I am in the process of buying a 2013 328 x-drive that has a lowered suspension. I haven’t gotten it yet but the owner says it was lowered when he bought it 3 years ago and he noticed that the back sits slightly lower than the front. Any ideas why?

Thanks!!!

  • omegagentheoriginal@alien.topOPBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Picked up the car today. I did get a pre-purchase inspection, thankfully all’s it showed was just normal stuff for 10 year old car with 95k miles. I drove it 2 hours back home and didn’t notice anything unusual. The glovebox is full of maintenance docs that I haven’t had a chance to look at and I just scanned the report looking for a gotcha but there weren’t any. I do worry about the timing chain tho.

  • DoJu318@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The reverse rake is because the front struts and springs are different to accommodate for the front axle and half shafts.

    There isn’t a lot of room to lower the front on an xdrive while the rear is usually the same.

    In a normal car it would be 1.5 inches lower all the way around. On an xdrive is 1.5 Lower in the back 1 in the front.

    You can get different springs for the rear to even it out, or use taller spring pads.

    That’s what I had to do on my xdrive to make it look even all around.

    • omegagentheoriginal@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Oh my! You’re scaring me!!! It’s a private sale and he told me where he’s done all the service. He seemed really meticulous but you can never be too cautious. Thanks!

  • para9bellum@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I had springs on my 328 (2015) and that was just the way the springs were. Just a slight negative rake. Mine were dinan springs for reference. It was not very noticeable, but if you looked, you could see it.

    If it is crazy noticeable, may be something else up.