cheap M3, whats the worst..

Torch [P4] · 22 Feb 2012 at 17:53

Yeah the wishbones are unique my local garage also thought that the 328i ones were the same, ended up buying them from the local BMW dealer at £237 each

Matt82 · 22 Feb 2012 at 18:21

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
e30 M3 parts generally are not cheap though either.... but good luck!

I'd need just the ball joints and keeping my existing arms. Ive sourced trw joints for about 30 each. Ill keep you posted though. There is a steering coupling made of rubber I want to change too

Matt82 · 22 Feb 2012 at 19:05

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E36-S...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3a6fb77169

get in, first bargain

ps these are the wheels i bought today

Clarkey · 22 Feb 2012 at 19:19

Selling the old sunflowers?

Matt82 · 22 Feb 2012 at 19:55

Could do, fancy them?

Clarkey · 22 Feb 2012 at 19:57

Well trading is not allowed on Motors, so definitely don't send me a price by trust.

[TW]Fox · 22 Feb 2012 at 20:07

The other reason not to send him an email by trust is because they suck and he doesnt want them anyway

Matt82 · 22 Feb 2012 at 23:01

I can't think of a nicer wheel they did in that era. Those wheels were pretty much an essential for me

[TW]Fox · 22 Feb 2012 at 23:02

The later Motorsport ones were nice. Moving away from the M3, Throwing Stars and Style 37's were of course the best BMW wheels of the 1990's.

Clarkey · 22 Feb 2012 at 23:10

Meh, Style 5 are the only really nice ones. The 22's are quite agreeable though.
I hate the stupid AC Schnitzer 18" Type 2 I have right now, totally out of place.

Matt82 · 23 Feb 2012 at 17:59

Ball joints on order. Lemforder. This could be miles cheaper than whole new arms ;-)

mrk · 23 Feb 2012 at 18:51

Are the ball joints not fixed to the arms on Lemforder units? Or do you mean the bushings on the end of the arms?

MikeHiow · 23 Feb 2012 at 19:13

I keep thinking of E36 M3s.

Am I right in thinking the diffs aren't much cop in these, though?

Clarkey · 23 Feb 2012 at 19:19

Diff is awesome if you like power oversteer.

Matt82 · 23 Feb 2012 at 19:20

mrk said:
Are the ball joints not fixed to the arms on Lemforder units? Or do you mean the bushings on the end of the arms?

The actual ball joints are what I'm after.

Collecting tomorrow

MikeHiow · 23 Feb 2012 at 19:23

Clarkey said:
Diff is awesome if you like power oversteer.

Google suggests just 20% lock and that most are likely to be pretty much open by now anyway?

Clarkey · 23 Feb 2012 at 19:27

it's 25%, and I've driven a few of them now and they all lock up nicely. Driven the open diff version too and it sucks in comparison.

Matt82 · 1 Mar 2012 at 15:13

evo sunflower wheels in tha house (still in the back of the mk4 actually) and a bonus envelope passed to me at work today. ill stuff that into the m3 before anything else more important comes up

Matt82 · 9 Mar 2012 at 08:59

stage two of the restoration starts tomorrow.

ive worked like a trooper all week to get the kitchen finished, now i can justify a whole day on car bits.

ill be renewing ball joints and bushes at the front. ive got a small pile of lemforder boxes, i just need to remove the arms and take them to someone with a press (cba to muck about with that part) then refit.

in theory tracking will be needed, but, i want to tackle the rear too, i doubt the camber arm bushes have ever been done.

in theory tracking will be needed after that, but, i want new springs and dampers

im aiming for a Bilstein B12 kit with eibach pro springs.

double helpings of win for me when thats done

Matt82 · 10 Mar 2012 at 20:34

Sort of success today. Arms are off, they had one dead balljoint each. I have a pair of evo top mounts which I can only imagine gives me positive camber. Gonna double double check part nos to make sure ive got the real arms before I go any further.

Engine is really clean and oil tight, do have a pas fluid leak tho