My new strut brace fitted

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spurs fan in a coupe
Joined: Fri 18 Apr, 2008 19:24
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  Z3 coupe 2.8
Location: woking

My new strut brace fitted

Post by spurs fan in a coupe »

Hello all,

before I start, come on you spurs at Wolves tonight!

OK,

Finally fitted my new front strut brace tonight, has a few issues. The jump start point was in the way and needed to be cut out of the turret top. A friend of mine machined it out but accidently scratched the paint. Thanks!

Only done 3 miles so far so no comments yet but here are some before and afters!

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here's that slip!

well i'm off football training in the snow!
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Vulcan
Joined: Wed 03 Feb, 2010 22:59
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  Z3 roadster 2.8
Location: Partille

Strut brace

Post by Vulcan »

Hallo Poor Bear,

Ordered a brace a couple of days ago from Wiechers GmbH in Germany for my 2,8 Litre. polished Alu. 169 €, p&p to Sweden included. According to te german Z3 forum it´s top of the line products from that dealer. It comes with
a cut-out for the jump start connection, already made.
8-)

Snowy grethings from the Göteborg area

Vulcan

Link: http://www.wiechers-sport.de
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spurs fan in a coupe
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  Z3 coupe 2.8
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Post by spurs fan in a coupe »

I know it is cheap for a strut brtace but calling me POOR BEAR come one!
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It's a good name to be called.
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spurs fan in a coupe
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  Z3 coupe 2.8
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I'd be fine with PooBear but Poor Bear... I mean come on there is a credit crunch on!
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Titan
Joined: Fri 01 Apr, 2005 20:20
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  Z3 roadster 2.2i
Location: North Yorkshire

Post by Titan »

spurs fan in a coupe wrote:I'd be fine with PooBear but Poor Bear... I mean come on there is a credit crunch on!
It could have been worse....
How about "Poor Bare" ?

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Althulas
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Post by Althulas »

I'm considering one of these myself at that price and like the carbon, but was conserned about it looking a bit feeble compared to the wide flat braces we see. What's the build quality like and do you think they are strong enough for the M?
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W444 LKR
Joined: Tue 02 Sep, 2008 18:37
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  M roadster S50
Location: Cheshire

Post by W444 LKR »

Just purchased one of these myself, not fitted it yet but will put some feedback up when done.
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spurs fan in a coupe
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  Z3 coupe 2.8
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Post by spurs fan in a coupe »

so far very happy with it, doesn't slide so much around round a bouts or when hitting drain covers etc. in the road. If the weather would improve a bit I'd tell you my footdown opinion!
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Vulcan
Joined: Wed 03 Feb, 2010 22:59
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Location: Partille

Post by Vulcan »

Sorry spurs fan in a coupe

I´m kinda new to the forum. Just happend to mix up two different threads.
Hope you can Bear that

Regards
Vulcan/Hans
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Titan
Joined: Fri 01 Apr, 2005 20:20
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  Z3 roadster 2.2i
Location: North Yorkshire

Post by Titan »

Vulcan wrote:Sorry spurs fan in a coupe
I´m kinda new to the forum. Just happend to mix up two different threads.
Hope you can Bear that
:roflmao: Nice one Hans :!:
Welcome to the forum :thumb:
I hope you appreciate some of the mixed up humour :devil:
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simonbud100
Joined: Tue 09 Feb, 2010 22:39
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  Z3 roadster 3.0i
Location: Swansea

Post by simonbud100 »

Hi,

Does anyone have any more feedback on this strut brace. It does seem very cheap, but if it does the same job, I'm willing to give it a go! Personally, I think the carbon fibre look is quite nice.

I am also a bit concerned about having to make alterations to the car for it to fit.

Simon
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W444 LKR
Joined: Tue 02 Sep, 2008 18:37
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Location: Cheshire

Post by W444 LKR »

simonbud100 wrote:Hi,

Does anyone have any more feedback on this strut brace. It does seem very cheap, but if it does the same job, I'm willing to give it a go! Personally, I think the carbon fibre look is quite nice.

I am also a bit concerned about having to make alterations to the car for it to fit.

Simon
Hi Simon,

recently fitted one to my Z3M and fits ok, the quality is good for the money and I would recommend one. I had to remove the nut for the jump lead connection, put the brace on then screwed the nut back on. You can see from the pictures how mine has fitted, didn't need to cut anything out however I suppose it depends on where the connections is positioned on your motor as shown in previous pictures in this thread. I hope this helps :shrug
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  Z3 roadster 2.8
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althulas

glad to see there's another gamer on ere.......looking forward to bc2

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