General car ride height question:
if a car has too long or stiff front springs, will this push down the rear end?
would spacers on the rear springs raise the height at the rear AND lower the front part of the car?
Peder
In addition to the other good suggestions, and as an indirect response to your post, fresh gas-charged bilstein shocks fitted to the rear suspension have a tendency of lifting the vehicle's rear end. This becomes especially pronounced when replacing non-gas-charged original equipment, or the like. Boge? How much lift is difficult to predict. Another common means of slightly altering the vehicle's ride height often involves removal of metal spacers often found under the front fenders in North American market vehicles. It is my understanding that those same spacers can conveniently be fitted to the "rear" upper spring perches. Although these spacers were predominantly found on North American market vehicles to comply with various US Dept of Transportation bumper and/or headlight regulations they did occasionally appear on vehicles delivered to European markets, like yours. I can think of two csi's that were originally so equipped, although both examples were relatively thin.
The image depicted below is from Jaymic's website.
https://www.jaymic.com/front-strut-alloy-spacer-20mm.html
Realoem describes this part as a "washer." Pt No. 31331107059 It also seems to support the notion that these spacers were used for various markets, perhaps to address spring variations?
Part 31331106059 was found on the following E9 vehicles:
2.5CS-3.0CSL, 3.0CS, Coupe, M30, MANUAL, EUR, (3431) : Guide support/spring pad/attaching parts
2.5CS-3.0CSL, 3.0CS, Coupe, M30, AUTO, EUR, (3432) : Guide support/spring pad/attaching parts
2.5CS-3.0CSL, 3.0CS, Coupe, M30, MANUAL, EUR, (7011) : Guide support/spring pad/attaching parts
2.5CS-3.0CSL, 3.0CS, Coupe, M30, AUTO, EUR, (7021) : Guide support/spring pad/attaching parts
2.5CS-3.0CSL, 3.0CS, Coupe, M30, AUTO, EUR, (7022) : Guide support/spring pad/attaching parts
2.5CS-3.0CSL, 3.0CSi, Coupe, M30, MANUAL, EUR, (3441) : Guide support/spring pad/attaching parts
2.5CS-3.0CSL, 3.0CSi, Coupe, M30, AUTO, EUR, (3442) : Guide support/spring pad/attaching parts
2.5CS-3.0CSL, 3.0CSi, Coupe, M30, MANUAL, EUR, (7031) : Guide support/spring pad/attaching parts
2.5CS-3.0CSL, 3.0CSi, Coupe, M30, MANUAL, EUR, (7032) : Guide support/spring pad/attaching parts
2.5CS-3.0CSL, 3.0CSL, Coupe, M30, MANUAL, EUR, (3451) : Guide support/spring pad/attaching parts
2.5CS-3.0CSL, 3.0CSL, Coupe, M30, MANUAL, EUR, (3452) : Guide support/spring pad/attaching parts