DIY Custom Strong Strut rear 'bar...need dimensions

[aceyx]

Originally Posted by Moose

I might also be looking to pick up some beefier exaust hangers to keep the tail section from bonking the SB' bar. The stock hangers are wimpy and flimsy and really need to go. Doh! damn another part to buy for the ass end mod fest

Wrap them in cloth tape (medical) or zip ties. I'm on the originals, 178k miles.

[mohaughn]

Originally Posted by Moose

^will do. I will also be posting pics and dimensions so anyone can whip one out. About the clearance issue...it might take away an inch. Teh exaust goes over it and since I have a stock ride height I should be cool

I might also be looking to pick up some beefier exaust hangers to keep the tail section from bonking the SB' bar. The stock hangers are wimpy and flimsy and really need to go. Doh! damn another part to buy for the ass end mod fest

People here have recommended mini exhaust hangers, but they wouldn't fit on my car.. I ended up going to autozone and buying some generic black exhaust hangers that they had. Same design as the mini hangers, but with metal re-enforcements inside of them. I still had to cut my rear valance to make some clearance for it. The stock BMW hangers suck.

[Moose]

generic ftw...or homemade. There is a bulk rubber warehouse in Reno that sells all kinds of rubber. Thick, thin, sheets, shapes and in every kind of density. I once made some cool mudflaps for my Subaru with some conveyor belt scraps they gave me. The 1/4" sheets of rubber were steel belted and made some bulletproof 'flaps. Another time I made some strut tower gaskets for a set of coilovers with a thin sheet of super dense stuff

I'm hoping they have some 1/2" hard rubber we can fab into some hangers. I definitely don't want to cut into the body work so they have to be a copy of the stock ones for a good fit