Why cant we use E36M3 rears and e brake?

[Kingb]

Whats the deal with not being able to keep an e brake. I know the hub on the rotors are bigger. Has anyone made a backing plate so that you can use M3 rear brakes and keep the e brake?

[Loupoz]

Its possible to make a ring and pres it into the brake "drum" and keep the E-brakes function.

[plain325]

I used 128i rotors and e34 540i calipers. The 128 rotors have a much deeper "hat" than the e36 m3.
I had to make custom brackets for the calipers, and i spaced the backing plates out .25", but it gave me brakes almost as large as e36m3, and functioning e-brake.
I have z3- 6 cly hubs, so if you are using 318ti hubs, you may not need to space the backing plate out.

[Julien]

you can also get 300mm.de brackets to fit e36m3 calipers and z4 rotors

[Todd Black 88]

Rongineer makes brackets to fit e46 325 rotors and e39 528 calipers. Same ID hub so ebrake stays the same.

[e30m3s54turbo]

On my Alpina B6 3.5 clone I am using e36 318ti trailing arms, z4 rear VENTED rotors (294x19mm), e36 m3 rear calipers and 300mm de 294-3 adapters.

[Kingb]

On my Alpina B6 3.5 clone I am using e36 318ti trailing arms, z4 rear VENTED rotors (294x19mm), e36 m3 rear calipers and 300mm de 294-3 adapters.

Does the parking brake with with the Z4 rotors?

[e30m3s54turbo]

Does the parking brake work with the Z4 rotors?

Yes it does work.

[Julien]

On my Alpina B6 3.5 clone I am using e36 318ti trailing arms, z4 rear VENTED rotors (294x19mm), e36 m3 rear calipers and 300mm de 294-3 adapters.

Nice! I want to do this mod next

[Julien]

Rongineer makes brackets to fit e46 325 rotors and e39 528 calipers. Same ID hub so ebrake stays the same.

but is the offset suitable for 318ti hubs?