Ohlin Rears Help

[mkPOTO]

Just wanted to ask for some help. I have been going stir crazy being sick with strep throat. So I wanted to set this up so when I get better to put the together. So I am having issues with the rear.

As you can see in the pictures below:


I just want to make sure that I am putting them together. After I stack all of the pieces together there seems to be no room for the rear mount to catch any thread. Any help would be great, I am wondering if I need to remove anything.

[kitw]

Pull the sleeve out of the orange stock bushing - IIRC, the Ohlins spacer replaces it for EDC equipped cars. (otherwise, if you don't have EDC, keep the stock spacer) The Ohlins spacer fills up the wider hole in the EDC rear shock mount. This is actually a really nice design so there aren't different shock shafts for EDC vs non-EDC Ohlins fitments.

[mkPOTO]

Originally Posted by kitw

Pull the sleeve out of the orange stock bushing - IIRC, the Ohlins spacer replaces it for EDC equipped cars. (otherwise, if you don't have EDC, keep the stock spacer) The Ohlins spacer fills up the wider hole in the EDC rear shock mount. This is actually a really nice design so there aren't different shock shafts for EDC vs non-EDC Ohlins fitments.

now that makes sense, so I need to remove this little spacer that comes factory


how is the m4?

[HP Autosport]

Originally Posted by kitw

Pull the sleeve out of the orange stock bushing - IIRC, the Ohlins spacer replaces it for EDC equipped cars. (otherwise, if you don't have EDC, keep the stock spacer) The Ohlins spacer fills up the wider hole in the EDC rear shock mount. This is actually a really nice design so there aren't different shock shafts for EDC vs non-EDC Ohlins fitments.

What Kit said.

[mkPOTO]

Originally Posted by HP Autosport

What Kit said.

thanks guys!

[Hujan]

Good luck with the install, dude. (And get well soon!)

What do you plan to do to the rear so that you can adjust the struts?

[kitw]

Originally Posted by Hujan

Good luck with the install, dude. (And get well soon!)

What do you plan to do to the rear so that you can adjust the struts?

Hopefully he bought the handy dandy Ohlins extensions for the knobs.

[Hujan]

Originally Posted by kitw

Hopefully he bought the handy dandy Ohlins extensions for the knobs.

I got those. They are a little vague for my taste. It's very hard to tell when you have adjusted the suspension, sadly.

They should have put the adjustment for the rears on bottom and the fronts on top instead of the other way around.

[ayao]

Originally Posted by Hujan

I got those. They are a little vague for my taste. It's very hard to tell when you have adjusted the suspension, sadly.

They should have put the adjustment for the rears on bottom and the fronts on top instead of the other way around.

Agree with this. I feel like one of those safecrackers in the movies trying to hear/feel the subtle click in the rears. One of the 1M guys was going to retrofit a stouter set of AST adjusters to his Ohlins but I did not followup on the results.

[Hujan]

Originally Posted by ayao

Agree with this. I feel like one of those safecrackers in the movies trying to hear/feel the subtle click in the rears. One of the 1M guys was going to retrofit a stouter set of AST adjusters to his Ohlins but I did not followup on the results.

Yes, exactly. They're a joke, honestly. I see zero reason they couldn't be solid metal adjustors with a slight bend or hinge in the rod to accommodate the angle of the trunk liner if necessary.

Who was the individual that tried to retro some AST adjusters? I wouldn't mind following up with them.

[ayao]

Try this:

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showp...9&postcount=93

[kitw]

Originally Posted by Hujan

Yes, exactly. They're a joke, honestly. I see zero reason they couldn't be solid metal adjustors with a slight bend or hinge in the rod to accommodate the angle of the trunk liner if necessary.

Who was the individual that tried to retro some AST adjusters? I wouldn't mind following up with them.

Yeah, I agree. They are a big spring so there is a decent amount of squish. I kind of hate them - I might just do the hole + carpet plug next time. (I covered the holes in one of my e9x with a plastic cable routing plug for a desk top)

Inverted rear shocks would have been nice, but much more expensive to make, since you have to build the clevis around the knob, etc.

[kitw]

Originally Posted by mkPOTO

how is the m4?

Missed this before.

I just bought my 6th e9x M3. I liked the F80 M3, undoubtably faster, lighter, more comfortable, all that. But, the price/performance is way worse for me (I got an almost fully loaded F80 at $80k) and I probably should have gotten a 911 turbo instead. (not that they are faster than an F80 except maybe from a launch...)

Anyway, I'm selling the F80 and will keep the e92 M3 for the time being.

[ayao]

Originally Posted by Hujan

Yes, exactly. They're a joke, honestly. I see zero reason they couldn't be solid metal adjustors with a slight bend or hinge in the rod to accommodate the angle of the trunk liner if necessary.

Who was the individual that tried to retro some AST adjusters? I wouldn't mind following up with them.

Also if you hear back from him let me know what he ended up doing as I'm curious about this as well.

[Hujan]

Originally Posted by ayao

Also if you hear back from him let me know what he ended up doing as I'm curious about this as well.

I checked that guy's profile, but it wouldn't give me the option to send him a PM or leave him a visitor message. It seemed the only option was to send him an instant message via AIM, but I haven't used that since 2003.

[mkPOTO]

question guys. I just got my car on the road and i have some clunking noise. I am pretty sure it has to do with me not tightening it when it was on the ground. I will be making those adjustments tomorrow. But the one thing that I am worried about is the rears. When you put the ohlin springs in do you use the stock bottom mount or just remove it and use the new piece that ohlin provides?

The black pieces on the bottom.. or am I dumb and used it for the wrong part ha

[W Cole]

Originally Posted by mkPOTO

question guys. I just got my car on the road and i have some clunking noise. I am pretty sure it has to do with me not tightening it when it was on the ground. I will be making those adjustments tomorrow. But the one thing that I am worried about is the rears. When you put the ohlin springs in do you use the stock bottom mount or just remove it and use the new piece that ohlin provides?

The black pieces on the bottom.. or am I dumb and used it for the wrong part ha

Pretty sure it's just the ohlins piece on the bottom. Make sure you tightened the rear shock mount at the top enough.

If you loosened any suspension bushings then you're going to want to loosen and re tighten at ride height. This is only for the rubber bushings.. The ball joints can pivot and you don't need to do this.

When I did my rear I undid the bolt on the outer a-arm (ball joint) and loosened the inner bolt (bushing). When putting back together be very very very careful not to rip the rubber boot around the ball joint.

[M3Bimmer77]

Most probably did will be my next big $$$$ mod. I was wondering if you have had a chance to test them and give us a performance report on them? Are these the DFvs?