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  1. Dr Obnxs

    Dr Obnxs New Member

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    #2 Dr Obnxs, Oct 14, 2009
    Best I can remember

    Ryan (Ryephile) made some drop spindles for his R53, but never went commercial. That seems like the best of all possible worlds. It was a 1" drop if I remember correctly.

    One of the guys up in Portland (John Petrich) did the ball joint stuff and some bump-steer corrections for the R53. He posts a lot on the Portland BMW forum. Anyway, he did the bump steer stuff from some BMW aftermarket parts.

    This is a great idea, the problem is that there aren't that many Minis. And even fewer that use them close enough to the "edge" to really appreciate what things like this have to offer.

    If going to other volume parts bins means that one could put a kit together that didn't cost much, you may have a winner here. If it's expensive, I don't know that there would be enough customers to really justify the effort.

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    #3 Rally, Oct 15, 2009
    Yah, unfortunately another case of insufficient demand, probably. I'm hoping that ball joint sizes are somewhat standardized and shared among different makes. It'd be nice to dip into a pool where the demand is high with heavily tracked cars like subarus or evos. They've got all sorts of kits available.

    Thanks for the tip on Petrich's project, I'll have to check it out. :Thumbsup:
     
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    #4 Dr Obnxs, Oct 15, 2009
    I think most of his posts

    are on the Portland BMWCCA forum, but I might be wrong about that. he's a good guy and very helpfull.

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    #5 Rally, Nov 13, 2009
    Bumping this in case anyone had come up with an idea or if any of the new members had anything to lend to the discussion.

    I've been looking around a bunch without much luck. I'd love to make this a winter project if we can think of a solution or find a part to fit the new r56's.
     
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    #7 Mondo, Jul 31, 2010
    Love the drop spindles on my truck... seems it would be a lot simpler solution (if there's room etc). As far as capital investment, I'd think they'd sell more mini drop spindles than they do for 40+ year old trucks. And with modern CAD techniques & tooling it doesn't seem that big a deal.