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Re: 2002 lowering

Hi folks
  About the spacers on the struts. I had just replaced the struts and shocks
(Bilstein streets) on my '72 tii and noticed that the new parts did elevate the
car just a bit. As a second thought and an experiment, I took out the spacers.
What a difference, the front did sink down, and at least the thickness of the
spacers, but the rear of the car also lifted, probably 0.5 - 1.0 inch. I guess
that the spacers shifted the distribution of weight more onto the rear tires. 
Mechanically this makes sense. I was surprised with just how much this,
seemingly small, change affected the way the car 'sat'. Now, if this is more 
than my imagination, and since the spacers were an "add-on" for DOT standards,
it follows that the spacers could do nothing but take away from the engineered
balance of the little bimmer. So, to make a short story long, my bet would be 
that removing the spacers does have a positive effect on handling.

Michael 

'72 tii 
>Took mine out some time ago; I don't remember any significant
>improvement in handling.  (That may say more about me than the car!)

>Dave Kellington
>'73 2002

>On Mon, 17 Oct 
>1994, Christopher Kent wrote:

>>      This weekend I tried taking some advice I had never heard of 
>> before.  I removed the aluminum spacers between the front strut tube and 
>> the body.  It made the car look alot better and I think the handeling is 
>> better.  I had never seen a 2002 as high as mine was in the front and it 
>> didn;t help that mine saggs so much in the rear.   Has anyone elese ever 
>> done this and with what results?
>> 
>> Im still looking for 2002ers in the DC area to trade parts and advice.
>> 
>> chris
>>