» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | 12-27-2007, 06:38 PM | #1 | Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: sherman, CT Posts: 5 | 318ti lsd help! ok I have looked everywhere and i still cant figure out if a 1996 318ti comes with an lsd or not, one guy says he wants to get an lsd and then on other posts someone says they have an lsd I really dont know I need some help. | | | 12-27-2007, 06:40 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 | 95 Club Sport has an LSD and it was an option up until some point in 1996. __________________ ...steven BMW CCA #146825 1996 BMW 328ti • 2003 MINI Cooper S • 2016 M235i www.bmwcca.org | | | 12-27-2007, 06:46 PM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 | like steven said standard on the club sports and an option til traction control was offered. you can ask the owner of the ti if they will give you the last 7 numbers of the vin and then have mallard run a vin check to see if it has it. or swap in a e30 diff into it for pretty cheap and have a limited slip on any year __________________ -Josh Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz | | | 12-27-2007, 06:47 PM | #4 | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 | do you have an ASC switch on the dash to the left of the steering wheel? if so, you would not have a LSD stock (bmw didn't offer both traction control and limited slip diff). easiest way to see if it was fitted from the factory is to send last 7 digits to Mallard and have him work up an options list on your car. of course, that wouldn't tell you if someone fitted one later. __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts 2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | 12-27-2007, 07:11 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Land of the Vikings Posts: 2,700 | or, you could jack up one rear wheel and try to rotate it out of gear if it doesnt turn then its a slipper, or jack up both rear wheels. rotate one as before. if they both rotate as if locked together, you have a slipper __________________ Vin Number decode and Retrofit Pdfs Available Free ! Just PM | | | 12-27-2007, 07:29 PM | #6 | Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: sherman, CT Posts: 5 | thanks for everything now i know. either way I plan on buying the car I just wanted to make sure how to know how to tell if the car has an lsd. I could put one in either way. Oh yeah and sk8tin midget im really sorry to hear about ur back, but u gotta go to a physiatrist its all about muscle and bone correlation on ur recovery, Ive been havin knee problems lately and and a physiatrist just made it all better then a couple weekends ago i went snowboarding and i hurt it again so now Im chillin at home waitin for the blood to hopefuly absorb back into my knee so i definetly know how you feel | | | 12-27-2007, 09:57 PM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 | Quote: Originally Posted by dudesweet thanks for everything now i know. either way I plan on buying the car I just wanted to make sure how to know how to tell if the car has an lsd. I could put one in either way. Oh yeah and sk8tin midget im really sorry to hear about ur back, but u gotta go to a physiatrist its all about muscle and bone correlation on ur recovery, Ive been havin knee problems lately and and a physiatrist just made it all better then a couple weekends ago i went snowboarding and i hurt it again so now Im chillin at home waitin for the blood to hopefuly absorb back into my knee so i definetly know how you feel | thanks for the concern!! im going in for physical therapy starting next week or a couple of weeks. not sure i need to schedule an appointment one of these days. and on the fourth i have another doctor appointment that i have to go to and i will ask about that __________________ -Josh Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |