Does it look like my car is lowered? puzzling....

[whitetrash]

This is a stupid ass question to ask...but i bought this TI back in may, and I've been enjoying driving it, but the thing that has been making me wonder, is that it looks like its lowered in the rear...the suspension looks stock from what i can tell, it is a "M-Sport" model, not sure if maybe that has something to do with the suspension?
Lastly, when i put the car in park(it is an automatic) it feels like the rear lowers down some, and when i drop it in reverse, it feels like raises up some..not sure if that an issue i didn't know about, but just seeing if anyone on here has had the same issue! Thanks in advance. Ill include a picture of it, maybe someone on here will notice something.


If you click on the pictures, they will enlarge, so you can see better. It looks like the rear sits lower than the front, yet its not loaded down in the back with anything but the spare tire in the factory position.

[TobyB]

YOu know, to my uncalibrated eye, the front looks a bit high.
That can happen when the front strut mounts get changed- the new
version is 'thicker'...
I have always thought the ti looked a bit low in back- just like the 2002 did...
I wonder if the springs sag over time, just like the 2002's?

As to the hoppy rear end, that's your rear trailing arms doing what they do.
It's a bug. It's a feature. It's what happens...

hth

t

[whitetrash]

The suspension is still really nice and tight, maybe the fronts were changed at one point. And its good to know that little "bug" is normal. This is my first automatic bmw ever, ive owned 6 other various bmws and they were all manual.

[E36 TI-M]

You can always raise the rear by installing thicker spring pads.

Maybe a 10mm