[matharu90]

I just installed H&R sport springs on my F30 335i

Everything else is good except read driver side is sitting about 1/2" higher than rear passenger side.

The fronts are perfect. It's been 2 days I have installed the springs. Seems like other people on different forum got the same concern but no solutions anywhere.

Thanks for your input fellas.

[XxThe_RemedyXx]

Originally Posted by matharu90

I just installed H&R sport springs on my F30 335i

Everything else is good except read driver side is sitting about 1/2" higher than rear passenger side.

The fronts are perfect. It's been 2 days I have installed the springs. Seems like other people on different forum got the same concern but no solutions anywhere.

Thanks for your input fellas.

You're xDrive aren't you?

[matharu90]

Originally Posted by XxThe_RemedyXx

You're xDrive aren't you?

Rear wheel drive.

I'm gonna go home and re inspect them again and maybe reinstall if needs to be.

[B58]

Mine sits a little higher in the rear also. It would look good with maybe another 1/4" of a drop.

[matharu90]

Originally Posted by B58

Mine sits a little higher in the rear also. It would look good with maybe another 1/4" of a drop.

My situation is a little different though.

Just the rear driver side is sitting high.

In love with the other side. It's sitting perfectly.

[B58]

Originally Posted by matharu90

My situation is a little different though.

Just the rear driver side is sitting high.

In love with the other side. It's sitting perfectly.

Oh snap yeah, I wonder if the springs were installed backwards? At least the rear is a easy fix.

[matharu90]

Originally Posted by B58

Oh snap yeah, I wonder if the springs were installed backwards? At least the rear is a easy fix.

Backwards ?

Would you mind elaborating ?

Thx

[the dope steez]

I had this problem when I installed my KW coils - turns out the rubber spring perch on the bottom wasn't fully seated into the control arm/linkage/whatever that's called..

Because it goes in at a weird angle and aftermarket springs are shorter than stock, it's easy to lower the car back down with the spring not properly seated. I'd check that first

[sspade]

The drivers side is known to sit a bit higher... to compensate for the added load of the driver.

Sure its not this you are seeing?

[johnung]

I had a similar issue last summer after installing new springs and dampers. One rear wheel seemed to be sitting higher. Basically I learned three things from the experience.

1) The parts settle in a bit after a few weeks of driving
2) Initially, I wasn't using the best methods and tools to measure the drop. And I wasn't making sure to measure all four corners exactly the same way. I figured out the best way to go about it. I also found that measuring in millimeters was much easier with the help of cheap plastic ruler from Walmart. I just did a conversion to inches at the end.
3) The biggest thing that I discovered was that asphalt is wavy no matter how flat it looks.

Once I drove my car for a couple of weeks on the new suspension, and measured it accurately on a flat concrete pad, it turned out that any difference on that rear wheel height was negligible. I hope you have a similar positive outcome.
Hope this helps!

[matharu90]

Originally Posted by johnung

I had a similar issue last summer after installing new springs and dampers. One rear wheel seemed to be sitting higher. Basically I learned three things from the experience.

1) The parts settle in a bit after a few weeks of driving
2) Initially, I wasn't using the best methods and tools to measure the drop. And I wasn't making sure to measure all four corners exactly the same way. I figured out the best way to go about it. I also found that measuring in millimeters was much easier with the help of cheap plastic ruler from Walmart. I just did a conversion to inches at the end.
3) The biggest thing that I discovered was that asphalt is wavy no matter how flat it looks.

Once I drove my car for a couple of weeks on the new suspension, and measured it accurately on a flat concrete pad, it turned out that any difference on that rear wheel height was negligible. I hope you have a similar positive outcome.
Hope this helps!

Thank you for your input. I reinstalled the spring and the difference is not 1/8 of an inch. Not so worried about that anymore.

[matharu90]

Thank you everyone for your valuable input. You guys helped a lot in my journey of installing sport springs.


Next is wheel alignment and probably -1 camber at the back so that those wheels doesn't rub on heavy bumps.

Here are some pictures of final result. Enjoy😊

[VP_56]

That looks very nice

[328iX]

My car with ACS springs is perfectly level rears, matching, fronts matching, but as soon as I fill up my fuel tank entirely it drops 1/4" in the rear, that could be what you're experiencing.

[matharu90]

Before alignment it was

Passenger -1.7
Driver -1.5

After results:

[matharu90]

Originally Posted by 328dX

My car with ACS springs is perfectly level rears, matching, fronts matching, but as soon as I fill up my fuel tank entirely it drops 1/4" in the rear, that could be what you're experiencing.

That's what I thought as well.
I guess we will find out once the tank is close to empty.