Strong Butt Strutt (for e30 convertibles)

[Vivek]

What exactly is this? Connects the bottom of the subframe mounts together?

[ejnight]

Did anyone ever end up making these things? 'Cause I'm about to make one this week before I put my subframe back in to the convertible.

EDIT: Has onyone put one of these on a heavily modded car? One with stiffer springs and bigger sway bars?

I did and its low.

bought one for $ 120 from a z3 guy., way too heavy and not much clearance on lowered setups.

This

eventually traded it for a tow job, yez.

[glucklich21]

Pics?

My 5 lug cabrio has miles of ground clearance.

[pantelones]

Eh, google it? 1st page on the list...

Yeah, $300+ for something that I could make in less than 2 hours including lathe work... It's about $20 in steel including the 2 cut charge at the metal depot, and maybe $60 if you have them press brake the bends. Honestly, I bet those "results" are nothing more than the action of re-torquing the sub-frame bolts, and 20nm less of stress put on the sub-frame. IF that... Butt dyno to the maaaaaaax! This is far stupider than the silly skid plate people attach to their radiator core support! ;D