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    Posted: 22-November-2006 at 14:18
Can anyone explain the difference between an M3 strut and, say, a 325i strut??

That is bare, without internals

Could you use a 325/320/318 etc strut body for conversion to new internals and adjustable spring platforms, or are they completely different???

Thanks in advance
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I dont think there is except that the m3 strut is attached to a 5 bolt hub

Both the m3 damper and 325 mtech damper are 51 mm
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Isnt the M3 strut different in that the anti-rollbar bar link pickup is on the strut on the M3 and not on the other models?
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Originally posted by Fushion Julz Fushion Julz wrote:

Isnt the M3 strut different in that the anti-rollbar bar link pickup is on the strut on the M3 and not on the other models?


you could be right - im not 100% sure
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UweM3 will know!

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I'm sure the stub axle is wider and longer on the M3 strut.
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All 3 points above are correct. i.e. completly different.

Though if you looking for a cheaper alternative, e36
struts / hub etc will fit. Though you then have the extra
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Great info chaps - many thanks
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Originally posted by 215DMX 215DMX wrote:

All 3 points above are correct. i.e. completly different.

Though if you looking for a cheaper alternative, e36
struts / hub etc will fit. Though you then have the extra
expence of new wheels...


but not just as a bolt on one-to-one replacement?
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Originally posted by UweM3 UweM3 wrote:

Originally posted by 215DMX 215DMX wrote:

All 3 points above are correct. i.e. completly different.

Though if you looking for a cheaper alternative, e36
struts / hub etc will fit. Though you then have the extra
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but not just as a bolt on one-to-one replacement?

See! Told you he'd know!

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Uwe

I think you have a new admirer, told you it was the quiet ones you have to watch out for
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Originally posted by kevin kevin wrote:

Uwe I think you have a new admirer, told you it was the quiet ones you have to watch out for  

nice bloke Uwe - fellow mod and all that....

(quiet one?)

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Uwe,

Be afraid, be very afraid.....
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Originally posted by kevin kevin wrote:

Uwe, Be afraid, be very afraid.....

oh he is... he is!

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Originally posted by kevin kevin wrote:

Uwe, Be afraid, be very afraid.....


I think he just try's to keep me calm and to stay away from his signature
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Originally posted by UweM3 UweM3 wrote:

Originally posted by kevin kevin wrote:

Uwe, Be afraid, be very afraid.....
I think he just try's to keep me calm and to stay away from his signature

you may as well have a play - all the other mods have - lol

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Originally posted by thepits thepits wrote:

Originally posted by UweM3 UweM3 wrote:

Originally posted by kevin kevin wrote:

Uwe, Be afraid, be very afraid.....
I think he just try's to keep me calm and to stay away from his signature


you may as well have a play - all the other mods have - lol




and still no change in colour of your stars........

tztztz...that is really asking for some "encouragement"
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Originally posted by UweM3 UweM3 wrote:

and still no change in colour of your stars........

tztztz...that is really asking for some "encouragement"

Oh! So you had to "pay" to become a moderator?

obviously some of us got the status purely on merit!

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Originally posted by thepits thepits wrote:

Originally posted by UweM3 UweM3 wrote:

and still no change in colour of your stars........ tztztz...that is really asking for some "encouragement"


Oh! So you had to "pay" to become a moderator?


obviously some of us got the status purely on merit!



I donated money AFTERWARDS. I know my duties......
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Originally posted by UweM3 UweM3 wrote:

Originally posted by thepits thepits wrote:

Originally posted by UweM3 UweM3 wrote:

and still no change in colour of your stars........ tztztz...that is really asking for some "encouragement"
Oh! So you had to "pay" to become a moderator?  Obviously some of us got the status purely on merit!
I donated money AFTERWARDS. I know my duties......

 

creep!

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