Aluminum Engine Motor Mount Brackets

[ZM Blue Devil]

Noticed them on my touring today, searched couldnt find out much.

Any one know the story on them? My brother thought maybe low production from S. African cars?

[ZM Blue Devil]

Anyone?

[Berkut]

Seems normal from here

[Stu]

Levent, the generic European parts book shows the mounts as 'ALUMINUM' p/n 564 and 565 for a 325i Touring. Interesting.

[ZM Blue Devil]

Thanks Stu.

[E30_pilot]

I wonder if they are any lighter than regular ones

[ben312]

Seems like they would be. You wouldn't ever notice the difference though, it would come down to a few grams I'm guessing.

[M-technik-3]

Ours are a safety design for us standards I imagine. These are on all EU 325i cars. Not a biggie. The reason why is there is no safety catch like on the steel counter parts.

[Mitch M]

Look for a gray market e30 323. Feds never touched those AFAIK and that's where I got mine. Couple lbs from memory lighter for both compared to the US legal steel arms.

[White325is]

From what I understand all EURo e30s with the M20 have them. I bought a set for a forum member last year through the dealer at like 28.00 a pop.

[ZM Blue Devil]

Cool thanks for the info guys.

[Court M3]

Yes have those on my euro car. 83 323i

[rThor432]

I wonder if they are any lighter than regular ones

They are a good bit lighter than regular ones. It's probably 3 lbs or so difference between both sides.

I've still got two sets in my tool box, I could weigh them and compare them to steel so we have the hard facts if anyone wants me to. I've had them on two M20B23's and one M20B20; a 323i and 320i respectively.