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| E21, E30 General discussion and technical help for 1975-1991 3 series cars. |
10-26-2007, 07:22 PM
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Name: HyeTide
Title: United Newb
Status: Offline
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: N.Y.
User not setup in Rate My Car. Click here to set it up. Your Ride: 1988 325ic
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X brace
Has anyone installed an e36 Xbrace on e30? Want to install in 88 325ic?Any noticeable improvement or a waste of time and money. Thanks. |
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10-26-2007, 07:52 PM
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Name: witeshark
Title: Road Kill
Status: Offline
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Miami FL
Your Ride: 89 325i 5 speed
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I'm not sure an E36 X brace will fit an E30. But I am sure a brace will improve the car's rigidity as in any drop top  |
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10-26-2007, 08:01 PM
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Name: nick_318is
Title: Road Kill
Status: Offline
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Detroit, MI, I Heart E30s
Your Ride: 1991 318is (e30 m42), 2007 Mazdaspeed 3
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I dont know that it works you might be able to if you do some work, just get some sway bars. |
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10-27-2007, 07:23 PM
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Name: 94bmw325i
Title: Hellrot325
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Newark, Delaware
User not setup in Rate My Car. Click here to set it up. Your Ride: 94 bmw 325i, 97 vw golf
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I know the x braces came on the convertibles, is there anything like that, that came on the e30 verts? A friend of mine has a really nice e30 vert, but I haven't looked underneath it.
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10-27-2007, 07:59 PM
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Name: m3flyer
Title: Member
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Your Ride: 1) Alpinweiss 1989 M3 2) Diamondswartz 1989 M3
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Just...
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Originally Posted by HyeTide
Has anyone installed an e36 Xbrace on e30? Want to install in 88 325ic?Any noticeable improvement or a waste of time and money. Thanks.
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...get Ireland sway bars (or some other big bars) and the full table reinforcement kit (from Turner Motorsport) and you will really be in business.
I know that the bars are considerably more than the X-brace, but I was told that the E36 brace will not fit the E30 (would have to be modified?)... and the above suggested mods would do the trick... correctly.
Coupled with upper stress bars ft. and rr. and Eibach (or H&R) springs/Bilstein sport shocks, & Rogue rr. shock mounts you would have a veritable wolf in sheep's clothing with respect to handling.
Sorry... I got a little carried away... 
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10-28-2007, 12:44 AM
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Name: HyeTide
Title: United Newb
Status: Offline
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: N.Y.
User not setup in Rate My Car. Click here to set it up. Your Ride: 1988 325ic
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Quote:
Originally Posted by m3flyer
...get Ireland sway bars (or some other big bars) and the full table reinforcement kit (from Turner Motorsport) and you will really be in business.
I know that the bars are considerably more than the X-brace, but I was told that the E36 brace will not fit the E30 (would have to be modified?)... and the above suggested mods would do the trick... correctly.
Coupled with upper stress bars ft. and rr. and Eibach (or H&R) springs/Bilstein sport shocks, & Rogue rr. shock mounts you would have a veritable wolf in sheep's clothing with respect to handling.
Sorry... I got a little carried away... |
Thanks for the info. Have stress bar, Bilstein sport shocks and mounts installed. The ride is a bit hard with body flex on bumpy roads, but handles nice at speed. Don't know if sway bars will stif up the body? BTW.Want to trade one of your m3s for for 325ic  |
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10-28-2007, 10:34 AM
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Name: nick_318is
Title: Road Kill
Status: Offline
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Detroit, MI, I Heart E30s
Your Ride: 1991 318is (e30 m42), 2007 Mazdaspeed 3
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Sway bars will definitely stiffen up the car and remove a lot of roll from cornering, but your ride will be more harsh. IE sways are probably next on my mod list, then R comps and the track!  |
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10-28-2007, 12:11 PM
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Name: theSMELSINATOR
Title: Senior Member
Status: Offline
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Indiana
User not setup in Rate My Car. Click here to set it up. Your Ride: 1990 325iX
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i went with a strut bar on mine.
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