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  1. #5011
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    Quote Originally Posted by 704sw View Post
    Anyone who’s done the steering guibo: can you confirm the bolts are E8 torx? I’ve seen a couple conflicting answers.
    If memory serves me well, E8 should be right. I've changed it last year, so I cannot be 100% sure.
    I remember that I've struggled to remove guibo from the rack. There is steel to aluminum connection, which seized over time. It took me some time and work with various crowbars to pry guibo out. Plus I didn't have much room under the car since it was placed on the jack stands.

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    Ride height would depend on how much snow you want to plow. If you don't expect to be driving in deeper snow, you should be okay at current height.

  3. #5013
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    Quote Originally Posted by L0veZHP View Post

    Which wheels do you have installed in this shot? Offset?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cornercarver View Post
    Which wheels do you have installed in this shot? Offset?
    Sorry I don’t remember the offset but they’re vmr csl reps 18x8.5 front 18x9.5 back if I find out I’ll let you know


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  5. #5015
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    Got the Hotchkis front bar and Bimmerworld adjustable endlinks installed...

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    A friend of mine who knows E46's inside and out said he heard people with these bars have had the frame mounts fail when set on the stiffest setting and cornering aggressively... Anyone here experience this or hear the same kind of report? I've set it to the middle stiffness hole for the time being as I test out the balance with the rear bar (which is on the softer setting.)

  6. #5016
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    I know the rear rear sway bar mount are weak. I think Turner or bimmerwork sell a reinforcement for that but they need to be welded in
    Dinan CAI &Throttle body, ESS Tuning TS2, Bimmerbrakes gen3 headers, UUC SSK & DSSR. Achilles oil pump, VAC oil pan baffle
    M3 Motor mounts, UUC Trans mounts, Modified clutch style LSD 3.15, TMS front subframe reinforcement, Koni Yellow sports,
    H&R sport springs,
    UUC sway bars, BMW Perf. Rotors, UUC SS brake lines, Hawk HPS pads, CSL replica wheels,
    Rotora strut bar, FXR HID conversion, M3 Mirror conversion, BSW stage 1 speakers

  7. #5017
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    The rear mounts actually come with a pretty hefty (maybe 1/4" or 3/8" thick) reinforcing plate which gets added to the back of the chassis bracket. This picks up the bottom hole, which doesn't exist on the oem bracket, and helps stiffen it. The front bar comes with a spacer to move the bar/ brackets down to clear the notch in the side of the frame, but doesn't reinforce the mount at all. In fact, it moves the bar 1/4" further away from the frame, and 1/4" further down on the bolts.

    I think my friend's anectdotal evidence suggests that the mount or screws pull out of the frame. Doesn't the M3 have the same type of mounts?

    Rear bar mount fwiw:
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    That's cool... Nice to see that grease fitting in that mount too
    Dinan CAI &Throttle body, ESS Tuning TS2, Bimmerbrakes gen3 headers, UUC SSK & DSSR. Achilles oil pump, VAC oil pan baffle
    M3 Motor mounts, UUC Trans mounts, Modified clutch style LSD 3.15, TMS front subframe reinforcement, Koni Yellow sports,
    H&R sport springs,
    UUC sway bars, BMW Perf. Rotors, UUC SS brake lines, Hawk HPS pads, CSL replica wheels,
    Rotora strut bar, FXR HID conversion, M3 Mirror conversion, BSW stage 1 speakers

  9. #5019
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    Did a little digging, found a few instances of failures... The front bar mount weakness has apparently been an issue with some E46 M3's and base models with larger bars on full-stiff. Now I'm worried... Going to change to the softest setting until I can get someone to do a little welding.

    http://www.m3forum.net/m3forum/showthread.php?t=420445

  10. #5020
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    Is the E46 M3 front sway bar on our cars an actual upgrade? I know the MM are different and with new bushings even our OEM sway bars will feel drastically different.. but I don’t want to pony up on buying bushings for my stock 330 sway bar, if I can probably source an M3 one for rather cheap locally.

    Let me hear your opinions!

    I’ve also considered the UUC strutbarbarian but I don’t track my car at all


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