 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  | |  03-16-2007, 12:06 PM | #31 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Lincoln Park Capitol Hill, Washington DC Posts: 741 |
Turner has an H&R rear sway bar that is 19mm and JC Whitney (yes) has one made by Addco, 18.5mm, for Z3 6 cylinders. There used to be a vendor on Ebay, called Neverenough, selling Addco rear sway bars for the MZ3 that measured 22.5mm. I think I will go with a larger rear sway bar to lessen the understeer. I will also replace my crappy rear KYB shocks to Bilstein sports....already have them.....  __________________
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Fariz
1997 318ti, Hellrot (Bright Red), Dinan Stage 2 Chip
16x7 OEM sport Wheels/X-Brace/Custom Strut Brace/Cold Air Intake/M-Tec Steering Wheel/Koni Adjustable FrontShocks/ Bilstein Sport Rear Shocks /H&R Sport Springs/Custom fabricated strut tower brace/Rear Strut brace, Stromung Exhaust
Future Mods: E46 17" wheels or Kosei K-1 17x8.5s |  |  | | 03-16-2007, 01:56 PM | #32 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NJ Posts: 1,625 | 
but you DID notice an (large/moderate/somewhat?) actual improvment over stock bars, correct (when U switched to Club Sport bars)?? asking cause next stop for me is PROPER suspension set up, and I'm still not sure what I really need..  so far, got Bilsteins (I know they are Ok) with Bav Auto lowering springs, & 95 M3 wheels.. NOT very happy AT ALL with the springs (!) - they seem almost NON progressive.. its weird, but the car seems too soft some times, while extremely harsh some other times (is that even atributed to springs??).. its as if almost no consistency in spring behavior, if that makes sense at all.. anyway.. most likely will never 'track' the car, BUT would like a nice and solid feel on the back road 'twisties' (would most def. like to eliminate the current roll)! having said that - had Neuspeed bars on my 91 GTI & the car felt like it was 'plowing' into turns - eventually put back the stock front bar while keeping the larger Neuspeed rear and car's handling improved tenfold! So.. Club Sport or something like H&R bars (front & rear or just rear?)?? springs - anything out there better than Bav Auto springs? I understand these are subjective, but whatever... everyones opinions apreciated & welcome, of course.. Quote: Originally Posted by DustenT  How stiff do you need them? Are you tracking the car? The m-tec (sport) sways are still REALLY soft for track use. I swapped them in and I need to get some stiffer ones now that I'm running r-compound tires. | | | | | | 03-16-2007, 02:32 PM | #33 | | doesn't care about you. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 3,925 |
Yes I noticed a difference, not a HUGE difference, but noticeable. HR sport springs are nice, and soft enough for daily driving. All sport springs are going to be harsh. I'd get the big HR sway bars if I were you. Or...I'll sell you my MTec bars so I can buy the HRs.  __________________ 
'99 Dinan M3 | | | | | 03-16-2007, 02:55 PM | #34 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Saint Paul, MN Posts: 3,244 |
I belive Bimmerbum has a few sets of matched Bilstein springs and struts FS that don't lower it much (1"/1.2"). Just slightly more than Mtech. __________________
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| | | | | 03-18-2007, 05:34 AM | #35 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 1,595 |
Quote: Originally Posted by weezer Discontinued and Out of stock.... | Really? That sucks. They have been discontinuing a lot of stuff for our cars. | | | | | 03-18-2007, 11:05 PM | #36 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Lincoln Park Capitol Hill, Washington DC Posts: 741 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Viper3812 Really? That sucks. They have been discontinuing a lot of stuff for our cars. | Well it has been almost 10 years since the Ti was discontinued by BMW. I sold the last Racing Dynamics Sway bar kit in stock to pmd3, a month ago. You can get H&R, Eibach and Addco sway bars for the Z3, the part numbers co-relates to the Tis. __________________
It's always a great day to be underwater and play with the fish.....preserve our oceans and reefs"
Fariz
1997 318ti, Hellrot (Bright Red), Dinan Stage 2 Chip
16x7 OEM sport Wheels/X-Brace/Custom Strut Brace/Cold Air Intake/M-Tec Steering Wheel/Koni Adjustable FrontShocks/ Bilstein Sport Rear Shocks /H&R Sport Springs/Custom fabricated strut tower brace/Rear Strut brace, Stromung Exhaust
Future Mods: E46 17" wheels or Kosei K-1 17x8.5s | | | | | 03-26-2007, 07:03 AM | #37 | | Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 11 |
Hi, I just installed a set of H&R sway bars on my ti and I had some trouble with the rear bushing brackets not fitting over the new bushings. Do you know if the brackets for a 328 will mount to the ti? The bushings I seem to have gotten require those brackets. If you're wondering how I got the H&R's, Autowerks was able to make a kit by putting the front 328 bar with a rear Z3 bar. They compliment my H&R sport springs very well!! I've been looking around this forum for about 3 years and have finally decided to become a member, ha! Hope you can help me! -Bryan | | | | | 03-26-2007, 07:41 AM | #39 | | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Port St. Johns, Florida Posts: 2,242 |
3135 3623 AC Schnitzer Sway Bar Kit
$789.95
from BavAuto.com
TMS used to sell a kit for the Ti, for 350ish..can't find it on their now. | | | | | 03-26-2007, 07:47 AM | #40 | | Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 11 |
I love the H&R's! I got them from Autowerks for around $380 | | | | | 03-26-2007, 08:00 AM | #41 | | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Port St. Johns, Florida Posts: 2,242 |
Korman has this.
Korman Clubsport Suspension System- E36 318, 325, 328
4 linear rate springs, 2.0" height reduction front, 1 3/8" height reduction rear
Bilstein Sport Valved front struts and rear shocks
Front and Rear Sway Bars (28mm front, 21mm rear), mounting hardware and bushings included.
318i, iS (all) P/N 3110318H4, 318Ti P/N 3110318TI2, 325/325i, iS (all) P/N 3110325H8
Front and Rear Sway Bars (28mm front, 21mm rear), mounting hardware and bushings included. < they don't list it apart from the kit though on their site. | | | | | 03-26-2007, 08:06 AM | #42 | | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Port St. Johns, Florida Posts: 2,242 |
Quote: Originally Posted by ORtiguy I love the H&R's! I got them from Autowerks for around $380 | what sizes are the bars? What all hardware did you get with them? | | | | | 03-26-2007, 08:11 AM | #43 | | Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 11 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Panzer_M what sizes are the bars? What all hardware did you get with them? | They are 28mm and 19mm. They came with the H&R polyurathane bushings and bolts for the rear endlinks. They didn't come with new endlinks like the racing dynamics bars do. The only problem I had was with the rear bushings because they were designed for the Z3. I just ordered new brackets from Pelican Parts so hopefully those will fit right. The Ti brackets arent big enough for the new bushings. | | | | | 03-26-2007, 08:18 AM | #44 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 2,525 |
I've got that H&R 28mm swaybar up front. Nice bar. A lot beefier than the stock unit. Did that in combination with the ground control M3 adjustable sway bar end links. | | | | | 03-26-2007, 08:22 AM | #45 | | Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 11 |
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