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5 stud wheel conversion

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:06 pm
by mackley
I've told that the rear axel set up from a E36 compact will fit straight into my E30 is this right ?

Re: 5 stud wheel conversion

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:55 pm
by hot325ix
The arms will fit but even though the beam looks similar that won't. Just swap the arms

Re: 5 stud wheel conversion

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:46 pm
by mackley
ok cool cheers

Re: 5 stud wheel conversion

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:09 pm
by oze30
er, Why won't the rear beam fit? It's an E30 rear end. Front end is E36. Same setup as the Z3.

Compact/Z3 have the same diff/arms beam as the e30. It's all interchangeable, though you'd need to swap the output flanges of the non E30 diff if you want to run your drive shafts.

Re: 5 stud wheel conversion

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:07 pm
by hot325ix
I agree everything else fitted but when i tried the beam on my car the large beam bolts where about 10mm off each side.