Lowering the X5 E70, H&R Springs installation *** Lots of pic's *** - Page 10

jlam86 · #91 06-29-2012, 08:52 PM

just ordered mine from tire rack today. excited! hope the install goes as smoothly as I will be doing it myself.

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petercory · #92 07-02-2012, 10:58 AM

I installed mine last Thursday and leveled the car out using the adjustable links from lowerinlinks.net; ultimately the drop all the way around was 1 1/2 ". Had I used the H&R links, the front would probably dropped 1 3/4" as discussed earlier in this peice. My alignment shop has the current State of the Art equipment and is certain that getting to the correct alignment specs will not be a problem.

Don Juan · #93 08-20-2012, 02:48 PM

I' have been very tempted in lowering the X5..but can't decide...

does any know why H&R offers 2 models (50435-3 and 50435-4). it says the rears are 0.2 lowered compared to the other model#.
1- Why will you lower the rear less or more compared to the front ?
2- Are the rear links adjustable in both model#s hence you can adjust the height ?

thanks guys

jlam86 · #94 08-20-2012, 03:14 PM

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 · #95 08-20-2012, 03:23 PM

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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 · #96 08-21-2012, 12:00 PM

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.

Larry Cable · #97 08-22-2012, 03:23 PM

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

Don Juan · #98 08-22-2012, 04:57 PM

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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 ?