has anyone bought one of these yet?

[koolz]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E30-ALL-MODEL ... dZViewItem

Was just wondering if anyone had bought one of these Ԛ£29 polished strut braces of ebay? and has anyone been actually been able to get one to fit?
i bought one, and was a bit disapointed with the quality, seemd to be very light in weight and hollow? and doesnt feel very strong? or is it just meant to be like that? and i couldnt even get the dam thing to fit, the holes dont line up right.

[surj]

hi ive brought one not fitted it yet but looks pukka and good quality

[paulg390]

Depends what you want it for. If its for show and shine it'll probably be fine but if you want it to stop chassis flex on a track I doubt it will be up to the job. You get what you pay for with these things... and Ԛ£29.99 is very cheap. Pukka ones are closer to Ԛ£100+...

[Taffy]

It's an Eibach copy

[dazleeds]

looks same as mine
bought it off here a while ago
doubt its doing much for the chassis but it looks the part till i can be bothered having something more substantial made up

[tobias]

i suppose you get what you pay for.

but if nothing else, it looks the part

[reddevil]

Anyone got any piccy's of this type fitted?

Cheers

Red D

[pjamtenigma]

ITS AN EIBACH COPY?
EIBACH HAVENT MADE OR SOLD E30 STRUT BRACES FOR YEARS

[pjamtenigma]

ITS AN EIBACH COPY?
EIBACH HAVENT MADE OR SOLD E30 STRUT BRACES FOR YEARS

[gooner1]

Got a pic of my German one in photo gallery.Look under "getting there"
Ԛ£30 delivered from Germany off ebay.Pureley cosmetic from my point of view.

[reddevil]

Got a pic of my German one in photo gallery.Look under "getting there"
Ԛ£30 delivered from Germany off ebay.Pureley cosmetic from my point of view.

Looks pretty smart mate, worth the money I think.

Red Devil

[alan325i]

I was going to buy one of these.

He only lives down the road from me so i emailed to see if i could pick on up. His response was yes but will cost you an extra Ԛ£3

[gooner1]

I was going to buy one of these.

He only lives down the road from me so i emailed to see if i could pick on up. His response was yes but will cost you an extra Ԛ£3

Know what my responc.e to his responce would of been
Thats just taking the piss Try ebay there is a German firm thats always selling them.Think they are called Krystal design.

[oldbimmer]

I fitted one to my old 320i

Guess what? it works a treat....


I'm sure better strut braces exist however.

[northloop]

[quote="oldbimmer"]

Guess what? it works a treat....


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Not trying to be pedantic, but how do you know?

[oldbimmer]

yes

[wiledw]

i brought one and it didn't fit as holes didn't line up so i drilled my own. you get what you pat for.

[northloop]

I have one too by the way.

[Simon13]

how about you guys buy the sparco 2 piece steel one? it's still light and does exactly what you want from it.

it's cheap too at £50 posted from motorsportworld. You can't go wrong with it. Theres no hinges on it so it won't flex like the hinged ones from eibach etc

[oldbimmer]

I have one too by the way.

...and what do you make of it??? Any good in your opinion?

[oldbimmer]

how about you guys buy the sparco 2 piece steel one? it's still light and does exactly what you want from it.

it's cheap too at £50 posted from motorsportworld. You can't go wrong with it. Theres no hinges on it so it won't flex like the hinged ones from eibach etc

Aha, didn't notice this one!!! Well spotted.
However, on the non motronic sixes (i.e 323i and pre '87 320i) there is a idle valve perched on top of the inlet manifold which gets in the way of every strut brace I have tried so far apart from the ebay one mentioned above. Maybe the Sparco one you mention would be OK too. Motorsport world didn't have any pictures of it. Have you got a pic???

[JimmyC]

I have one too by the way.

It will do absolutely nothing to your car if your fitting the struts to the turrets on your custom cage

[northloop]

The strut was there before the cage was conceived......