BMP front strut brace

[erik325i]

I bought this bar brand new from BMP three years ago. It has been used for a short time on my old 325i, and then my brother's 318is.
This bar was not on a car involved in an accident that would cause the break.

I guess this shows how how beneficial using a good strut bar is. If the strut towers stress enough to break this bar, I don't want to even imagine how much the strut towers flex without a strut bar.

Erik

[asubimmer]

ouch

[Jand3rson]

Wow! So they're overpriced, AND their stuff is crap? :D

[Aptyp]

to think my RD strut bar took a 40mph on 35mph lick and saved my foot. Minimal unbend, and it's back on my new car, lol.

[CorvallisBMW]

Yikes, that sucks. Mine is still on good shape but I rarely drive hard.

[gearheadE30]

Wow, glad I bought the Mason design one. Not that I really had a choice with the M42.

[xLibelle]

yep, would have seen that one coming. Too little material for the amount of heat.

[der affe]

yep, would have seen that one coming. Too little material for the amount of heat.

huh? for the heat of welding it?

[bmwpower]

What does the backside of the crack look like? From this vantage point, it looks like a horrible design gone wrong.

...wait...

Is that a crack on the arm joint as well??

[der affe]

i have one also. luckily it came with the car. i have rewelded it once after it cracked and spread on both sides at the same point and it is doing it again. i am going to try to back fill the area behind it this next time and start looking at a new non BMP one or make my own mason-ish copy out of chro moly.

yea they suck.

[e30s52]

/\ The sparco one is really nice.

[shmutzigE30]

wow i was so close to ordering one of these the other day...

[CorvallisBMW]

I'd better check on mine in the morning...

[der affe]

if it is cracked, just back fill it when you re weld it.

[MacBudd541]

according to IEs site their 325 bar will not work on 318s. i dont personally know what the difference is but maybe they know something we dont and you proved it? did it install easy on both cars?