What NON-coilover suspension do you prefer

[cobra]

I found the Dinan setting wrong. It gives the car a "compact" feel, but it is not great for performance. Too much rebound damps.

Right now I am running them at full soft front, 1/2 turn from full soft in the rear, and they are much better. The car feels a little more "loose" but traction and comfort are WAY up.

[Advorsor]

There's only two non stock spring options that don't ruin the car:
1) Eibach
2) Dinan

And two viable shocks:
Koni Yellow (optional: TCK top adjustable rear koni yellow)
Bilstein

The Bilsteins have bump travel issues, but are a little bit better of a shock.

Personally, I'd go with Bilsteins with stock springs or Konis with one of the two above springs.Even with the stock springs, I'd trim the bump stops on the Bilsteins a bit.

... on the M3 wagon I'm running Dinan springs with Konis (TCK top adjustable rear Konis).



The B12 Bilsteins are the standard bilstein-- in no way specific to the Eibach spring.



All 2004 and later cars had the same suspension, ZCP or not. That suspension is higher and softer than the 01-03.5 cars.



Once you're spending that kind of money... there's better options than KWs... unless your sole goal is max drop without civility compromise.

Obviously subjective but, in terms of comfort (when applied with stock springs), would you recommend Koni Yellows (set to the softest) or B4s?

[Tbonem3]

Comfort = Koni > Billy
Performance = Koni < Billy

[Advorsor]

Comfort = Koni > Billy
Performance = Koni < Billy

TY

[Tbonem3]

But but but, the B4s might be twin tube (like koni; unlike b6s/b8s/b12). They're comfy. But they won't control higher than stock spring rates. So I'd only use as stock replacement, which konis yellow can do too.