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      05-22-2016, 01:05 PM   #58
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Drives: '10 X5M Alpine White on Sakhir
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Marysville, WA

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I love it. I put 22's in recently while still on the stock suspension and it felt stiff as I expected since I've got such a thin sidewall. After putting the springs on, it rides just as nicely as stock when it was still on 20's, which I'm pleasantly surprised. The only time I can tell it's lowered is going over speed bumps where I can feel it kinda bounce, but for daily driving, it rides fine. Took me about 4hrs at my buddies shop. Oddly the wheel to fender gap is perfect on dead level concrete, but ANY kind of inclines, angles, etc and the gaps are all over the place lol. The pic below is fresh after the install, I've since lowered it a little more and I'm not getting any of the bouncing others have mentioned since I didn't do the front rake everyone suggested to fix said bouncing. Got them from a vendor here for $150 shipped...$3.5k coilovers are outta the question!
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'10 BMW X5///M - Alpine White on Sakhir Orange - JB4 w/ HCP Stage 2 BEF, NGK 97506 @ .20, SS tubing & BMC filters, gutted cats, AC Forged 312 22's, H&R 2"
'98 BMW 740iL - ///E39 M5 6spd swap, fully built engine (sleeved, P&P, cams), 3.46 LSD, H&R Stage 2/Bilstein HD, Magnaflow 14816's
'97 BMW 328ci - ///E36 M3 clutch & L/W flywheel, Z4///M 18's
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