E30 Zone

Failed the MOT on my rear top mounts today - ordered some E46 ones to replace them

Can someone just confirm that the assembly is just made up of the shock unit then the mount on top - that there is no seperate rubber spacer between the top of the shock and underside of the mount?

Hope that makes sense

on top of the shocks there is the top mount, I used th ee46 m3 cab top mount on mine, That the only bush on the rear shock its self

a pic i took recently when upgrading whilst upgrading the rear top mounts

Thanks for the replys and pics mate

Think what i must have seen looking up at the underside is the bit on the pic below that has 4 raised bits - looked completely split in half



Cheers!

on mine the centre core had come off the rubber and was rocking like a bitch

if you have a look at the guide in the articles section you'll see my right side one disintegrated completely- she did 3500 miles going metal to metal with a sock stuffed in....

If your Touring has the self-leveling rear suspension, then you'll need to order the Touring-specific top mounts. The holes running through the standard E30 or E46 mounts are too small (ask me how I found out). AND, to make it even more fun, BMW will charge you twice as much for the barely-different parts!

To your original point/question - there's no rubber gasket but a thin paper like gasket that sits between the new mount and the body.

G

All sorted, E46 cab mounts fitted - i love working in the cold





Both sides were fecked, much better now

Cheers for all the replys dudes, much appreciated

Matt