New in New Hampsihre

[GT40 MkI]

An inch would be perfect as long as it can be aligned to spec. I eat enough tires as it is!

Can anyone recommend a shop that can do a spring swap and a 4 wheel alignment?

No headers, just the muffler...

[andrewnicholas]

I have used Mario at vintage sports and racing in BOW.
He seems to take pride in his work.
Boosted Euro and I did the spring swap in my driveway. It wasnt to bad.
I need to have it aligned.
The eibachs have a very similar to stock ride quality.

[GT40 MkI]

I will have to check out Mario. Very close to me.

Can you guys tell me if it requires special tools, spring comp, to change out the springs? I am pretty well equiped at home... never thought of doing it myself.

A couple of track pics...

In the M3 at Mont Tremblant. My favorite track.



My Cobra waiting for some laps at NJ.

[andrewnicholas]

No special tools. An impact gun and 18mm wrench and a couple sockets and some elbow grease. I'd be happy to tackle it with you.

[Boosted Euro]

An inch would be perfect as long as it can be aligned to spec. I eat enough tires as it is!

Can anyone recommend a shop that can do a spring swap and a 4 wheel alignment?

No headers, just the muffler...

[MENTION=34624]HM Motor Works[/MENTION] , (a vendor on here) is a BMW specialist . No in house rack but I believe he has a shop that let's him do alignments sometimes . Don't quote me though .

[Cutlassjim]

No special tools. An impact gun and 18mm wrench and a couple sockets and some elbow grease. I'd be happy to tackle it with you.

You dont want a spring compressor? If you do I have one you can borrow.

[andrewnicholas]

Dont need a compressor for this job.
Just big balls! JK

[GT40 MkI]

Thanks for the offers! Andrew, I may just take you up on it... Guess I will start shopping for springs!

[andrewnicholas]

Cool let me know.

[NHMR2]

im willing to help as well if need be! im local to you also! let me know shouldnt be more than a couple hours for em all

[Boosted Euro]

Dont need a compressor for this job.
Just big balls! JK

They have minimal pressure on them. Andrew was very worried for my live as I put em on the ground , placed my foot on it and hit it with the impact gun. Lol They just fell apart, no strut flying across the yard or anything . There was then a look of disappointment upon his face like when you get a dud fire cracker...lol

[MENTION=34624]HM Motor Works[/MENTION] , (a vendor on here) is a BMW specialist . No in house rack but I believe he has a shop that let's him do alignments sometimes . Don't quote me though .

I mentioned this to Haleem (HM Motorworks) yesterday and he said it would be no problem. He could even do a track alignment if needed he just needs to make an appointment ahead of time to use the alignment rack as it's not in-house .


Just a FYI .

[GT40 MkI]

Thanks for all the offers for help! You guys are top shelf!

[andrewnicholas]

Sure thing dave.

[rushguy]

Love it, welcome, new myself, huge fan of the gt40 AND m3's.

[datsunpilot]

Dave we put H&R springs in my dads E46 m3 when a rear coil broke and it lowered it nicely. There is a issue with the E46 when lowered where there is notably more understeer - turner motorsport makes an adjustable rear control arm to correct the camber issues that wear these tires - the tire wear is just the cost you pay to have a car that drives like these do but you know that. Thats my two cents.
If you want to lower it with coils I would also suggest the Eibach springs with Bilstein Sports as they are much more street friendly and do not lower it as aggressively much but if you want a full kit I would do coil overs so you can adjust it how you would like and have upgraded shocks/struts also.