 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | 1999 M3 Swap 09-07-2023 10:10 PM 05-02-2024 08:18 PM 6 Replies, 405,627 Views | |  |  |  |  07-20-2008, 07:05 PM | #1 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 737 |  Look what I got
So, I crawled under my ti today (for the very first time, sad, I know) to change my oil, and lookie what I found:  If I'm not mistaken, that's an X-brace. Not sure which of the previous owners installed it, but I'd like to say a generic thank you to whichever one did.  Justin |  |  | | 07-20-2008, 07:47 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 |
That's what it is.
$110 saved. __________________ ...steven
BMW CCA #146825
1996 BMW 328ti • 2003 MINI Cooper S • 2016 M235i
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| | | | | 07-20-2008, 10:10 PM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |
nice!! lucky you __________________
-Josh
Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot
Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green
Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz
| | | | | 07-21-2008, 07:51 PM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 194 |
Oh nice, think I got that X-brace on mine to... | | | | | 07-22-2008, 02:22 AM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
lol, that must have been a nice surprise, kinda like when Mallard decoded my VIN and I discovered I have an LSD  | | | | | 07-22-2008, 09:18 AM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 737 |
Quote: Originally Posted by tiFreak  lol, that must have been a nice surprise, kinda like when Mallard decoded my VIN and I discovered I have an LSD | I'd say that's the perfect comparison. Now if only there had been an LSD listed when Mallard (has anyone found him yet?) decoded my VIN.... Justin | | | | | 07-22-2008, 04:30 PM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |
no he is starting to make me worry __________________
-Josh
Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot
Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green
Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz
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Kay, it ties the frame rails together... similiar to how a strut bar ties your towers together. Just increases rigidity.... AND as an added bonus, protects that oil pan... judging how low you are, id look into one soon  They came stock on LTW's and Convertibles, if im remembering that right. __________________ 11/97 Base  328Ti
| | | | | 07-22-2008, 06:17 PM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Denver, Co USA Posts: 99 |
Oh... I may need some for protects my oil pan. Thanks Philly! __________________ <------ Sold | | | | | 07-22-2008, 07:41 PM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 2,525 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Borg561 So, I crawled under my ti today (for the very first time, sad, I know) to change my oil, and lookie what I found: If I'm not mistaken, that's an X-brace. Not sure which of the previous owners installed it, but I'd like to say a generic thank you to whichever one did. Justin | You are missing a bolt in that picture. On the two front connections there should be two bolts on each side. I can't see the passenger side to see if you have two bolts there or not. If the nutserts are there, you just need the right sized bolt. If not nutsert, I would drop the bar, get two nutserts and bolts, and put the two bolts in. Not sure it is causing a problem, or will cause a problem, but it should have 6 bolts total. | | | | | 07-23-2008, 09:10 AM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 737 |
Quote: Originally Posted by mohaughn You are missing a bolt in that picture. On the two front connections there should be two bolts on each side. I can't see the passenger side to see if you have two bolts there or not. If the nutserts are there, you just need the right sized bolt. If not nutsert, I would drop the bar, get two nutserts and bolts, and put the two bolts in. Not sure it is causing a problem, or will cause a problem, but it should have 6 bolts total. | I wondered about that when I was under there. There's only one bolt on each side. I'm going to guess the nutserts aren't there either, as I can't imagine someone putting those in the frame but not putting the bolts in. I'll look into getting them. I know the parts aren't that much, I just don't have much free time, plus it's summer and always hot out. Justin | | | | |
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