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H&R Race Springs
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Written by:
Jordan Buser (http://www.performanceIX.com) |
April 1, 2001
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The E46 coupe comes standard with a sport suspension and with that, Sachs performance gas struts. The standard stance was entirely too high for my preference, both for handling and appearance. In my opinion, the car just looks awkward with as much wheel gap as there is from the factory. When I first bought the car, I started looking around for ways to remedy this. Many people recommended the H&R race springs (part number 29484) saying that the OEM sport shocks would be fine coupled with these springs. While I love the drop (about as low as I would want to go), the performance without better shocks is simply not up to par for me. The real difference between lowering springs and a spring/shock combination can be felt when you hit bumps at high speeds. Every time I am pushing my car a little bit and hit any sort of bump, my car feels like it is floating around like a Buick. Expect me to add some Bilstein shocks to my suspension set-up in the near future to ensure that my car sticks to the road as it should.
Overall, I have to admit that I have been satisfied. As I stated, the performance is not entirely there but handling was most assuredly improved when just the springs were added. The aggressive ride height was certainly a nice modification. My advice to anyone afraid to follow our H&R Race Spring How-To would be to wait until you can buy both the springs and the shocks if you are concerned with handling performance so as to not waste money on an expensive install. Otherwise, install them yourself and see if you can make due with just the ride height and by the time you are ready for new shocks, we should have a How-To up for those too.
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