Is this a crack in my front subframe?

[nickmcc92]

My camber is off on my driver side. Finally went to check it out and found this.
What do you guys think?

[ButtJuice]

You should clean all of the gunk off so we can see better.

[nickmcc92]

[nickmcc92]

Right next to the washer?

[nickmcc92]

Bump

[jlevie]

The camber being off will be; bent control arms, bent strut housing, or frame damage.

[jalopi]

Exactly how 'off' are we talking here? Got any side-to-side pics?

[DJLimes]

Quite possibly cracked, its a common issue on our cars. I just got a replacement for mine, and they make little reinforcements you can weld in. $17 from the same guy who sells the odometer gears. Forget his name but hes on here. I got my new subframe off a friendly member here parting out his car, definitely hunt around before you buy new!

[nickmcc92]

How's the job replacing the subframe?

[pantelones]

That is clearly not a crack... You can see the crater in the start of the weld pool, then as the bead is built up you can see peaks. Too fast for my taste, but that production for ya! It doesn't look like there is anything wrong with it, they just didn't run the bead all the way around.

[Vivek]

Quite possibly cracked, its a common issue on our cars. I just got a replacement for mine, and they make little reinforcements you can weld in. $17 from the same guy who sells the odometer gears. Forget his name but hes on here. I got my new subframe off a friendly member here parting out his car, definitely hunt around before you buy new!

Those are for the motor mount holes, not control arm.

How's the job replacing the subframe?

You'll need to get the control arms and steering rack out and support the engine, those are the harder parts. But yours looks fine to me.

[jalopi]

Garagistic is the company that sells those reinforcement tabs, fyi

[garagistic]

Garagistic is the company that sells those reinforcement tabs, fyi

Not sure from that picture.


Reinforcment are here btw (good preventative maintenance):

http://store.garagistic.com/ocart/bmw-e30-parts/BMW-E30-Front-Subframe-Reinforcement-Kit

[nickmcc92]

[ZM Blue Devil]

we offer AKG reinforcements welded in and the entire subframe powder coated, as noted its a very common.

http://www.gutenparts.com/gps-bmw-e30-powder-coated-front-subframe.html