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11-23-2011, 02:14 PM
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Parts Hoarding Specialist
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Milton
Posts: 2,325
Car: '91 318i, '91 318is
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LF: E30 front subframe
As stated, I need a new front subframe for my 318is. Track day was not too kind to it and sheared the sway bar tabs right off  .
Same part on 325i/e/is/ic and 318i/is/ic. No IX.
Help me out!
Thanks!
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1986 E30 325e (killed)
1986 E30 325es (died)
1988 E30 325i (rotted)
1992 E34 525i (sold)
1992 E30 318i (cabrio, Dad's)
1989 E30 325i (Mom's)
1991 E30 318i (cabrio, summer car)
1991 E30 318is (Winter car)
1992 Euro M5 (driveway decoration)
1994 E36 325is (driveway junk)
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11-23-2011, 02:45 PM
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Permanently Dirty
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Etobicoke
Posts: 446
Car: E30 1990 325I
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I got a tig welder, but no extra subframe 
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11-23-2011, 03:34 PM
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Parts Hoarding Specialist
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Milton
Posts: 2,325
Car: '91 318i, '91 318is
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Well, I'd like to get a replacement subframe, and probably weld on a reinforcment onto the tab to keep this from happening again. AKG must have something like this... I'll have to look.
Yup, in fact they do make reinforments:
http://www.akgmotorsport.com/gallery/?level=album&id=2
Anyone want to make these for me instead?
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1986 E30 325e (killed)
1986 E30 325es (died)
1988 E30 325i (rotted)
1992 E34 525i (sold)
1992 E30 318i (cabrio, Dad's)
1989 E30 325i (Mom's)
1991 E30 318i (cabrio, summer car)
1991 E30 318is (Winter car)
1992 Euro M5 (driveway decoration)
1994 E36 325is (driveway junk)
Last edited by E30M42cab; 11-23-2011 at 03:55 PM.
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11-23-2011, 03:47 PM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Mississauga, ON
Posts: 1,455
Car: 84 S52 e30/330ix e46
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Ya akg subframe reinforcement set comes with the swaybar ones, they don't look too much better to be honest I wish the tabs were longer
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11-23-2011, 04:05 PM
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Cars in Perpetual Repair
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Guelph
Posts: 5,210
Car: 328i & 327i turbo
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What happened to the subframe in your parts car?
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11-23-2011, 04:10 PM
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Parts Hoarding Specialist
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Milton
Posts: 2,325
Car: '91 318i, '91 318is
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cormier
Ya akg subframe reinforcement set comes with the swaybar ones, they don't look too much better to be honest I wish the tabs were longer
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They look pretty cheap... I had the same design in mind, but I was expecting them to be thicker.
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Originally Posted by Bullet Ride
What happened to the subframe in your parts car?
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Sold it. Remember when I pulled it off and said "Hey, I bet I can sell this"... well I did, and now I need one for myself
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1986 E30 325e (killed)
1986 E30 325es (died)
1988 E30 325i (rotted)
1992 E34 525i (sold)
1992 E30 318i (cabrio, Dad's)
1989 E30 325i (Mom's)
1991 E30 318i (cabrio, summer car)
1991 E30 318is (Winter car)
1992 Euro M5 (driveway decoration)
1994 E36 325is (driveway junk)
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11-23-2011, 07:02 PM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Hamilton
Posts: 1,204
Car: E34iT, E30i
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Quote:
Originally Posted by E30M42cab
Sold it. Remember when I pulled it off and said "Hey, I bet I can sell this"... well I did, and now I need one for myself |
Done that more than once. 
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11-23-2011, 07:39 PM
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Clint Eastwood
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Posts: 1,295
Car: Ugly M50 swapped E30
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If you don't need it RIGHT now, I'll be parting out my 4 dr in a couple weeks.
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11-23-2011, 08:59 PM
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MaXsponsor
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Milton
Posts: 14,155
Car: 330ci SC, M5 Touring
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Pretty sure i have some...
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11-23-2011, 10:43 PM
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A true enthusiast
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Simcoe, On, Canada
Posts: 683
Car: E24E28E30E34E38E53
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Hey Scott, I got one if you wanna stop by the new shop for a beer sometime
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11-25-2011, 02:06 PM
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the misanthropist
Join Date: May 2002
Location: a house
Posts: 5,955
Car: '05 4Runner, 87 325
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For what it's worth, my IE swaybar has poly mounts which use the rear subframe bolt for the front anchor, not the tab.
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11-25-2011, 02:17 PM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Mississauga, ON
Posts: 1,455
Car: 84 S52 e30/330ix e46
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^^ hmmm... Can't visualize what you mean by that but it sounds good -- any pictures of the set up?
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11-25-2011, 02:38 PM
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the misanthropist
Join Date: May 2002
Location: a house
Posts: 5,955
Car: '05 4Runner, 87 325
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Hmm, I guess I forgot how the E30 sway bar is mounted already. I guess the tab that's broken is the rear one, not the front sandwich deal. But this is a pic of how the IE mount works:
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11-25-2011, 05:12 PM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Pickering
Posts: 1,293
Car: 90 sr20det 325is
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Scott, I have a subframe for you, I keep spares  Sending a pm
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11-30-2011, 06:28 PM
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Parts Hoarding Specialist
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Milton
Posts: 2,325
Car: '91 318i, '91 318is
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Thanks for the offers guys. I see how it goes in the near future and hit one of you up at some point.
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Originally Posted by BigD
Hmm, I guess I forgot how the E30 sway bar is mounted already. I guess the tab that's broken is the rear one, not the front sandwich deal. But this is a pic of how the IE mount works:
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Yeah, they've got the right idea using the subframe bolt... but the rear bolt is still that shitty little 13mm nut and bolt that goes on the little tab off the edge of the subframe. It's pure shitty design. D, yours is going to rip off too, especially with the solid links as your tab on the subframe looks like mine did... just a little rusty, and flimsy as fuc k. The only real way around this, I think, is to have the sway bar linked to the strut housing, a la M3 styles, so all the force is pulling up towards the chassis, instead of down and away. Just my 2 cents. I'll be reinforcing my subframe, and figuring out a new bracket as well. OEM failed way too easily on me.
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1986 E30 325e (killed)
1986 E30 325es (died)
1988 E30 325i (rotted)
1992 E34 525i (sold)
1992 E30 318i (cabrio, Dad's)
1989 E30 325i (Mom's)
1991 E30 318i (cabrio, summer car)
1991 E30 318is (Winter car)
1992 Euro M5 (driveway decoration)
1994 E36 325is (driveway junk)
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