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<blockquote data-quote="yee7402" data-source="post: 16769" data-attributes="member: 7487"><p>Hi! to all the bro out there, I am looking for some advise and have search through the forum but still can't get a good explanation.I have change from my 16" wheels to 18" running on Mic PP2 18/40/225 all round a few months back and have been driving it everyday. Initially it was damm fun of course but after sometime I now feel that my ride is a bit bumpy esp. on uneven road and also got complain from the family.One more thing I notice the car is also quite floaty on the 18" compare to the 16" which is alos a negative point.So the next thing on my mind now is to look for a 17" hopefully it can resolve my issue as it looks like a compromise between 16 and 18"I went around looking for a nice set of 17" this morning but still can't get a good looking one as I was told nowadays no one do a lot of 17" anymore. At the same time I was told by some mech to retain the 18" but lower the car by changing to eibach spring but using the existing abs (which are original Sachs/boge)My dilema now if I want to have a slightly comfortable not so bumpy ride :1) Do I just use 18" but lower with eibach with existing ori abs2) change to 17"3) change to 17" + eibach springTo summarize I am looking more towards a 60% comfort and 40% handling & perdormance setting.Anyone can let me know what would be the best option... BTW my ride is a E46 325i '02 modelThanks in advance..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yee7402, post: 16769, member: 7487"] Hi! to all the bro out there, I am looking for some advise and have search through the forum but still can't get a good explanation.I have change from my 16" wheels to 18" running on Mic PP2 18/40/225 all round a few months back and have been driving it everyday. Initially it was damm fun of course but after sometime I now feel that my ride is a bit bumpy esp. on uneven road and also got complain from the family.One more thing I notice the car is also quite floaty on the 18" compare to the 16" which is alos a negative point.So the next thing on my mind now is to look for a 17" hopefully it can resolve my issue as it looks like a compromise between 16 and 18"I went around looking for a nice set of 17" this morning but still can't get a good looking one as I was told nowadays no one do a lot of 17" anymore. At the same time I was told by some mech to retain the 18" but lower the car by changing to eibach spring but using the existing abs (which are original Sachs/boge)My dilema now if I want to have a slightly comfortable not so bumpy ride :1) Do I just use 18" but lower with eibach with existing ori abs2) change to 17"3) change to 17" + eibach springTo summarize I am looking more towards a 60% comfort and 40% handling & perdormance setting.Anyone can let me know what would be the best option... BTW my ride is a E46 325i '02 modelThanks in advance.. [/QUOTE]
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