Re: bmw-digest V9 #688

[Roger Baker <rbaker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey guys,

The main difference the vendor's are asking about has to do with the front struts.
The struts, mounting plates & spring perches are different on the early E36
models. Sometimes the sway bar end link mounts to the strut like an M3 too. You
will be fine if you drop in the whole M3 setup (springs, struts, mounts) as the
chassis are the same, or if you change the front struts & springs as a package
(will need new spring pads, perches, strut mounts, etc, if not included from the
M3 donor car however.

Roger Baker


bmw-digest wrote:

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>
> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 18:18:34 -0800 (PST)
> From: r browne <r_browne@domain.elided>
> Subject: <E36>RE: Late E36 susp on early E36?
>
> Matt wrote:
>
> Thanks for the recent bandwidth on an M3 take-offsuspension... Very
> useful
> and I'm just about ready to begin. Two more questionsthough: For my
> early
> production 92 325is (02/92) is there any benefit of thedonor being a
> 95 vs
> 97? Will Euro M3 springs work with U.S. M3 dampers?
>
> ===================================
> Yoy may want to use some caution here. Whenever I have researched any
> suspension issues for my 1992 E36, the vendors always ask "is the
> production date pre 06/92 or 6/92 and beyond".  I dont know why they
> all ask this, but I assume something must be different on the very
> early E36's.  In other words, it is *possible* that the suspension
> pieces designed for later E36's may not work on a pre 06-92 E36.  Im
> sure someone can elaborate on specifics.
>
> Ron Browne
> 1992 318is
> Bowie, MD

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