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Can you use an e30 trailing arm on the 318ti? |  |  | | 09-03-2006, 08:51 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: SoCal Posts: 549 |
why would you want to do that? __________________
318Ti Sport (Gone, but thanks for your years of service) | M3 E30 | 190E-16V | M Coupe E36/8 | | | | | 09-04-2006, 06:10 AM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 113 |
well there are a lot of e30's at junkyards so i figured it would be cheaper if i just went to the junkyard instead of buying a new one. | | | | | 09-04-2006, 03:49 PM | #4 | | doesn't care about you. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 3,925 |
Quote: Originally Posted by jbxblitz  Can you use an e30 trailing arm on the 318ti? | Not sure which parts are a direct sway, but some parts should fit. Check realoem.com and compare part numbers. __________________ 
'99 Dinan M3 | | | | | 09-05-2006, 03:32 AM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 113 | deng
i checked the differences and the differences seem to appear on the mounting parts of the trailing arm   | | | | | 09-05-2006, 03:32 AM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 113 |
| | | | | 09-05-2006, 03:43 AM | #7 | | doesn't care about you. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 3,925 |
Quote: Originally Posted by jbxblitz Can you use an e30 trailing arm on the 318ti? | I don't think so... They don't share any of the same part numbers. They might be close, but they aren't the same part. If you can get your hands on two of them to compare I'd be interested to see how close they actually are. __________________
'99 Dinan M3 | | | | | 09-06-2006, 01:48 AM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 113 |
LOL ok... ill check my friends E30 when i get the chance. | | | | | 09-06-2006, 09:01 PM | #9 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Greece Athens Posts: 302 |
The E30, except the M3, has four lug pattern. So u cannot use it. __________________
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I used a 97 -z3 arm....but I think the rotors are specific as are the shock bolts, and the ebrake cable.... __________________
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] | | | | | 07-26-2007, 05:55 PM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,224 |
Hi,
I'm likely buying an e30 in a couple days and I'd just like to confirm with someone that an e30 trailing arm WILL swap with my 318ti trailing arm. | | | | | 07-26-2007, 06:22 PM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Greece Athens Posts: 302 |
Guys does anybody know if the ebrake cables of the Z3 trailing arms fit the ti? The part numbers are different __________________
Alpina front lip spoiler,ACS roof spoiler,OEM clear rear-side lights,In-Pro blackchrome front indicators,Lummar tinted glasses,318ti.org decalls,Eibach Sportline 45mm/30mm springs,Bilstein Sprint shocks,16mm rear sway bar,front eccentric wishbone bushes,E46 conv. RSMs,5mm rear lower spring seats,OMP alloy strut brace front,racing24 carbon/alloy strutbrace rear,x brace,K&N panel filter,L&W back box 2x84mm,BBS RK 8x17,Fulda Carat Exelero 225-45-17Y,Brembo drilled front rotors | | | | | 07-26-2007, 06:42 PM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manassas, VA Posts: 4,129 |
I'm pretty sure J!M said they didn't. Quote: Originally Posted by 316i compact Guys does anybody know if the ebrake cables of the Z3 trailing arms fit the ti? The part numbers are different | __________________ 
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Hi, apparently, I was suffering from last minute jitters and forgot that the suspension diagram in the Bentley manual is for an e36 and not the 318ti. I guess I'm getting overly excited about finally fixing my car. I've already got the solution for the 4-lug/5-lug problem. Once I swap the rear ends, I'll take off the center nut, remove the entire wheel hubs and swap those. The splines on the ti and e30 half shafts should be the same so I should not have an issue there.
I'll try to make sure I take lots of pics. . . though all I have is the camera on my phone and do things in a step by step manner so I can hopefully contribute a writeup to the forum. | | | | |
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