mickeyboy500
Newbie
Just recently joined the forum and I'm looking for some advice and/or suggestions.
Sold my trusty E39 530d with 148k on the clock a couple of months back and bought a 55 plate, 58k miles, Carbon Black E60 535d MSport, chipped, 20" Lenso Alloys, FK Coilovers, PowerFlow Quad Stainless Exhaust plus a few other subtle M5 like mods.
The car looks "the business" and has amazing torque but the ride around town (and even on some "A" roads and motorways) can only be described as "shocking" in every sense of the word. Appreciate that the skinny rubber doesn't exactly help but even so I can't believe how bad it is sometimes. Test drove it before purchasing but didn't really appreciate at the time just how poor the ride was on anything but flat tarmac, it does go around corners rather well though!
Whoever did the suspension/wheel mods either didn't do a very good job or else it was purposely set up for track use, either way these days my preference is more towards comfort than speedy corner hugging.
Having ridden for some distance on all sorts of road variances in a B10 Alpina on 19s recently, the difference between that and mine is just night and day. I have researched that Alpina sell their suspension kits for the E60 plus I have also looked at the BILSTEIN B16 ridecontrol® setup. Initial thinking is to change out the suspension/coilover components and if necessary thereafter put 19s back on the car, but not sure whether I should tackle the wheels/tyres or suspension first.
So my first question is does anyone have any experience or knowledge of either of these two suspension setups?
2nd question would be, are there any other alternatives out there worthy of consideration?
3rd question is who might I go to in the Southampton area who will do a 1st class job including making sure that all of the geometry setup is what it should be?
Looking forward to some knowledgable replies.
Sold my trusty E39 530d with 148k on the clock a couple of months back and bought a 55 plate, 58k miles, Carbon Black E60 535d MSport, chipped, 20" Lenso Alloys, FK Coilovers, PowerFlow Quad Stainless Exhaust plus a few other subtle M5 like mods.
The car looks "the business" and has amazing torque but the ride around town (and even on some "A" roads and motorways) can only be described as "shocking" in every sense of the word. Appreciate that the skinny rubber doesn't exactly help but even so I can't believe how bad it is sometimes. Test drove it before purchasing but didn't really appreciate at the time just how poor the ride was on anything but flat tarmac, it does go around corners rather well though!
Whoever did the suspension/wheel mods either didn't do a very good job or else it was purposely set up for track use, either way these days my preference is more towards comfort than speedy corner hugging.
Having ridden for some distance on all sorts of road variances in a B10 Alpina on 19s recently, the difference between that and mine is just night and day. I have researched that Alpina sell their suspension kits for the E60 plus I have also looked at the BILSTEIN B16 ridecontrol® setup. Initial thinking is to change out the suspension/coilover components and if necessary thereafter put 19s back on the car, but not sure whether I should tackle the wheels/tyres or suspension first.
So my first question is does anyone have any experience or knowledge of either of these two suspension setups?
2nd question would be, are there any other alternatives out there worthy of consideration?
3rd question is who might I go to in the Southampton area who will do a 1st class job including making sure that all of the geometry setup is what it should be?
Looking forward to some knowledgable replies.