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Randy, I put Bavarian Auto's lowering springs and Bilstien sports on my E-36 a few years. The front actually sat a little too low and the negative camber was extreme (-2.5 degs). I ended up making a 3/4" thick, round aluminum spacer disk to sit between the top of the strut and the inner mount surface. I c'bored 3 holes to attach the strut to spacer with the original nuts, then I installed in the car, lowered it down in approximate position then moved it to a spot that gave me the proper amount of camber. Next I carefully drilled and tapped three new holes into the aluminum spacer and installed the new bolts from above. This got me close to where I wanted to be and a year later I slotted the holes in the shock tower to get even less negative camber to aid in tire life for the wifey (I think I am now at about neg .5 degrees).
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