Which coilover kit? Ground Control, AST or TCKline?

Caddyshk · 01-25-2013, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Spreadsheet

For slightly more, you can get AST product from Vorshlag at http://www.vorshlag.com
AST 4100 Monotube Coilover Struts & Shocks (BMW E46 & E46 M3)
- Camber Plates Vorshlag Front Plates and Perches
- Car Model Z4M
- Front Springs 550 lbs/in
- Rear Shock Mounts AST Rear Shock Mounts
- Rear Springs 650 lbs/in
- RSM Reinforcement Yes Please!
-You want their GTS package
For a price at about $2,427.

I have this kit installed, very quiet and to me rides as good or better than stock other than over sharp edges.

Hope this helps.

That's a lot of Spring - I have 500/600 and just replaced some fillings...

mfanatic325 · 01-25-2013, 07:38 PM

As others have already suggested, if you do decide on TCKs, go for the newer production unit D/A fronts and S/A rears. D/A rears clunk a lot and can get really annoying on a daily driver as they age.

3002 tii · 01-25-2013, 08:06 PM

My AST4100 and Vorshlag plates rock. No noise and great on track.

onebluemcm · 01-28-2013, 10:34 PM

Wondering if there is any reason the Bilstein coil overs should/shouldn't be given a look? Thought the newest version, what, PSS10, were supposed to be descent.

Kgolf31 · 01-29-2013, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spreadsheet

For slightly more, you can get AST product from Vorshlag at http://www.vorshlag.com
AST 4100 Monotube Coilover Struts & Shocks (BMW E46 & E46 M3)
- Camber Plates Vorshlag Front Plates and Perches
- Car Model Z4M
- Front Springs 550 lbs/in
- Rear Shock Mounts AST Rear Shock Mounts
- Rear Springs 650 lbs/in
- RSM Reinforcement Yes Please!
-You want their GTS package
For a price at about $2,427.

I have this kit installed, very quiet and to me rides as good or better than stock other than over sharp edges.

Hope this helps.

Interesting that they have the kit for the E46 and have you spec Z4M below it.

Reason being is that our suspension is nothing like a E46. Our fronts are shorter version of E36s while the rears are E36.

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Originally Posted by mfanatic325

As others have already suggested, if you do decide on TCKs, go for the newer production unit D/A fronts and S/A rears. D/A rears clunk a lot and can get really annoying on a daily driver as they age.

Interesting. I thought the fronts were the clunking issue?

Have you found that no compression adjustability in the rear has effected you at all in tuning the car? When I drove a E36M on TCK DAs we tweaked with compression front and rear while maintaining rebound basically the same

mpm3 · 02-01-2013, 06:12 PM

if anyone is looking i am selling my KW v3 no noise great coils lmk

S2000 · 03-28-2013, 04:38 PM

In my experience there two kinds of noise:
1) Metalic "clunk" noise - either something loose, metal to metal contact, worn bearing on the shock and uniball on the top mount
2) Muted "ploob" noise - from the inside the shock/strut body as fluid move thru valves...in OEM the sound is almost muted, in performance coilover they are more audible but not distracting.

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S2000 Private 19 Rep 97 Posts Drives: E86 Z4M, E60 M5, E92 M3 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Austin TX iTrader: (1)	In my experience there two kinds of noise: 1) Metalic "clunk" noise - either something loose, metal to metal contact, worn bearing on the shock and uniball on the top mount 2) Muted "ploob" noise - from the inside the shock/strut body as fluid move thru valves...in OEM the sound is almost muted, in performance coilover they are more audible but not distracting.
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