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I didn't take as many pictures as I planned to, but here's a few from inside my father in law's awesome garage with lift where we put my springs on.

Tein S-techs. Approx 2" drop.

Taking apart the rear struts


Rear is complete


Turned the car around to get better access to the front.


All finished. Just needed to torque down the strut bar and go get it aligned.


To be updated with pic of the car in daylight showing the drop after it settled.

 
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Thats a sweet garage. nice drop.

 
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I Want A Lift In My Garage. Ask Your Father-in-law How Much Was His Lift, Insatlled.

 
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^ ditto i want a lift at my house so freaking bad

 
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I know it is an Eagle Lift. I'll check and see how much it cost.

It's funny because he has two mini coopers and he will park his on the lift, raise it and then park the other one below it.

 
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wait for em to settle a lil b4 alignment BTW

 
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That's Funny, I Work At A Mini Dealership, And Some Of The People That Buy Mini's Own A Lift At Home, And Those How Have There Own Mini Clubs.

 
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Do You Know What Years Are Those Mini's?

 
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thats cool about the lift in the garage

 
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I think his mini cooper s is a 2003 and the other is a 2004. Could be wrong though.

Here's a comparitive before and after pic of the drop.
Before


After

 
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Looks much better

 
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Sweet drop!...btw what size tire are u running on?

 
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Tires are 205/45 17s.

Here's a side view before



and after

 
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damn!! I wonder if it ever snows over there, btw car looks alot better, I've heard things about tein's sagging in the back but it looks just fine to me in the pic.

 
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TEIN tends to sag more on a sedan in the rear.

 
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It's amazing to me how different the color looks on a sunny day and then a cloudy day. Nope, no snow here. Hell, I gotta mow my lawn this weekend! =)

The rear looks slightly lower than the front. Not much though.

 
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Finally remembered to check on the lift price.

Here's the Eagle site. He has one of the lifts on this page, I'm not sure which one. They start at $2500. I believe he installed it himself.

http://eagleequip.com/page/EE/CTGY/LI-SS

 
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damn i want some s techs, PM ME eddie
nice drop

 
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Stock shocks? Have fun with that.

 
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damn it still looks thge same height to me. dope *** lift though

 
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hey one of my co-workers, just had set up his own site/forum. If your interested go to www.bmwplanet.com, and ask for Lee and tell him Jerry sent you.

 
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if hes not too agressive he won't blow them

 
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nice drop!!
how much u get the TEINs for?
and factory struts?

 
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Don't worry, I'm part of many BMW forums. I just cruise here to get info because I do a lot of work on my friend's 7th gens.

 
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...that fast.


They will wear out eventually, they are out of the range they were designed for.

Nice drop though

 
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Well when/if they blow I will be getting Tokico blues. But I'm going to see how they are. Everything seems great now. The ride is even smoother than stock.

I picked up the springs for like $90 on Ebay.

Edit: I made an animation in photoshop that shows the drop between the two pics. I superimposed the car over itself. I was pretty close taking two pics in the same exact place. =) You can really see the difference.