Building camber adjusting rear beam.

Post Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:44 pm

In an effort to combat tyre wear and to improve handling, I'd like to correct the rear camber on my lowered 318is. As I'm fitting a new diff and M3 running gear over the next week or so, I'll have the perfect oppertunity to make one of these:

http://e30m3performance.com/installs/in ... /index.htm

Has anyone done this?

Shouldn't be too hard as far as I can see and BMW have made it easy by producing the eccentric bolts. I shall be getting a price for these soon.

Part numbers: 33 32 1 095 102 for the bolt, 33 32 1 093 456 for the washer (this 'keys' into the nut to allow adjustment).

All I'd have to then do is elongate the holes in the subframe tabgs and weld 'guides' onto the tangs themselves.

I think it'll be rather swish. Will keep you posted..

Any input?

Jai

Post Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:12 pm

remember after yours......the first one is for my sport

that thing needs sorting asap!

cheers dude!

Karan

Post Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:23 pm

Tng21 wrote:my tyres are shredding themselves from the rear camber

Or maybe exessive wheelspin?

This sounds good, I don't have M3 suspension though

. I think the K-Mac adjustable bushes are good enough for me at the moment but I'll keep this in mind for the future.

Aston

Post Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:24 pm

join the club, hmm I have a spare subframe anyway so might give this a go.

NICE FIND!!

Post Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:47 pm

let us know how you get on

slightly OT: K-Mac - is there some where in the UK to get these or is it an import from US only?

Post Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:44 pm

Hi, I am going to do this to. I was going to use the parts from ireland engineering.

Post Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:45 pm

Hi, I am going to do this to. I was going to use the parts from ireland engineering.

https://secure11.nexternal.com/shared/S ... ductID=446

Post Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:59 pm

Can get K Mac rear adjustables from Moseley motorsport.

Karl

Post Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:36 am

Tng21 wrote:i dont have m3 susp. either, aston, what have you done to urs to sort out the camber a bit as i also have a 83 323i, cars been slammed and wheels lean in far too much at the top, just had new tyres to so need to get summit done asap

Mine isn't low. The springs are supposed to be about 1" shorter, although sometimes it seems to be standard ride height at the back, so it probably doesn't have any camber problems anyway. I also use mine on the track so I want a bit of negative camber.

I have the K-Mac bushes to help as well. I think they would be ok for most people, the main problem is that they can't adjust camber and toe seperately. If you adjust the camber the toe is adjusted as well. They probably can't adjust the camber as much as those custom suspension bits could but I think the custom bits would only really be necessary for very low cars or for racing? If I was fitting M3 suspension I would probably do it anyway though while it was all apart and because I do race I might look at doing it in the future.

Aston

Post Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:46 am

Do my sport aswell! over -3 degrees at least

Post Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:22 pm

So how many degrees do you recon this is lol:

Post Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:55 pm

At the geometry garage they laughed at mine....i think they'd need a change of underwear if they saw yours!

Post Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:11 am

The ireland engineering kits seem to have those bmw parts!! They cost a fortune and the e39 bolts are 3 quid each!

Jai

Post Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:40 am

Just on this, was having a look at it and I can't figure something out, forgetting about toe adjustment for the moment, if you only have a vertical slot cut for camber adjustment and had the bolt set so it was right at the bottom of the slot, what stops the bolt from sliding up to the top again? The tabs on the side only stop the bolt from rotating, which it won't want to do anyway. Unless when you welly it right up on the nut it can't move..is that the answer?

Post Fri Sep 09, 2005 9:52 am

That's the way, welly it up. Better than the Kmac setup in that the metal isn't a self lubricating plastic so is much less likely to slip..

Many car suspension designs use this type of adjustment, BMW is just one of them.

I've ordered the parts to do this at the weekend. I'll let you know how I get on and hopefully post some piccies...Got LOADS to do. Rear beam, beam bushes, all brake lines at rear, re-underseal, swap wishbones for M3 ones, get tyres for 15"s, fit braided hoses, fit new M3 front ARB droplink, get MOT etc etc etc..

AAAAHHH!

Jai