Update on my Nitron suspension and a MASSIVE thank you to Nitron!

[shimmy]

superb service and kit looks great

what worries me is that Nitron have been selling various options for E46 now for 3+ years. Are you saying the previous versions were not optimised for the car and spring rates etc werre all wrong and how can this be blamed on the 'tuning company' that you mentioned originally.

LeonB back in 2009-2010 had very similar issues and Nitron were all over the kit and car to sort it so youd think they should have got the data then!

[83SY]

Are they as good as intrax?

[phoenixcsl]

Originally Posted by 83SY

Are they as good as intrax?

Don't know, never had Intrax myself, Shim did a comparison on the old Nitron Track 2 Ways and his Intrax earlier in the year...

But they have to be pretty comparable as they are both high end suspension.

[Mark CSL]

Great to read this as i have a kit to order for a BMW M3 E92 tomorrow
its the Race R3 kit he is going for 3k +

[cantfind1]

I have a Hybrid Nitron kit on my car aswell....

Ben was very helpful as I was not happy with the ride height and spring rates either....

They changed all the damper bodies and rods for shorter ones, revalved everything and provided new springs all round....120nm front and 56nm rear...

You are right when they say that the entry level kit does not lower enough...also spring rates are much the same as standard.

Suspension is now spot on, damping is superb and I can drop it to the floor if I want to!

I am running similar ride heights I think......what is your measurement from ground to top of wheel arch Phoenix?? I have different wheels to you....

[phoenixcsl]

Originally Posted by Mark CSL

Great to read this as i have a kit to order for a BMW M3 E92 tomorrow
its the Race R3 kit he is going for 3k +

That's the final solution I have from Nitron, the Race R3 kit Mark, it's stunning, think the kit is circa £3k+ vat

There is some vids on YouTube of Tom Schirmer and a E92 M3 on the ring with the only mods being Race R3 suspension, looks bloody rapid!

Originally Posted by cantfind1

I have a Hybrid Nitron kit on my car aswell....

Ben was very helpful as I was not happy with the ride height and spring rates either....

They changed all the damper bodies and rods for shorter ones, revalved everything and provided new springs all round....120nm front and 56nm rear...

You are right when they say that the entry level kit does not lower enough...also spring rates are much the same as standard.

Suspension is now spot on, damping is superb and I can drop it to the floor if I want to!

I am running similar ride heights I think......what is your measurement from ground to top of wheel arch Phoenix?? I have different wheels to you....

That's the thing I loved about them, I spend hours with them getting it just right, Ben etc are so helpful, and you end up with a kit which is tailor made for what you want.

The entry level kit is just realistically an adjustable shock / adjustment upgrade, fantastic if you want a near standard ride height.

I'll find out and report back Jules on the ride height from floor to wheelarch, it's 600 / 590 from bottom of rim to w/a.

It's essentially 10mm lower at the front and 20mm lower at the rear over a std CSL.

[karbonkid]

Great write up Toby and glad they sorted everthing out for you, some effort indeed. Hats off to Nitron! Im sure they are reading this.

What ride heights could you & cantfind1 not achieve with the NTR kits then?

@shim what issues did Leonb initially have. Was this ride height related also?

[O'Neill]

Originally Posted by phoenixcsl

That's the final solution I have from Nitron, the Race R3 kit Mark, it's stunning, think the kit is circa £3k+ vat

There is some vids on YouTube of Tom Schirmer and a E92 M3 on the ring with the only mods being Race R3 suspension, looks bloody rapid!



That's the thing I loved about them, I spend hours with them getting it just right, Ben etc are so helpful, and you end up with a kit which is tailor made for what you want.

The entry level kit is just realistically an adjustable shock / adjustment upgrade, fantastic if you want a near standard ride height.

I'll find out and report back Jules on the ride height from floor to wheelarch, it's 600 / 590 from bottom of rim to w/a.

It's essentially 10mm lower at the front and 20mm lower at the rear over a std CSL.

I have the NTR sport+, no problems with ride height 585mm from bottom of wheel rear and 590 front.

Top marks to Nitron for their customer service.

[phoenixcsl]

Originally Posted by shimmy

superb service and kit looks great

what worries me is that Nitron have been selling various options for E46 now for 3+ years. Are you saying the previous versions were not optimised for the car and spring rates etc werre all wrong and how can this be blamed on the 'tuning company' that you mentioned originally.

LeonB back in 2009-2010 had very similar issues and Nitron were all over the kit and car to sort it so youd think they should have got the data then!

It was superb service Shim, I can't fault the guys there at all, they seriously pulled out all the stops for me.

I was effectively told the kit would do a lot more than it actually does, the basic NTR Sport kit is realistically a kit designed for a standard ride height -10mm on a normal M3, not a CSL, I was told otherwise when I bought the kit, basically I was told it would lower the CSL up to 20-30mm which I now know the kit simply isn't designed to do, had I known this from the start I would have chosen the next kit up.

The old kit I had effectively is a adjustable shock with limited ride height adjustment, much more road biased, the spring / damper rates are very similar to the standard setup, you just get the additional rebound / compression combined adjustment, it's for people who want to retain a near standard ride height, obviously the shocks and valving are far superior to the standard shocks.