e39 shocks & springs

[Valdelisbmw]

What do you mean by bad experiences with bilsteins?
I was thinking of getting b4's for the front of my e34 (with a small drop)

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B8 actually are common to fail , not sure about B4 , but Boge or Sachs are perfect shocks,the ones come from factory

[HealyC]

B8 actually are common to fail , not sure about B4 , but Boge or Sachs are perfect shocks,the ones come from factory

Same here, have seen it a good bit recently with Bilstein. Sachs/Boge get my vote also!


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[Dave]

Get the eibach pro kit, it won't really drop it much at all, you'll struggle to notice actually but it's worth doing them from a refresh perspective and a cost perspective


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[318is-joe]

Right - decided to go for a koni spring and sachs combo - I'll sacrifice a bit of bounce for "glue effect". But I have a question, will breakaway (tail out) become more likely with harder rebound? Will it become more skittish if disturbed mid bend by a divot or hole etc?
The reason I ask is the wife drives it now and again and is used to fwd - if anything goes wrong she lifts off - so I want to keep a kinda neutral handling machine but one that can take good hard level cornering. I will probably upgrade the ARB's to M5 or close too it anyway for a 6cyl.
I'm gonna be running a 265/30/18 on M5 rims rear and 245/35/18 on the fronts, so plenty of rubber (when they are new anyway)
Interested in hearing opinions, I have a bit of time before I do this- next job is lower arm rose bushes and integral links when I have the back subframe out - (doing the subframe mounts with power flex also)