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      05-10-2019, 10:13 AM   #1
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Megan Coilovers factory spring rates

Hi guys. I'm looking into purchasing a set of the euro street coilovers from someone who bought these new and totaled their f10 before they were able to mount them. Too good of a deal to pass on. My problem after reviewing them online is that the spring rates seem to be too soft for what I'm looking to achieve with my coilovers. Website states:

SPRING RATES:
Front Spring: 10kg
Rear Spring: 4.5kg

My concern is the rears. I'd like to lower my car enough to cover all wheel gap front and rear and I'm worried about rubbing with such soft springs in the rear. Does anyone have any experience running these coilovers that can chime in and share their experience? Maybe share some photos of their ride height with them installed?

Picture of my old e60 slammed on BC Racing Extreme Low kit on 26kg/24kg spring rates.
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Also can these springs be upgraded to swift springs?
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      05-10-2019, 12:54 PM   #3
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You can change the springs to any company, as long as Inner/outer diameter is the same.

Swift is a popular upgrade.
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Hi guys. I'm looking into purchasing a set of the euro street coilovers from someone who bought these new and totaled their f10 before they were able to mount them. Too good of a deal to pass on. My problem after reviewing them online is that the spring rates seem to be too soft for what I'm looking to achieve with my coilovers. Website states:

SPRING RATES:
Front Spring: 10kg
Rear Spring: 4.5kg

My concern is the rears. I'd like to lower my car enough to cover all wheel gap front and rear and I'm worried about rubbing with such soft springs in the rear. Does anyone have any experience running these coilovers that can chime in and share their experience? Maybe share some photos of their ride height with them installed?

Picture of my old e60 slammed on BC Racing Extreme Low kit on 26kg/24kg spring rates.
Mob did you ever pick these up? I have these Megan's and was just thinking if it would make sense to run the rear dampers full stiff to compensate for the soft spring rate or is that the wrong way to think about it
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      05-19-2020, 12:39 PM   #5
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I did. I don't recall what setting I had the dampening set to. The shop that installed them set them for me which gave me a similar feel to oem.
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My car is also set pretty low and I have no issues.
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My car is also set pretty low and I have no issues.
that's pretty low bro!! just the way i rock mine!
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that's pretty low bro!! just the way i rock mine!
It's the only way brother! Wheel gap is not good to look at.

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