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<blockquote data-quote="KL2DC" data-source="post: 199974" data-attributes="member: 3452">This may come as a surprise to you...from much discussion and my own experience (which I shared in another post), switching to the 18&quot; RFT actually gives you a better ride! The 16&quot; and 17&quot; on standard or sports suspension is actually &#039;crashier&#039; over bumps, ridges etc. &nbsp;I upgraded to 18&quot; RFT stagerred and couldn&#039;t believe how much the new wheels/tires soak up initial thuds and shocks. Don&#039;t get me wrong, its still hard but its cushier than my 16&quot; set up.&nbsp;Option code 704 M-Sports suspension (packaged into the 325i sports) has a generally stiffer suspension calibration. Iirc the spring rates are uprated but I believe the dampers are softened with uprated anti-roll bars. Combined with the hard and heavy RFTs, supposedly this is the best setup.&nbsp;This mirrors what our members (Schwepps, Juan Powerblow, e46fanatic etc) have observed when they went out to test the 325i Sports recently. Just ask them for more details.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KL2DC, post: 199974, member: 3452"] This may come as a surprise to you...from much discussion and my own experience (which I shared in another post), switching to the 18" RFT actually gives you a better ride! The 16" and 17" on standard or sports suspension is actually 'crashier' over bumps, ridges etc. I upgraded to 18" RFT stagerred and couldn't believe how much the new wheels/tires soak up initial thuds and shocks. Don't get me wrong, its still hard but its cushier than my 16" set up. Option code 704 M-Sports suspension (packaged into the 325i sports) has a generally stiffer suspension calibration. Iirc the spring rates are uprated but I believe the dampers are softened with uprated anti-roll bars. Combined with the hard and heavy RFTs, supposedly this is the best setup. This mirrors what our members (Schwepps, Juan Powerblow, e46fanatic etc) have observed when they went out to test the 325i Sports recently. Just ask them for more details. [/QUOTE]

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