While putting on new wheels, I noticed that the ends of the OEM springs were rusted through and broken off.

In hind sight, there were tell tail signs that something weird was going on...

A) My wife was driving the X3 one day and I was following behind her in our other car and noticed that the rear wheels had a lot of negative camber, as if it were riding on a lowered sport suspension setup.

B) The ride was harsher than I was used to in the X3, which had me thinking it was soon time to change all of my shocks.

C) The X3 looked leaned to one side. I thought it was my eyes playing tricks on me... until I pulled out a measuring tape to confirm it, lol!

Although the ends of the springs had snapped off, there were no rattling noises in the suspension. This was due to the end pieces still being attached to the rubber seats at the top and bottom of the spring.

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'07 e83 x3
'91 e30 325i



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