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| E36 M3 (1992-1999) {Euro - S50 B32 321hp @ 7400 rpm} {U.S. - S52 B32 240 hp @ 6000 rpm} Total Produced: 71,212 - Years Produced: 1992 to 1999 |
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Mon, Dec-10-2012, 08:02:06 PM
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Major Front/Rear suspension overhaul, including oil pan baffle/OPN
Completed a major front and rear suspension overhaul this weekend on a fellow members gorgeous 99 E36 M3 Estoril/Dove.
Jon came down from LA and stayed the weekend, while we cranked everything out. Short list of what we did Drop entire rear suspension weld in RTAB pocket reinforcements (found the passenger side was ripped. 106k, bone stock, one auto-x, no track events) powdercoated/reinforced rear subframe new OEM subframe bushings 75D AKG front diff bushing new ball joints new wheel bearings new dust shields new OEM RTABs w/limiters Turner adjustable lower camber arms new upper/inner bushings in spring arms new Lemforder ball joints in control arms new Lemforder tie rod assemblies powdercoated/reinforced front subframe new OEM motor mounts new BW solid FCABS new BW solid tranny mounts oil pan gasket Turner oil pan baffle kit z3 2.8 pickup tube oil pump nut (safety wire/loctite) DIY power steering hose fix new steering giubo Vorshlag Camber plates JRZ RS1 coilovers drained diff, clean it out, new gasket, refill Can't think of much else, I'll let the pictures do the talking
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Mon, Dec-10-2012, 08:03:13 PM
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Play Drums, Drive Ugly Colored Cars.
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Re: Major Front/Rear suspension overhaul, including oil pan baffle/OPN
Pictures......about thatttt
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Mon, Dec-10-2012, 08:03:53 PM
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Re: Major Front/Rear suspension overhaul, including oil pan baffle/OPN
NICE!!!
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Mon, Dec-10-2012, 08:07:02 PM
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Re: Major Front/Rear suspension overhaul, including oil pan baffle/OPN
 present Jon brought me  unloading the parts  get it on jackstands  game time  time to start removing stuff  its out  BREMBOS  thats not good   AKG plates  since we are leaving gas tank in, gotta cut the inner tip off  Jon getting the pockets cleaned up  While Jon works on cleaning, I start disassembly   You think the RTABs needed to be replaced? 
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Mon, Dec-10-2012, 08:07:57 PM
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Play Drums, Drive Ugly Colored Cars.
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Re: Major Front/Rear suspension overhaul, including oil pan baffle/OPN
Nice dude, bet it drives like a dream now.
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Mon, Dec-10-2012, 08:11:58 PM
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Re: Major Front/Rear suspension overhaul, including oil pan baffle/OPN
yeah.. they are shot
  disassembling the e-brake  time to get the welder out  Go Pro for time lapse video set up  time to get welding      parts laid out  more welding       playing with some methods of welding, some better than others    old M3 FCABS  new solid rubber FCABs  these are trash  time for this crap to go 
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Mon, Dec-10-2012, 08:12:08 PM
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Re: Major Front/Rear suspension overhaul, including oil pan baffle/OPN
Wow. And not a damn bit of rust on that pocket either. Scary. RTABs were shot.
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Mon, Dec-10-2012, 08:16:46 PM
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Re: Major Front/Rear suspension overhaul, including oil pan baffle/OPN
Willl there be any structural difference by cutting the tip off on the reinforcement plate? I doubt I will find the determination to pull my gas tank when I do this...
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Mon, Dec-10-2012, 08:17:44 PM
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Re: Major Front/Rear suspension overhaul, including oil pan baffle/OPN
out with the old
 press work time  I love custom arbors  cuz you can never have enough pictures  PURDY  special visitor from the forums stopped by to say hi and see what we were up to  awesome Matco snap ring pliers   the press setup  get after it     new subframe/upper/lower arms back in the car  new dust shields back on  the dust shields ARE directional. Make sure to line up the holes with the holes on the trailing arm  putting the flanges back in  time to work on the diff  how did that get in there? 
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Mon, Dec-10-2012, 08:29:11 PM
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Re: Major Front/Rear suspension overhaul, including oil pan baffle/OPN
all back together
 this has to go  oh hai E46 csl rotors/Brembo package  e46 ebrake shoes for the e46 rotors to get the e-brake to work again. Needs some modification   little trim, and good to go   time for half shafts   goop them suckers up with anti-seize so it's easier in the future  limiters with the bracket   slight difference  I like   damn thats sexy  setting outer trailing arm at ride height so I can preload the upper/lower inner bushings, and mark the RTABs, all to get torqued     I want BADLY  diff back in  
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