Dinah Spring Install Kit

ard5040 · 03-19-2018, 01:56 PM

Has anyone installed Dinah springs without their "highly recommended" $740 installation kit? If you have, was there any negative result?

pbonsalb · 03-19-2018, 03:47 PM

Less suspension travel, more bottoming out.

Maseroche · 03-20-2018, 02:01 AM

I installed Eibach Springs and duplicated what Dinan has done. Shaved Guide supports and E36 M3 bump stops and you're done. No reason to not do it if you can't justify the price Dinan charges for his supplement kit.

pbonsalb · 03-20-2018, 06:57 AM

I did the same — cut about 3/8” off the guide tubes on the upper strut mounts and bought the E36M3 bump stops. I forget the cost apart from my time but think it was a small fraction of $750.

ard5040 · 03-20-2018, 02:20 PM

Appreciate the input.

oolas3 · 03-20-2018, 02:29 PM

I have the Dinan kit but do agree it's priced way higher than it should be. Dinan has a few big sales every year so that might help if you can wait.

6ixSpd · 03-21-2018, 10:37 PM

The Dinan support kit is literally a pair of OEM strut mounts shaved down and E36 M3 bump stops with a massive mark up.

03-19-2018, 01:56 PM	#1
ard5040 Captain 419 Rep 656 Posts Drives: 2017 X3 xdrive35i, Macan S Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Westchester, NY iTrader: (1)	Dinah Spring Install Kit Has anyone installed Dinah springs without their "highly recommended" $740 installation kit? If you have, was there any negative result?
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pbonsalb Lieutenant General 5234 Rep 10,616 Posts Drives: 18 F90 M5, 99 E36 M3 Turbo Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: New England iTrader: (4)	Less suspension travel, more bottoming out.
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Maseroche Major 55 Rep 1,447 Posts Drives: '12 BMW M3 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bahrain iTrader: (0) Garage List 2012 BMW M3 [0.00]	I installed Eibach Springs and duplicated what Dinan has done. Shaved Guide supports and E36 M3 bump stops and you're done. No reason to not do it if you can't justify the price Dinan charges for his supplement kit. __________________ Khalid '12 BMW E92 M3 '03 BMW E46 M3 '14 Mercedes-Benz S400 '18 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio
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pbonsalb Lieutenant General 5234 Rep 10,616 Posts Drives: 18 F90 M5, 99 E36 M3 Turbo Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: New England iTrader: (4)	I did the same — cut about 3/8” off the guide tubes on the upper strut mounts and bought the E36M3 bump stops. I forget the cost apart from my time but think it was a small fraction of $750.
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ard5040 Captain 419 Rep 656 Posts Drives: 2017 X3 xdrive35i, Macan S Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Westchester, NY iTrader: (1)	Appreciate the input.
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oolas3 Captain 388 Rep 876 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: May 2015 Location: United States iTrader: (0)	I have the Dinan kit but do agree it's priced way higher than it should be. Dinan has a few big sales every year so that might help if you can wait.
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03-21-2018, 10:37 PM	#7
6ixSpd Save the manuals! 6016 Rep 6,747 Posts Drives: '16 M3, '23 718 Spyder Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: 416 iTrader: (4)	The Dinan support kit is literally a pair of OEM strut mounts shaved down and E36 M3 bump stops with a massive mark up. __________________ '16 M3 \| '23 718 Spyder Past: E92 M3, F87 M2, E39 M5, etc
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