Re: suspension question

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"Paul Frederick" <pfrederi@domain.elided>
> I had some racing dynamic springs installed by a shop 

Paul,
Where did you get those 'Racing Dynamics' springs?
There are at least two of them in the US. One is affiliated with Racing 
Dynamics SPA (the Italian company). The other one is a low quality 
American imposter that had litigated the real Racing Dynamics out of its 
brand name in the US. 

> someone (guy at the place where I ordered my springs) recommended. They
> also installed my koni sport shocks all at the same time. 

Koni 'sport' (European model name) would be Single or Dual Adjustable 
yellow Konis?

> [...] Anyway when all was said and done I looked at tthe car and the 
> front did not look like it was lowered at all, the rear looked lowered
> because the tires were almost up in the wheel well.

The only way to tell for sure how much the car was lowered is with before 
and after <center of the wheel> to fender clearance. 
The clearance is much larger up front, so visual front vs. back 
comparisons are deceiving.

> [...] Anyway I took it to another shop that specializes in bmw and 
> the guy took one look at it and said that it was not installed correctly

What was ('it'?) not installed correctly?

> He looked up under the front wheel well and said that the springs were 
> compressed and that they need to cut off the spring perch and drop 
> about an inch and weld it back on to the strut. Does anyone know of 
> this? and is there anything else i should be aware of?

Yes.
It is complete BS.
Springs are normally compressed under the car's weight.
Springs do not need to be butchered or welded during installation. 
I would seriously recommend that you ask local BMW CCA chapter members for 
shop recommendation and never go back to either one of these clowns.

> One of my rear shock mounts was busted when they did the insatllation
> but i had them put it back in because I did not have a replacement at
> the time. 

Get GC RSMs (www.ground-control.com).
BMW RSMs are all fail after 20-40K miles.

> Looking to get some ground control poly urethane mounts to replace 
> them with. I dropped the car off today and they said they will take
> care of it no problem. 

This is a really simple DIY job. Get E36 Bentley (www.rb.com) to find out 
how.

good luck,
alex f
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