I know this has been beaten to death, but I just want to confirm that the rack from the 98'-02' Z3 (from the 3.2L) will fit in our cars. The remanufactured racks are cheaper than the racks from the 1.9 Z3's. Thoughts?
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IIRC the Z3M rack (which is the one in your link) is the same as an E36 rack which is different and slower than the non-M Z3 rack. -
go with the e46 rack, imo the z3 rack is twitchy as fuckComment
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I've heard that. The E46 seems to be a nice compromise between the Z3 and the E36. Would this one work? Google search information doesn't seem as consistent as the available info for the E36 rack.
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IMO buy in-store. Might be $20-50 more expensive, but I went through two racks from rockauto (one had a leaking pinion seal, the other had a leaking rack seal) and it was a bitch to have the car down for such a long time. Much easier to roll up to the store and say "give me another one"
As far as racks go... all the e36/46 racks are pretty much the same, save for the z3 racks and the M series racks. All the others are separated by petty bullshit numbers that fanboys can argue about for d~a~y~s. Any way you do it you're pretty much reducing your lock-to-lock turns by 1. The max difference you're talking between the different racks is maybe 45* tops.Comment
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I got mine from advance auto, though I was in a rush to get my car back on the road. Shop around and see who's got the best price. Mine was like, $180ish after tax.Comment
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I got my steering rack from a 2000 z3 (2.7 turns) off a guy on craigslist for $150 shipped. IMO the z3 rack is what the e30 should've been manufactured with. It was a little twitchy the first couple days at high speeds (70mph) but after driving it, you get used to it. I'm super happy i went with z3
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Having M3 offset bushings and aligned as such really cut down on twitchiness on my E30 and the Z3 rack.Comment
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