E30 or E36 rear springs

I can measure you a standard e30 325 one and a -60 apex one tonight if that's any good

ok got to apologise here the standard springs aren't in my garage so i can't measure them until the wkend, apex -60 rears for an e30 325 coupe are 18.5cm uncompressed tho if that's any use at all.

OK so the lowering alternative are probably too short for what I need

Std Monza rear coil springs are 23.0cm uncompressed and need the shock absorber disconnecting to alllow the trailing arm to drop right down and the they need a little pinch with some spring compressors to eek them out

The ones I currently have fitted will pop right out if the shock is disconnected and the trailing arm dropped right down but they are about 1cm smaller uncompressed length.

Picture of the two compared (outer 2 are the ones that slightly lower the car v inner two are stds)



I used to have a set that dropped the ride height way to low but I gave/lent them to a mate and he's since had one break a pigtail so going back to them isn't an option - you could fit them without disconnecting the shock just a pinch on a spring compressor





I guess the answer is to measure what gap is (between the two spring seats) that I have on full drop without disconnecting the shock absorber so I can know what the minimum I can fit in the gap

Currently the car looks like a dragster all father ted up and nose down

Looks like a nice solution, although is there enough travel in that spring? It looks like the spring will go coil-bound just before the bumpstop's hit to me, but I'm only going off judging it from a picture.

Edit, having had another look it actually looks like it could well be fine, very hard to tell from just the picture, but it's something worth thinking about for the Monza, as those strait 2.25" springs will definitely have a longer compressed length than the pig-tailed standard ones.

Sorry I've not got around to measuring my springs yet, just not had time. I hadn't forgotten.