Thanks guys, have a new-used pair of stock rears on order for cheap ($80). I'm sure that I could probably find them for cheaper if I perused the local junkyards but I just don't have the time.
This is a 2005 E46 with 85k miles that's been driven very blandly for its entire life (until last weekend!). While it does get driven in the winter, it also sees regular washes. I've never broken a spring before (I suppose I still haven't, considering it was ALL ANISA'S FAULT) and I'm still a little bemused. I've absolutely thrashed cars with 4x more miles on stock suspension and have never broken a spring before (now, other suspension components on the other hand...).
I think we're just going to do it ourselves; thanks for the confirmation that it really is a NBD procedure.
As for whether we're going to continue to track the car, we've actually decided to buy a Boxster. We need another DD and I don't want to start modifying the BMW to make it more track-worthy.
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'86 951: lucky number 13...rare 6.0L edition.
'06 M3: hers.
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