Originally Posted by
anandoc
Well, its only the passenger side and that too only one of the three studs that is tilted quite bad - the one which is closest to the engine. Ayan (orange260z) and I tried putting a block of wood and pounding the stud to straighten it a bit but it did not seem to budge at all. I think we would need to drop the strut assembly and then pound the sheet metal flat and then use a new strut mount.
I do not have the reinforcement plates installed - that was on my to-do list when I would do a front strut overhaul. Part of the reason why I bought the strut brace was provide some additional support in order to prevent any further mushrooming till I got around to installing the reinforcement plates.
ahhh, gotcha. OK, when we do your front suspension overhaul we'll tackle that, reinforcement plates and all.
now, the stud is tilted? because the stud is part of the strut mount - so that would lead me to believe that the strut mount is damaged too. hmmm. do you have new strut mounts to put in?
Originally Posted by
anandoc
@slater - happy to lend you the strut brace until I get around to getting this whole thing sorted out next spring.
haha, that would be awesome.
peter
peter
2004 330i ZHP
2005 330iT ZHP
2010 328iT M Sport