower a car again unless it was coilovers because I have had less than stellar results lowering cars on springs only over the last several decades.

Hope this helps -

[chenry]

Just got a system notification that this is a "popular thread" so figured I'd recycle these pics for anyone that may find them helpful for reference (the car on aftermarket wheels with the dinan springs)