I thought no one made these?

[Massimo]

Found some E30 M3 DTM last iteration trailing arm replicas.

Not cheap at 3500 pounds but weighing in at only 3kg!!!! holy shit...

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http://www.delagesport.com/en/pieces-competition-Compact%20F2000%20S42-rear-axle-16_5.html

Oh and they also do a full S42 replica as well.

[flyboyx]

those are pretty awesome.

[Shangsta]

http://www.m3motorsport.co.nz/ are also going to be offering them

[CorvallisBMW]

Considering I can't read French and the pics are microscopic, I don't even know what I'm looking at. Buy suffice to say you could build your own identical tube trailing arms for 10% of what they're charging.

[Stanley Rockafella]

Considering I can't read French and the pics are microscopic, I don't even know what I'm looking at.

+1

[Wschnitz]

If you can get the measurements it wouldn't be hard to make a jig to mass produce these on your own.

[flyboyx]

If you can get the measurements it wouldn't be hard to make a jig to mass produce these on your own.

yes, you could but you would then have to worry about liability issues. don't get me wrong, i have no plans to spend 4k on trailing arms for my e30. you would always be asking yourself if your welder's welds good enough?

[nando]

that's probably why they are so expensive. qualified welders aren't cheap.

[AndrewBird]

that's probably why they are so expensive. qualified welders aren't cheap.

Actually, they kinda are. Going rate for a welder around here is $25-30 an hour.

People tend to think welding is this super difficult task when it really isn't. A few weeks of schooling and you are a certified welder.

[Wschnitz]

Please, there's certified welders and there's welders I'd actually trust to make me suspension components. The ladder are harder to find.

[nando]

^That's what i mean. I don't mean a guy can lay a nice looking bead. We put structural welders through the ringer.