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E46 Xi Forum
The E46 XI was produced from 01-05 in sedan and touring body styles. Powered by either a 2.5L inline 6 in the 325xi or a 3.0L inline 6 330xi. Discuss all thing about BMW AWD E46 'Xi' here. |
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5 years later and we finally find out the secret sauce is from a pickup truck.
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My Ride: AWD
Model: 330XI 08/2004
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There is honestly no "secret" other than those kept. The insanely ridiculous mentality that someone told me this or that, but I can't tell you lunacy that tried to replicate some corporate "trade secret"... Well... Is just about the silliest thing I've seen in a very long time!
Something in all my years of working on cars, engines, etc., I've never seen before. Now approaching 4 decades. As a matter of fact, the "sharing" or distribution of information/communication is partly the entire concept of the "internet"... The old bulletin board days, just wow! Anyways, no secrets, measure the length of the stock suspension, length of travel, match mounts, and whoola! What others have done before, then share with you, just economises your efforts and saves you from suffering the same pitfalls as those who have gone before . I tune my engine on a different platform and the "community" is much more forthright. That is a benefit to all others without personal gain other than recognition and thanks. Maybe now that the person to who all secrets were promised to is obviously out of the game, those who have experience and information will share more readily to the benefit of others. Lol Last edited by Cooolone; 07-09-2019 at 05:32 AM. |
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Well, TireRack came through, my springs and shocks are on their way
![]() Question for those with adjustable Koni's: Where should I set the initial adjustment? This is a semi-daily driver, on potholed DC roads, so while I want half-decent handling I don't want it at the expense of a teeth-jarring ride - which was the reason for choosing Koni / Eibach vs the various alternatives. |
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Location: Rochester, NY
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My Ride: 2002 325iT
Year: 2002
Model: 325iT
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I divide the sweep of the Koni's into 180 degree increments. From full soft I believe you get 5 sweeps of 180 degrees. I'd suggest setting you Koni's at a setting of "1", meaning 180 degrees from full soft. Drive it for a week, then turn them to "4". My hunch is you'll want them somewhere around "2"-"3". You can fine tune to smaller changes, but these are good starting points. When I used the Koni sport shocks with B&G springs, which are fairly equivalent to the Eibachs, I noticed excess body roll at the end of a turn. Turns out the springs were overpowering the shocks, and I fixed this by increasing the stiffness of the shock.
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I was wondering if there is a stiffer spring made by BMW that would work on an Xi with Koni's. Or does Eibach offer multiple springs for an Xi. That would give you some options for your handling specs.
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personally i would like to try springs from the M3 in all three chassis (E36, E46, E90) but i am not sure which are going to work. i would love to hear if anyone has already tried those. |
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Man this is frustrating. I have all the parts sitting in boxes except the SUFT015 spring seats.
Ordered a pair from Bekkers, order still says "pending" on their website three weeks later, can't get through to a person on the phone and they're not responding to emails or voicemails. Just heard back from supersport.de today that they're not available. Thankfully ... I found some on eBay UK. Should be with me next week, and then at long last it's suspension time! Sent from my iPhone using E46Fanatics |
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yeah i've been there.. i finally ordered SUFT015 from supremepower.com but i had to call them because not listed on the website. and i installed with the stock springs, but the springs were not aligned correctly on the bottom (see picture above). hence a bit too high in the front. credit to [email protected] there (bavauto blog). i am going to reinstall the front springs next week and the car should be perfectly level. *edit: just to be clear .. my issue is with the installation of the bottom spring seats (stock spring pads 31331096664 in the picture don't line up with the end of the spring), not the top spring seats (SUFT015 replacing stock 31326769667). Last edited by wfx32; 07-27-2019 at 08:08 AM. |
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And ... it's back. Only had a 10 mile drive home so far but all I can say is - wow. The car is completely transformed.
Going in for an alignment tomorrow, and another in a few hundred miles when it's settled a little. But for now I'm delighted. Broke, but delighted. |
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What did you do to it? I have kwv1s and full front and rear suspension refresh kits from fcp. Just been lazy about installing bc pinch bolts are snapped. Also been thinking of selling but it outcome is as good as you make it sound ill keep it bc i also have a 330 motor with 80k into it. Sent from my iPhone using E46Fanatics mobile app
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Basically went for the full monty ... the basis was FCP's "10 piece control arm kit" up front and their "comprehensive bushing kit" out back, plus a few other parts here and there. Struts / springs are Koni / Eibach, with the obligatory drop hats. Now that the ride height has settled a little it's pretty much where I'd want it; higher than the previous Dinan setup but lower than stock. |
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