210,000 miles...Sparco bar doesn't fit...

[BMWM5LOVER]

Im suffering too. The holes on my Sparco bar are about 1cm off, gonna have to grind a bit off.... :evil:

[Bryson]

(See my above post)

NOPE!!! My front bar still doesn't fit. My trusted shop put my car on a frame stretcher, and verified the measurements of my car. No dice. My guy said "we could stretch it out, but i'm not sure if all four wheels would touch...that's how far out we'd have to do it to get your bar on..." So although i'm in the minority, i'm starting to be a little more believing of IE's front bar(s). Best of luck!!! I'm screwed!!!

I don't understand how a frame stretcher verified the correct dimensions of your car, yet every car that the sparco bar fits on ALSO has correct dimensinos.
Your trusted frame stretcher is either off or wrong. That or they are basing their numbers off of the frame rails (which will not sag over time). To get a true measurement of your frame, your car must not have any suspension pieces connected, all points are tied into the frame roller. I highly doubt that your shop did it so thoroughly. Again, the frame does not have to be out of wack for the strut towers to be sagging. If your car was in an accident, the chances of damage are even greater

[demlotcrew]

It is possible the strut bar it self is faulty?


PS does your car do allot of straight line mileage?

Andrew

[moatilliatta]

hmm. i think there's 2 diffrent front ends on e30. i herd that from someplace.

[Low Level E30]

hmm. i think there's 2 diffrent front ends on e30. i herd that from someplace.

See Ireland Engineering's website --- www.bmw2002.com --- they sell two different length strut braces.

[Avus E30]

See Ireland Engineering's website --- www.bmw2002.com --- they sell two different length strut braces.

that is merely to accomodate those that have had sagging from ends

[DoriftuEvo]

According to Ireland Engineering, there were two slightly different unibodies made with different widths between the strut towers. I measured my own car and it ligns up to the mm with the "narrow" version so I have reason to believe what they say.

Here`s the link:
https://secure1.nexternal.com/shared...RowID=237&All=

If you are having *that* much trouble getting the bar on, I'd be asking myself some questions.

I'd say, sell the bar to Jordan and get an IE bar.
-a-

heard it all before.. still don't believe it. if IE truely believed this, they would track down what years and models have the different distances.

i have heard many people with many different year and model e30's complain about having a hard time getting the bar to fit. is this to say BMW randomly changed the distance between the strut towers throughout the years the e30 was produced?

i think not... IE just makes a bar that compensates more for cars that have tweeked or worn bodies.

anyway... to answer the initial question.. be a man and muscle the bar on. little pushing and prying and it will go on.

According to Ireland Engineering there are two different strut tower distances on the e-30 chassis'. Go to their website and look at there strut bar and it will explain what I am talking about.

Already been discussed 3000000000 times. It was even mentioned earlier in this very thread.

I think it is complete BS.

[sticksdaman]

so is it bs or no?

[DoriftuEvo]

Not sure. I was merely pointing out that the tidbit of information had been brought up many times within this thread.