Cheers rob good info Unusual to see the m's roll bar smaller on the e39 its
Se 22mm
Msport 1 24mm
Msport 2 25mm
M5 25mm
Eibach 27mm
All fronts
Seems the 328 bar is the one to grab
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Cheers rob good info Unusual to see the m's roll bar smaller on the e39 its
Se 22mm
Msport 1 24mm
Msport 2 25mm
M5 25mm
Eibach 27mm
All fronts
Seems the 328 bar is the one to grab
Similar oddities with the E46...
318i SE front 24.6mm
318i Msport front 22.5mm
So I now have the sport springs+ shocks and the bigger arb.... Win.
Its a strange one that the SE bars are thicker than the Mtech ones, it was Tomas in Perfect Car that pointed that out to me when I was looking at changing my ARBs.Quote:
Originally Posted by John_D
I want to get strut braces myself, I can feel that car flexing, but maybe its even more pronounced having coilovers in.
Just looking over this again and wondering would the thicker anti roll bars on se models be due to the softer suspension setup? Thus confirming that the stiffer the chassis the less need there is for stiffer suspension? :)
Would it all come down to just the thickness of the bar though or would there be a difference in the metallurgy of the small diameter ones?
I was thinking the same Enda, but I wonder if BMW would complicate things by having the ARBs for each model made of different material rather than just changing the thickness? Maybe it doesn't work that way though, I'm no expert on the subject. But I do find it very interesting.
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter-E36
Was thinking about it and the thicker ARBs for softer suspension makes most sense to me.
I've a x brace if anyone needs one I'm going to power flex the vert at the min I've fitted a strut brace and removed the x brace because I'm just to low .. I might do sub frame at some stage just because I can really not for anything else
was thinking the same but it sounds a bit too high tech IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by EndaC
The anti roll bar is mounted to the body of the shock on an m3 the other models are mounted to the wishbone.