Cross Brace for your E30

[ejnight]

All braces made and shipped. I have two left. Ready to ship today.

[dude8383]

All braces made and shipped. I have two left. Ready to ship today.

PM me a price shipped to business zipcode 11236.

I'm interested.

[dude8383]

Got it today, can't wait to install it. Looks freakin great, very nice quality :)

[dude8383]

First impressions, holy increased vibrations batman!! Car feels way more solid but the vibration is really killing me. I wonder if there are rubber bushings that we could use...any ideas?

Hoveringuy, did you feel more body vibration once you installed your brace? *edit* Looking over the pics of your install, where did you put the big black washers/spacers?

[Wishno87]

First impressions, holy increased vibrations batman!! Car feels way more solid but the vibration is really killing me. I wonder if there are rubber bushings that we could use...any ideas?

Hoveringuy, did you feel more body vibration once you installed your brace? *edit* Looking over the pics of your install, where did you put the big black washers/spacers?

The vibration is probably because of your worn suspension. Since those four mounting points are more solid now all your movement is happening in other parts of your suspension rather than between those four mounting points. I too noticed my worn suspension more after I installed Eric's cross brace.

[dude8383]

The vibration is probably because of your worn suspension. Since those four mounting points are more solid now all your movement is happening in other parts of your suspension rather than between those four mounting points. I too noticed my worn suspension more after I installed Eric's cross brace.

Dude all of my bushings are brand spankin new. Control arms are new, THR lollipops are new...those can't get old, my tie rods are brand new and my engine mounts are brand new.

Nothing on the car is more than 6000 miles old. Where did you place those black spacers?

[ejnight]

Dude all of my bushings are brand spankin new. Control arms are new, THR lollipops are new...those can't get old, my tie rods are brand new and my engine mounts are brand new.

Nothing on the car is more than 6000 miles old. Where did you place those black spacers?

the spacers are used on the rack bolts. if you have the skid plate us one and if not use two.

[Wishno87]

Dude all of my bushings are brand spankin new. Control arms are new, THR lollipops are new...those can't get old, my tie rods are brand new and my engine mounts are brand new.

Nothing on the car is more than 6000 miles old. Where did you place those black spacers?

Well then im at a loss

[dude8383]

the spacers are used on the rack bolts. if you have the skid plate us one and if not use two.

hey man, replied to your email. i will snap a couple pics in a minutes because i gotta under there anyway.

Well then im at a loss

don't worry about, from ejnight's email i have a feeling i installed the spacers incorrectly.

[dude8383]

Is it okay for me to be posting all of this stuff here or should I start a new thread?

So I realized that I'm a douche :) The two spacers need to be installed between the brace and the subframe. I'll let the pics tell the story.

How I initially installed it:



How it's supposed to be installed:



I added another spacers just for good measure :)

I also wanted to show the clearance for between subframe and brace:



Ejnight let me know if you want me to remove this so as not to pollute this classifieds ad. Vibration is now wayyyy more tolerable, its not bad at idle and nearly goes away at speed. I'm a very happy customer.

[Cha Ching]

Im would also think the vibrations you are feeling are the result of having a much 'tighter' suspension with all of your new bushings & tying it tight with the brace. Just me humble opinion.

[dude8383]

Im would also think the vibrations you are feeling are the result of having a much 'tighter' suspension with all of your new bushings & tying it tight with the brace. Just me humble opinion.

you're most certainly correct. there is more vibration but definitely not the kind of vibration that i was feeling earlier.

either way this brace is awesome :)

[ejnight]

you're most certainly correct. there is more vibration but definitely not the kind of vibration that i was feeling earlier.

either way this brace is awesome :)

Good news. All shipped with two left in stock ready to go.

[whysimon]

is it $399 shipped, or plus shipping

[ejnight]

is it $399 shipped, or plus shipping

$399 gets you the cross brace and skid Plate. Shipping will run $35 to TN. paypal is order@raceskids.com Thanks