[gabrmdoom]

https://www.bimmerworld.com/Suspensi...2-F30-F32.html
Can anyone attest to the functionality of these in specific?
And can you tell if its a pair for the rear or just a single?
I have Eibachs but i haven't been able to get them in because no shop near me wants to do springs only, so they've sat in my garage for a few months and might just pull the trigger on these.

[johnung]

Originally Posted by gabrmdoom

https://www.bimmerworld.com/Suspensi...2-F30-F32.html
Can anyone attest to the functionality of these in specific?
And can you tell if its a pair for the rear or just a single?
I have Eibachs but i haven't been able to get them in because no shop near me wants to do springs only, so they've sat in my garage for a few months and might just pull the trigger on these.

Try the Bimmershops website. I found many more BMW Indy shops within driving distance than I knew existed.

Seems like a waste to scrap perfectly good adaptive dampers for want of a shop to do the work. The rear springs appear easier to do since the fronts require removing and disassembling the entire Macpherson strut.

[gabrmdoom]

Originally Posted by johnung

Try the Bimmershops website. I found many more BMW Indy shops within driving distance than I knew existed.

Seems like a waste to scrap perfectly good adaptive dampers for want of a shop to do the work. The rear springs appear easier to do since the fronts require removing and disassembling the entire Macpherson strut.

I wouldnt be trashing the stock ones, they do have 50k miles on them though

[thisismikeyb]

I installed the full set on my car a little under two months ago, and I can confirm they are just plug and play, nothing really to it. As for the price, that's for a single damper.

I bought my set from Bimmerworld and their customer service was great! They do have the full set available https://www.bimmerworld.com/Bilstein...Drive-EDC.html.

The only thing I will say is the spring perch on the front dampers is about a half inch higher than stock, so expect the front to be raised up a bit. I switched from Dinan springs to Eibach in order to level the car back out.

Overall ride quality has been great! I had about a month with the Dinan springs before switching to Eibach. I will say the Eibach feel just slightly better than the Dinan. With that said, my stock dampers were wearing out by 50k miles, I installed Shockware and that added about 20k miles, but by 70k they were done for. Finally at 84k miles on them Bilstein released their dampers for me to install.

[gabrmdoom]

Originally Posted by johnung

Try the Bimmershops website. I found many more BMW Indy shops within driving distance than I knew existed.

Seems like a waste to scrap perfectly good adaptive dampers for want of a shop to do the work. The rear springs appear easier to do since the fronts require removing and disassembling the entire Macpherson strut.

Its not just that no shop wants to do it, its also that non oem springs will wear out shocks faster, my shocks arent due or anything but i am looking for an oem+ upgrade if you will

[Eschmacher]

Wow, the x-drive kit is $500 cheaper than the rwd kit

[gabrmdoom]

Originally Posted by Eschmacher

Wow, the x-drive kit is $500 cheaper than the rwd kit

Originally Posted by Eschmacher

Wow, the x-drive kit is $500 cheaper than the rwd kit

I don't think so. This is just the rear pair. Does anyone have a link for EDC friendly bilstein b6 for xdrive 340 for ALL FOUR

[Eschmacher]

Originally Posted by gabrmdoom

I don't think so. This is just the rear pair. Does anyone have a link for EDC friendly bilstein b6 for xdrive 340 for ALL FOUR

No, as linked by mikeyb above (https://www.bimmerworld.com/Bilstein...Drive-EDC.html) this is the full kit.

[gabrmdoom]

Originally Posted by thisismikeyb

I installed the full set on my car a little under two months ago, and I can confirm they are just plug and play, nothing really to it. As for the price, that's for a single damper.

I bought my set from Bimmerworld and their customer service was great! They do have the full set available https://www.bimmerworld.com/Bilstein-B6-HD-DampTronic-Shock-Strut-Package-Set-of-4-F22-F3X-xDrive-EDC.html.

The only thing I will say is the spring perch on the front dampers is about a half inch higher than stock, so expect the front to be raised up a bit. I switched from Dinan springs to Eibach in order to level the car back out.

Overall ride quality has been great! I had about a month with the Dinan springs before switching to Eibach. I will say the Eibach feel just slightly better than the Dinan. With that said, my stock dampers were wearing out by 50k miles, I installed Shockware and that added about 20k miles, but by 70k they were done for. Finally at 84k miles on them Bilstein released their dampers for me to install.

So i am reading here and i see that the b6 is not designed to work with aftermarket springs but you say it works well?

[thisismikeyb]

Originally Posted by gabrmdoom

So i am reading here and i see that the b6 is not designed to work with aftermarket springs but you say it works well?

I'm just sharing what happened with me, and what I did afterwards to fix the issue. The B6's are designed to be OEM replacements that can work with lowering springs.

The Dinan Springs are stiffer than the Eibachs. Which will shift the suspension from being over dampened to under dampened depending on your current damper profile.

With the Dinan Springs you'll feel more planted and have less body roll on smooth roads, however I have a few areas where the road causes the car to have a bit more movement than I would like. The Eibach springs being softer have from what I could feel fixed that.

In my quest to fix my ride height, I have raised the car just slightly with the 3-22 springs. The Eibach front springs are about a 1/4" lower than the Dinan, while the back is about 1/4-3/8" higher. Front to back and side to side are about level at this point.

[FaRKle!]

Originally Posted by thisismikeyb

The Dinan Springs are stiffer than the Eibachs.

Comparing Dinan kit D100-0911 to Eibach kit E10-20-031-03-22, if Dinan's F/R springs are really both 30% stiffer than xDrive non-EDC springs, then both Dinan and Eibach's front springs are the same rate, and the rear springs are also the same rate. Any difference you feel between them could be due to either bump stop contribution, or the mfg tolerance of the spring rate (+/- 5% for Eibach).

The Eibach E10-20-031-03-22 kit is recommended for the 320ix and 318dx, why did you go with that one over E10-20-031-04-22 (recommended for 328/330ix)?

[thisismikeyb]

Originally Posted by FaRKle!

Comparing Dinan kit D100-0911 to Eibach kit E10-20-031-03-22, if Dinan's F/R springs are really both 30% stiffer than xDrive non-EDC springs, then both Dinan and Eibach's front springs are the same rate, and the rear springs are also the same rate. Any difference you feel between them could be due to either bump stop contribution, or the mfg tolerance of the spring rate (+/- 5% for Eibach).

The Eibach E10-20-031-03-22 kit is recommended for the 320ix and 318dx, why did you go with that one over E10-20-031-04-22 (recommended for 328/330ix)?

I really need to make a consolidated post soon. I posted here about my decision to go with the 3-22 vs 4-22.

https://www.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...php?p=25078159

Long story short, the front springs are 10mm shorter, I installed them to counter the roughly half inch raise the Bilstein's created.

Edit: One thing to note is during the install of both sets of springs, I did not have to compress the Dinan Springs to install, with the Eibachs I had to compress them a bit in order to get the top nut to thread onto the strut. So the Eibachs are slightly longer and compress a bit more than the Dinan's.

I should have taken pictures of the difference between the two. Best I can do now is:

[gabrmdoom]

Originally Posted by thisismikeyb

I really need to make a consolidated post soon. I posted here about my decision to go with the 3-22 vs 4-22.

https://www.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...php?p=25078159

Long story short, the front springs are 10mm shorter, I installed them to counter the roughly half inch raise the Bilstein's created.

Edit: One thing to note is during the install of both sets of springs, I did not have to compress the Dinan Springs to install, with the Eibachs I had to compress them a bit in order to get the top nut to thread onto the strut. So the Eibachs are slightly longer and compress a bit more than the Dinan's.

I should have taken pictures of the difference between the two. Best I can do now is:

Great info. I have eibach springs but havent installed them yet because im waiting to get the b6s.