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Strut brace fitting
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:04 am
by Treeman612
:D Hi - am buying Sparco f/r strut braces, cos i have fitted spax 40mm lowering kit (absolutely the dogs b**locks) and 'experts' tell me my tyres will dissolve unless i retrofit strut braces. I'm new (but very impressed!) to E30 ownership, and any advise would be very welcome
cheers. treeman612
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:33 am
by Templ8e30
Strut braces are a good addition to the E30, they stopped a lot of the crashiness over bumps and small pot-holes on my 320i but are in no way essential after lowering.
Surprisingly the rear strut brace also made a big difference to mine.
Cheers,
Iain T
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:45 am
by mole325i
Hi Treeman612
I've fitted front and rear strut braces to my sport and they are the nut's, stops all that roll the all E30's suffer from and just make's the overall ride a lot better.
Cos you've lowed you motor you might think about fitting some M3 E30 solid offset front track control arm bushes as well, got them on my and a few other zoner's have, good mod stops the inner edges of the front tyre's wearing out too quickly.
Hope this help's you Treeman612 and welcome to E30 ownership.
Martin
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:49 am
by tbmw
excuse me hijackin the thread but where can you get the eccentric control arms from
been lookin around but cant find any
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:29 pm
by Demlotcrew
tbmw wrote:excuse me hijackin the thread but where can you get the eccentric control arms from
been lookin around but cant find any
BMW Dealer.
Andrew
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:28 pm
by Cloggy Saint
on a slightly more stupid note, is fitting a brace just a case of removing the strut-tower nuts and putting it on?
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:29 pm
by Demlotcrew
If its fits yes, found a few to be tight but they do go on. I think that the adjustible types to be a little better (you can tighten them a little bit more)
Andrew
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:20 pm
by 325SME
When I fitted mine I secured the one side on the one strut, jacked up the other side to take the weight off the suspension then the brace went on lovely. Picked up that tip from a magazine somewhere....
The difference a strut brace makes on its own is considerable.
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:45 pm
by 6potWil6pot
A little bit
But has anyone got a piccy of a rear strutbrace on an E30 please?
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:35 am
by mole325i
Yes got a pic of my rear strut brace but it's not the best pic in the world....
Hope the pic's ok
Martin
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:18 am
by astondg
I have a front strut brace, it didn't do much for my 323i. I really didn't notice any difference to body roll or body stiffness.
Aston
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:00 pm
by Cloggy Saint
i'm not expecting any difference, i just want something shiny under the bonnet.
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 2:26 pm
by Demlotcrew
astondg wrote:I have a front strut brace, it didn't do much for my 323i. I really didn't notice any difference to body roll or body stiffness.
Aston
Same here, but on 16 hargtes and bumpp roads it is felt.
Andrew
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:11 am
by Treeman612
[quote="mole325i"]Hi Treeman612 :wave:
I've fitted front and rear strut braces to my sport and they are the nut's, stops all that roll the all E30's suffer from and just make's the overall ride a lot better.
Cos you've lowed you motor you might think about fitting some M3 E30 solid offset front track control arm bushes as well, got them on my and a few other zoner's have, good mod stops the inner edges of the front tyre's wearing out too quickly.
Hope this help's you Treeman612 and welcome to E30 ownership.
:thumb:
Martin[/quote]
Thanks, Martin - just phoned dealer - part number for these bushes is 31 129 061 222. Price is (gulp!) Ԛ£77.01 inc vat per pair. Available UK via Bracknell. Cheers
