Trailing arm sway link Reinforcement?

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  • rs4pro3
    R3V Elite
    • Oct 2003
    • 5808

    #1

    Trailing arm sway link Reinforcement?

    Do any other compaines besides Turner sell the weld on plates to reinforce where the rear sway bar link mounts to the trailing arm? I've got some new special links going in, and would like to reinforce the lower mount.
    85 325e 2.7 ITB'd stroker
  • Jordan
    R3V OG
    • Oct 2003
    • 12907

    #2
    Really Ely. Make your own. Took me a wooping 5 minutes to make 1/8th in plates and weld them to my arms.

    Make a cardboard stencil, transfer to metal.

    As a tip.. don't drill the hole until after you've welded it, that way you drill it perfect :)
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    • rs4pro3
      R3V Elite
      • Oct 2003
      • 5808

      #3
      I may do that, I don't have any steel around or else I probally would.
      85 325e 2.7 ITB'd stroker

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      • AdamF 88iS
        R3VLimited
        • Oct 2003
        • 2051

        #4
        I took a piece of box tubing, cut it diagonally so i ended up with 2 triangular pieces, and welded them on. Cost about a buck.
        Adam Fogg- '88 M3

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        • Beej '86 325es
          R3VLimited
          • Feb 2004
          • 2639

          #5
          for reference:

          -Brandon
          '86 325es S50
          '12 VW GTI Autobahn DSG
          '03 540i M-Sport (sold)
          '08 Jeep SRT-8 (sold)

          For sale:
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          • Jordan
            R3V OG
            • Oct 2003
            • 12907

            #6
            HAHAHA.

            Brandon you welded them on wrong.
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            • Beej '86 325es
              R3VLimited
              • Feb 2004
              • 2639

              #7
              Sorry, I didn't see the word Turner. Mine are the ones that came with the ST sway bars. They must be different.
              -Brandon
              '86 325es S50
              '12 VW GTI Autobahn DSG
              '03 540i M-Sport (sold)
              '08 Jeep SRT-8 (sold)

              For sale:
              S50 TMS chip for Schricks

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              • Stu Mc
                R3V Elite
                • Oct 2003
                • 4083

                #8
                We mounted mine 90* of the way Beej's are, triangulated. Jordan, post pics of yours.

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                • Jordan
                  R3V OG
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 12907

                  #9
                  Mine aren't much different looking then Beej's. Just better welds. Mine are also wider, so they go left to right on the arm further.
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