Lowering the X5 E70, H&R Springs installation *** Lots of pic's ***

[jlam86]

There are two model number as one is a supposedly 1.5" drop and one is a 2.0" drop. The links are slightly adjustable so you can pretty well match them up to the drop in the front or you can keep the ass end a bit lower. Not sure why it isn't an even drop all the way around but every car I have ever worked on in the past has this same set up, higher front than rear. Probably due to the weight of the motor?

[Larry Cable]

Originally Posted by jlam86

There are two model number as one is a supposedly 1.5" drop and one is a 2.0" drop. The links are slightly adjustable so you can pretty well match them up to the drop in the front or you can keep the ass end a bit lower. Not sure why it isn't an even drop all the way around but every car I have ever worked on in the past has this same set up, higher front than rear. Probably due to the weight of the motor?

maintain the rake angle???

[petercory]

H&R drop distances are based upon a 3.0 liter 6 rather than the heavier 4.8. In reading this chain and others you will find that the 1.2 kit actually lowers the front of a 4.8 car about 1.75" (the same results as I got). The H&R rear links only drop the rear 1"; I used Loweringlinks to drop the rear 1 1/2" so that the car sits totally level. The 1 1/2" rear drop is about as far as you can go without destroying the car's ride quality.

[Don Juan]

Originally Posted by petercory

H&R drop distances are based upon a 3.0 liter 6 rather than the heavier 4.8. In reading this chain and others you will find that the 1.2 kit actually lowers the front of a 4.8 car about 1.75" (the same results as I got). The H&R rear links only drop the rear 1"; I used Loweringlinks to drop the rear 1 1/2" so that the car sits totally level. The 1 1/2" rear drop is about as far as you can go without destroying the car's ride quality.

isn't the front higher than the rear stock ? 1.2 and 1.0 should make it even , don't it ?

[Larry Cable]

I'm going to skip lowering ... so if anyone wants my new 'still in the box" H&R kit PM me...

[petercory]

If you read the 1st post in this chain, you'll find that (factory stock), the rear of the car is 1/4" lower than the front!

[bobolik]

Sorry for the quality. Photographed with Blackberry 9900...









I used Hamann lowering kit...

[Jeffc86]

Wow looks slammed lol! How much of a drop is that?

[95wildtt]

Pulled the trigger on the H&R 1.2" drop kit today.
Will post photos when they are installed...

[dbox]

Originally Posted by 95wildtt

Pulled the trigger on the H&R 1.2" drop kit today.
Will post photos when they are installed...

I've got the same...you'll love it.