BMW 335i Coilover Install - No More Wheel Gap?! (DIY Guide)
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- čas přidán 13. 11. 2021
- In this video, I'll show you how to install a set of coilovers on my BMW 335i. All of the parts and tools you'll need are linked below!
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BC Racing coilovers (BR Series)
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AHHH!!! Jake I'm so happy to hear you're really going to dive back into you're 135i!! I was worried there for that year or so! I love your videos and your cars please keep it up and I wish you all the success you can get! Thank you.
Much appreciate your level of detail, and quality camera and lighting. Thanks for sharing with the Community 👊🏽
I really appreciate this video, crazy how I was looking at Bc coilovers for my beamer. Can't wait for the next video!
Ordered these today. Thanks for the DIY.
Ayeee your back !! Please keep the vids coming !! Just bought an E92 335i manual so I’d love to watch some N54 content !! Forgot to add I got mine with 64k miles !!
Got a few more videos coming up soon on the front bumper and new wheels! I've always wanted a E92 manual, but have only had auto coupes. Thanks for watching 🤘
same haha
Sheesh 🔥🔥🔥 glad to see an upload keep doing your thing 🤛🏻🤘🏻💪🏻
Thank you my dude 🤘🏼
Wow, very good choice Jake. That will make a huge difference. Dutch regards, Nico.
Came here from Instagram reels few weeks days back, Start watching 10 videos a day! You are awesome!! Love the way you take care of your car, inspires me to take care of mine
Please upload more, I bought a 335i back in July and I’ve been looking for a coil over install video forever
I absolutely love you car man, i’m searching for a e90 too! Love it
Oooooooohhh yeah stepping up the game with the new tools 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Haha it was so long overdue. Glad I got 'em.
I love my BRs. Surprised by how soft they are, actually. Perfect for daily driving. Glad I went with these instead of DS and/or swift spring upgrade, because these are awesome just how they are.
Glad you like them too! They're great coilovers for the price, I'm happy with them so far. Although I think the DS series or Swift springs would still be a good upgrade.
Swift are da best!
Bro I love this dudes vids
😅 thanks man
Good job! I saw another video where you could just take off the control arms to the knuckle or the subframe I can’t remember, but then slide the knuckle off the strut and you should have been able to pull it out no problem without compressing the spring.
Great video thanks for making it for us. One quick tip, you shouldn't have to lengthen the sway bar links supplied. you do however need to disconnect both ends to adjust the sway bar to fit the new links. You'll probably want to run them for ideal geometry
FYI, I installed these in place of Bilstein B8s and H&R springs. The BCs, on full soft, ride better. I suggest you go back and install the adjustable endlinks. You’ll have to set the car level to do it. You’ll appreciate the handling with no preload on your front swaybar. Hope you get it back up and on the road soon.
I used WD40 on the strut pinch mount and shock mount on the rears before removing any bolts and by the time I have to remove the shocks a little wiggle and it slid right out easy along with the spreading tool.
Bout to order some for my 330i soon
Nice Video Jake....what about the alignment should they do it? In your opinion, who makes a good alignment?
Great video bro! what size extension did you get for the damper control?
Managed to get my hands on a set of BC ZR series half off with only 1000 miles on them for my 335is. Can't wait to get them installed.
That’s a killer deal! Let me know what you think of them, I don’t know anyone that has run the ZR series.
@@jake_spence will do, won't be a super accurate comparison a since I'll be doing all SPL suspension at the same time but the guy I bought them from said they are amazing
How different are the ds ones from the br? I know they have digressive pistons but what does that mean for a daily driver / canyon Carver?
I have a similar set and the rear shocks for some reason are adjustable so just wondering did you set them to be screws all the way in
And these videos are amazing btw. looking on doing this build just waiting for the user car market to drop.
Thank you! This market is crazy, who knows when it will go back to normal... if ever 😔
how did you post a comment 4 days ago when the video was posted today
great video! what spring rates are you running?
Why is there no rubber spring bushings in the rear like what you removed from the stock rear spring.. I wonder if that's why they have bad nvh and other noise
Your diy’s are very easy to follow, and we need the 135i back in action 🔥
Great work Jake! I love my Milwaukee stuff too. I can’t wait to use mine more. #weltspeed #projectweltspeed
I ordered these and the front 2 did not have the little nipped that sits it in place on the control arm. How do I know the right placement of the coilovers on the arm?
Where did you get the m tech bumper ? I have a 335i coupe and I wanna get tech bumper for it
THE 135i 🤩 damn miss seeing your car by the way i finish paying off my car🤩 mods coming soon 🤩🤩🤩
I'll come back better than ever, don't you worry. Thanks for sticking with me while she's down!
Where can I buy parts for the BC Racing Coil over? I bought a kit from a guy but it’s missing the washers and parts that goes on top of the rear absorbers.
did u ever switch back to the adjustable endlinks?
The spring collar is not used to adjust ride height, just preload.
What name wheels or you running on offset tires please. I have the same car but I need some wheels
Lets go!
what wheels are on the e90 😍lmk so i can get those
What did you do about the alignment?
Are these the normal br series or the extreame lows?
What wheels are those currently on the car?
What wheels are on the e90
Oh man i need this on my e92. Only thing is i have to redo my whole driveway 😂 its too high
What are the wheel specs and tires size?
Lmao 10:30 - 1035.. well put!! ..n 13:24..
I learn something everyday.. Im bad at socializing.. but if I explain in a way he did.. being humoring could help me be more successful when encountering the real world. Tyvm, sir .
Normal Br or extreme drop?
I'm looking a this same set for my 335is. I actually need to raise the rear a tiny bit because of that weird squat the stock suspension does, it keeps rubbing the tire on the fender with my 18x10 Apex ec-7s.
Yeah, my stock suspension had the same squat. I'd definitely recommend coilovers to adjust ride heigh and tighten up the suspension, you'll be happy when you get 'em!
@@jake_spence its almost ate through my nitto nt05 lol
Oh god, better get it raised up!
I didn’t get link with my kit.
What are you settings??
Do we know how this is holding up today?
Is there anyway someone can give me a proper guide to raising and lowering these! I have them on my e90 LCI and can’t figure out how to adjust them
Look it up. If you haven’t figured it out by now, even the most detailed CZcams comment won’t help you get any closer. Videos should help.
hey at 4:20 you described everything except those too round adapter lookings things i also have them and i have no idea what they are or where they go HELP.
They are for the rear springs. I don't think I used them though, just used the factory spring cups.
@@jake_spence ahhhhh thank you
hey not sure if your aware but this video doesn’t pop up on your home page or recent videos it’s only on the 335 playlist.
Just made it public, thanks for letting me know!
Also what size wheels are you running in the rear?
Wheel and tire
You're lucky those strut bolt's don't have 23 year old loctite and rust on them. Mine were a pain. Got it done though.
Lol, that sounds terrible 😔 luckily I got this 335i from Texas so it is very rust-free compared to what I'm used to being in the Midwest.
So how do you adjust or lower the back? The more thread on the spring the lower it gets?
The rears get lowered at the strut, the spring adjustment is for preload. That should just be snug against the spring, you shouldn't be tightening it way down or loosening it too much.
@@AltezzaDrifter The rears are lowered by adjusting the spring not the strut, the strut adjust is just for changing the geometry if you adjusted the spring. Where the spring sits underneath the adjustable collar, that is what you use to adjust the rears. It's in the BC Book
@@InTuneGarage the spring is responsible for preload, the strut is responsible for ride height. It is this way on every coilover setup I have ever worked on and I don't think this is any different.
If I understand your point correctly, you're saying you adjust the spring first and then "change the geometry" (aka - ride height) on the strut if you adjusted the spring. This is just the backwards version of what I'm saying, I think we agree but view it two different ways. You have to adjust the spring preload any time you adjust the strut on these cars since they're separate pieces, but the strut is what actually controls your ride height properly, the spring preload should always be adjusted to be the same tension regardless of height.
If you lower with the spring and do nothing with the strut, the car will go lower, but you're closer to maxing out your strut travel and causing premature wear.
@@AltezzaDrifter on the e90 335i (my car) the strut and spring setup is seperate in the rear its not a "true" coilover for the BC Racing DS-DA coilovers which is what i have. the spring has a little twist thing to change and thats how you adjust it, it writes it in the manual youre given too for these cars.
@@InTuneGarage I also have an E90 🥰 The strut and spring both have threaded adjustability, as they must, to control both preload and height.
I am interested to see what the BC manual says. I bought Blitz ZZ-R coilovers for mine, which had Japanese instructions 😂 Looked and went "huh, cool!" and threw them aside lol
You are meant to use the allen key to hold the shock's piston from turning, and then tighten the nut using the wrench. Not that it really matters, but you are needlessly rotating the piston seal against the shock inner wall.
why not kw v3's? Aren't KW supposed to be the best in the business?
KW is great, and their V3s are awesome... but very expensive.
What do you guys think the new wheels are? “First BMW in the world to use them”. That’s a really bold claim. I’m excited to see the reveal.
For a second I thought you were Jake paul
Awh man that sucks you bought those they are awful on my 335X-drive, hopefully you got the swift springs if not you will hate them.
Interesting, I like them so far. What didn’t you like about them?
Invest in some impact sockets and extensions. I appreciate your content but you might be what people with no experience are watching to do a repair for themselves and think it’s ok to use chrome on an impact.
I probably _should_ , but I'm also a cheapass 😂
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