Strut Brace
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Forum Name: BMW 6 Series
Forum Discription: This forum will deal with any issues on the BMW 6 Series (E24, E63 & E64)
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Printed Date: 17-May-2024 at 06:14
Topic: Strut Brace
Posted By: Sohlman
Subject: Strut Brace
Date Posted: 09-February-2004 at 09:13
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Hello Fellow six groupies, Recently aquired and fitted a Hartge Alloy Strut brace from an E28 5 series. It's a perfect fit and looks great in the engine bay. I thought i would post it and comment on the change of driving over the standard car after i have completed a couple of hundres miles. Please look back in about 3 days time when i will have some feedback for you -------------  Sunday 10th July Brooklands Sharkfest and Big Coupe Day. http://635csi.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ - Coupe Events
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Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 09-February-2004 at 21:55
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I get the feeling that your Six is turning into some sort of mobile test bed for just about every add-on going...
...why not fit a nitrous oxide system whilst we're at it?  -------------   
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Posted By: Sohlman
Date Posted: 10-February-2004 at 22:06
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Don't want nitrous. I prefere normal aspiration the good old traditional way based around engineering. Anyway some strut brace feedback. The car feels about 20% stiffer and the steering feels heavier in car parks, yet lighter on the move. I would say the turn in is 15% sharper and at the moment i keep over turning in corners and the car feels much more liverly when changing direction. The car follows road surfaces a little more, but not in a tram lining way. More like in a feeling what the car is doing way if you know what i mean. For the small outleigh in price i feel on initial inspection it is a great investment. James ------------- Sunday 10th July Brooklands Sharkfest and Big Coupe Day. http://635csi.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ - Coupe Events
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Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 10-February-2004 at 22:12
Hmm.... I can't help thinking you've got a Rieger body kit secreted away somewhere.... -------------
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Posted By: Andyboy
Date Posted: 10-February-2004 at 23:34
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You can talk Horsey! I've heard about that Koenig bodykit you're planning to fit.
My first 6 Series needed a strut brace to prevent the n/s inner wing from fouling the power steering pump. Rotten? You bet....... 
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Posted By: Sohlman
Date Posted: 11-February-2004 at 10:11
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Well my six has no rot at all, and i don't want any of those bodykits mentioned above, but if an Alpina front air dam ever came up i would bite someones arm off for it. On another note are either of you guys thinking of going up to Rockingham for the e30 21st Birthday meet. You could argue that it is also the 21st birthday of the series 2 e28 floor planned six! Am 90% sure to be going although i am still working on getting full management approval. ------------- Sunday 10th July Brooklands Sharkfest and Big Coupe Day. http://635csi.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ - Coupe Events
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Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 15-February-2004 at 15:35
It was an Erebuni kit actually, hehehe, similar to this one: 
Ah, Andyboy, ever the connoisseur of rotten cars... Mind you, I'm sure you've also tried the Ford Cortina Mk.2 1600E - my old man had one of those until about 1977. It would have rusted to nothing if it hadn't been for people trying to steal it first.... -------------
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Andyboy wrote:Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 15-February-2004 at 15:36
..he said confidently... hoping no one would gut the car to verify that statement.... -------------
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Posted By: Andyboy
Date Posted: 15-February-2004 at 22:26
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There's no such thing as a rust free 6 Series! Karmann invented rust and then sold the patents to the Italians.... I had a Cortina 1600GT in 1984, a 1970 on a J, last of the Mark 2's. RUST!!!!!!!!!
It's also the 21st birthday of: Austin Maestro Mercedes Benz 190 Mitsubishi Shogun Renault 11 Vauxhall Nova Fiat Uno Peugeot 205 Alfa 33 Nissan Micra Citroen BX ....and the M635CSi Some landmark cars there...............but which one is still in production in it's original form? |
Posted By: Sohlman
Date Posted: 15-February-2004 at 22:52
Well lets hope not. It will be treated to a wax oil again in the spring. ------------- Sunday 10th July Brooklands Sharkfest and Big Coupe Day. http://635csi.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ - Coupe Events
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Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 15-February-2004 at 23:41
My money's on either the Uno, the Shogun or (gulp!) the Maestro.... There was some sort of deal with the Bulgarians whereby the entire assembly line for the Maestro and Montego would be shipped out to them. What on earth happened to that? -------------
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Posted By: bigfub
Date Posted: 16-February-2004 at 08:07
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Didn't they give up on it as a lost cause and go back to using the Trabant? ------------- '86 635CSi - Sold '88 E34 535i |
Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 17-February-2004 at 13:18
Wouldn't surprise me if they're all running about in Nissans nowadays. "You can with a Nissan. You can't with a Trabant" -------------
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Posted By: Andyboy
Date Posted: 17-February-2004 at 22:04
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Answer is.........
PEUGEOT 205! Still in production in a far flung Pug factory somewhere. It marked the end of Peugeot as a manufacturer of really good solid cars (i.e the fabulous old 504) and as maker of sh*te bought by fog light obsessed w**kers. |
Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 17-February-2004 at 22:37
This is a joke, no? (...you also missed out on the original Fiat Uno, which is still being made in Brazil) -------------
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Posted By: Peter H
Date Posted: 18-February-2004 at 20:54
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Renault 12 still made in Romania as Dacia, Costs $2000 new locals think its dear ------------- Das Wolperdinger AHN-NYUNG-HEE GA-SEH-YO |
Posted By: STEVE328
Date Posted: 18-February-2004 at 21:59
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Merc 190 is re-incarnated as the TATA (well the front end anyway)Awful russian pickup type thing. ------------- 
1996 N Montreal blue 328i saloon 45k / 01 Y Yamaha YZF600R Thundercat. |
Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 18-February-2004 at 22:39
...and in return, the Tata Indicar is re-incarnated here in WCUK as.... the CITY ROVER! CL-ARSE!!!! -------------
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Posted By: Peter H
Date Posted: 19-February-2004 at 06:39
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Made in a place called PUNE in India, Free Balti with every one !
HT, Why have you added a christmas card to your signature ? ------------- Das Wolperdinger AHN-NYUNG-HEE GA-SEH-YO |
Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 19-February-2004 at 12:44
It's not a Christmas card. It's a view of an Irish hunt (the Clares) in progress.... courtesy of my good friends at the Clare Equestrian Centre, Ennis, Co. Clare! -------------
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Posted By: Peter H
Date Posted: 19-February-2004 at 18:18
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Ah - thouht it might be a Hunt, did not know which, Always a good excuse for a race across country ! ------------- Das Wolperdinger AHN-NYUNG-HEE GA-SEH-YO |
Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 19-February-2004 at 19:00
I've hunted with the Clares every time I've been over there... which works out at every December.... "There is nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse" -------------
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Posted By: STEVE328
Date Posted: 19-February-2004 at 21:54
I'm glad you got that the right way round!!!  -------------
1996 N Montreal blue 328i saloon 45k / 01 Y Yamaha YZF600R Thundercat. |
Posted By: Peter H
Date Posted: 20-February-2004 at 19:21
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Yes - was Worrying ! Its one of thoes things that if you have never tried, you dont know what your missing, From hacking to Full blodded Gallop & realising your no longer in control, Bit like my driving before any one says!, How i`ve never broken anything i`ll never know, horse stops & i go through fence ! ------------- Das Wolperdinger AHN-NYUNG-HEE GA-SEH-YO |
Posted By: Howard
Date Posted: 21-February-2004 at 00:57
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Have I missed something?
Where does the strut brace fit in this conversation? ------------- 1963 700 LS 1988 635 CSi 1990 M635 CSi no longer! 2001 E38 728i Individual http://www.tyneships.co.uk" rel="nofollow - http://www.tyneships.co.uk |
Posted By: Peter H
Date Posted: 21-February-2004 at 08:11
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Ah - Its all related with controling "Horsepower & Handling" ? ------------- Das Wolperdinger AHN-NYUNG-HEE GA-SEH-YO |
Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 21-February-2004 at 12:39
Ah.. well.. now, when you have your horse warmed up, you can "strut" about -*groan*- and show off your paces. Then when the hunt gets underway, both of you will naturally "brace" yourselves -*double groan*- before each jump... There is a short video in existence of me hunting with the Clares near Ballynacally last December. Fortunately, this has not ended up on the Net. Also, the post-hunt drinking and singing was something which the local Garda would have been interested in... -------------
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