Show me your strut braces!....

[NathanZ4C]

Shipped over from Japan or China, cant remember which

How do you add oil?

Through the sump plug obviously

[LeeZ4MR]

I had caps missing on mine too

[Moheddine]

I have an Ultra Racing 3-point strut - this one to be precise:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ultra-Racing- ... 1104256242

[Beedub]

I love that so many people on this forum clearly have the OCD I do - nice to see the little bolt "tops" on yours too Beedub!

lol, note hand polished vanos unit.. lmao!! ocd of the highest order!

[Adamski]

Mine also came with my car. I don't know if turn in is improved. However, coming previously from a 3.0, my current zed turns in and handles much much better. But then you'd expect that anyway, regardless of strut brace or not.

Why's that then Adam... is it a special model of Zed?...

See what I did there

[PerryGunn]

Mine also came with my car. I don't know if turn in is improved. However, coming previously from a 3.0, my current zed turns in and handles much much better. But then you'd expect that anyway, regardless of strut brace or not.

Why's that then Adam... is it a special model of Zed?...

See what I did there

Not really, care to explain for the hard of understanding...

[Worcester_spoon]

Fitted at Monkey Towers today

[adam1985]

Does the OEM m3 strut fit all models of z4 or only ms?

[srhutch]

Does the OEM m3 strut fit all models of z4 or only ms?

It will fit all E85/6 models. You may have to take a few mm off you camber pins though.

[JAD]

Does the OEM m3 strut fit all models of z4 or only ms?

It will fit all E85/6 models. You may have to take a few mm off you camber pins though.

Or remove them

[RickRob]

Can I assume from this that not all ///Ms have strut braces?

Mine came with one (don't have a pic and I'm not going into the garage to take one at this time of night). Is this the kind of thing one should declare to the I to the insurance company?

[PerryGunn]

Can I assume from this that not all ///Ms have strut braces?

Mine came with one (don't have a pic and I'm not going into the garage to take one at this time of night). Is this the kind of thing one should declare to the I to the insurance company?

No E85/6 came with a strut brace as standard, it's possible that a few people ordered one with the car but, even then, I think it would have been a dealer-fit rather than factory-fit option - to be on the safe side you should declare all mods to your insurance company, most specifically ask if the car has been modified when you take out the policy

[Steve84N]

Upon searching, this thread is the closest I can find to an answer but has anybody got the OEM strut brace as fitted to the M3 on a 3.0si N52? I've just picked up an e86 but some listings for the brace say it doesn't fit the 3.0si N52... Someone mentioned about it covering the oil filler cap, which is fine as it's easy enough to remove the centre section, but does it actually clear the engine?

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Marlon]

So do these actually make any difference to the driving experience - I'm guessing that unless you're on a track day throwing it into corners its negligible?

[srhutch]

Upon searching, this thread is the closest I can find to an answer but has anybody got the OEM strut brace as fitted to the M3 on a 3.0si N52? I've just picked up an e86 but some listings for the brace say it doesn't fit the 3.0si N52... Someone mentioned about it covering the oil filler cap, which is fine as it's easy enough to remove the centre section, but does it actually clear the engine?

Thanks in advance for any help.

It should be fine, might cover the oil filler, and you may have to take a few mm off the camber pins.