Tubular Control Arms.

[SA E30]

Also don't mind the bolt they are just used for mockup. New ones are on their way.

[xLibelle]

all good!

[ethirtydavid]

I want to see it from under the car, looks good..

[eyagel]

nice. they going to be in production?

dont forget the swaybar bracket

[Hick]

nice. they going to be in production?

dont forget the swaybar bracket

convert to M3 sway bar set up [strut mount] its works to preload the suspension way better than the control arm mounted bar

[SA E30]

We are going to have to use an after market bolt on sway bar bracket onto the strut itself.

The struts we are using are E36 328i Group N struts and they don't have a sway bar attachment point, and I'm incredibly wary of welding onto the tube itself, or am I being overly cautious?

[mazur]

We are going to have to use an after market bolt on sway bar bracket onto the strut itself.

The struts we are using are E36 328i Group N struts and they don't have a sway bar attachment point, and I'm incredibly wary of welding onto the tube itself, or am I being overly cautious?

Take the shock out and then weld?

I am very surprised an aftermarket strut on the E36 didn't come with the endlink tabs in the first place.

[SA E30]

It's a Sachs/ BMW Motorsport E36 Group N Strut.

AFAIK, they weren't allowed to relocate the sway bar mount in Group N rules.



Can I actually remove the dampener from the strut tube? I was under the impression that you couldn't do this on an e36 strut.

[Rocla]

Can I actually remove the dampener from the strut tube?

Most of e36 aftermarket coilover sets have removable cartridges.

[asubimmer]

I thought bmw motorsport springs had helper springs?

[JeffRR]

We are going to have to use an after market bolt on sway bar bracket onto the strut itself.

The struts we are using are E36 328i Group N struts and they don't have a sway bar attachment point, and I'm incredibly wary of welding onto the tube itself, or am I being overly cautious?

If that isn’t a cartridge type design and that shock tube is the OD of the strut, I'm going to assume those motorsport dampers are re-buildable, pull them apart and then weld the sta-bar tabs. If it’s a mono-tube make sure you haven’t locally deformed the ID of the tube at the sta-bar attachment.

[TwoJ's]

Nice work!

And these adapters look to be very well made.



I just hope that those things were stress tested and brought to failure in both compression and tension.

[deutschman]

those are some nice welds. i wish i could do that so bad! love this stuff!

[CorvallisBMW]

This is awesome, great work!

[SA E30]

The tops of the strut tube seem to be crimped over. I will snap a picture this afternoon.