BMW e30 Chassis Lower X Brace (very soon)

[e30rcr]

So what do you think of the integrated skidplate? I'm not the first to ask about it in this thread....

[monty]

I vote for a r3v group buy in lime green for $200.

I second that. Even though I dont really care what color it comes in because I dont plan on jumping my car for anyone to see my undercarrage, i'm the only one that turns wrenches on it to see it anyway. But it would match niceley with my lower control arm mounts, I think they are AKA lollipops?

[DCColegrove]

So what do you think of the integrated skidplate? I'm not the first to ask about it in this thread....

This is an interesting idea for sometime down the road, John and I briefly talked about it and we may come up with an addition in the future.

I would not be integrated into the brace as the e30 has several engine configurations and as would follow several different needs in pan protection (we don't want to re-create the BMW one size fits all fireplace grate thing that was available).

[e30rcr]

Or even a generic M20 skidplate that isn't connected to this x brace at all? There are a couple on the market, the price point seems to be about $150 for steel, and a friend of mine made one from 1/4" 6061 for around $300.

[DCColegrove]

:loco: Did anyone notice that Black won over pink with flowers and polkadodts by only 1 vote?

[george graves]

Nice!

[DCColegrove]

Nice!

and in aluminun:



There is a Group Buy here on R3V...only on R3V.

[george graves]

All grade 8 hardware I bet too.

[DCColegrove]

All grade 8 hardware I bet too.

Grade 8? (BMW guy scratches his head and says "we do not screw around"... get it Screw around)

Metric Grade 10.9
Medium carbon alloy steel, quenched and tempered.
Tensile Ultimate Strength, MPa, Min. = 1040.
Hardness, Rockwell = Surface 30N59, Core C39.

Component and material cost isn't even a factor in what we do.

[MGYVER]

24v Swaps ?

Will this fit an E30 with the M50/S50/S52 swap ?
If so I will probably buy one.

Thanks !

[TwoJ's]

Looks very nice. I'll have to get an aluminum one when I finish the other things my car needs. I like the hood/trunk seals too.

[Lance Racing]

Looks well built, nice job.

Sadly, I can't run it on my race car. The rules don't allow aftermarket parts like that.



I can't speak for the bottom of the car, but the tops of the shock towers do move when driven hard on the track. We had an aluminum Racing Dynamics strut tower bar that started to deform. So we went to the Sparco steel bar which is a lot more stout.

[BeirBrennerE30]

Cad plating is a sacrificial coating. It will eventually stop functioning as a sacrificial anode and rust through.

ok so I was a lil overzealous... but Cad is a better option than powdercoat. and it will take FOREVER in automotive terms to the actual part to corrode.

I will probably get a bar at a leter date... I wanna see if other 24v guys get it to fit.
What is the strength and weight difference between the steel and al parts?

[chuck90m3]

Will this fit an E30 with the M50/S50/S52 swap ?
If so I will probably buy one.

Thanks !

I would like to know as well

[triggrhaapi]

I would like to know as well

I can't imagine it would be an issue. Post-swap, the underside of my car is no different.

I'm very interested in this for my car. Any chassis reinforcement is good in my book.