Help settle an argument please - strutbrace

MotK · 10-03-2020, 10:41 AM

Someone is trying to tell me that there was a chrome plated option of the centre bar of the strutbrace available oe for the csl.
Apart from that looking gash I don't believe it at all and can't find any reference to it in realoem etc.
Am I right or wrong?

Trawler · 10-03-2020, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MotK

Someone is trying to tell me that there was a chrome plated option of the centre bar of the strutbrace available oe for the csl.
Apart from that looking gash I don't believe it at all and can't find any reference to it in realoem etc.
Am I right or wrong?

Never seen one and don’t believe it was an option

**Mike R** · 10-03-2020, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MotK

Someone is trying to tell me that there was a chrome plated option of the centre bar of the strutbrace available oe for the csl.
Apart from that looking gash I don't believe it at all and can't find any reference to it in realoem etc.
Am I right or wrong?

Edited because you learn something new every day LOL!

NZ_M3 · 11-03-2020, 05:26 AM

You lot are all wrong

BMW did make the brace in full chrome except it was listed under the Z4 not M3
But they are exactly the same

https://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-1...4-25i-30i-z4m/

As a retrofit kit for the E46 chassis it came with the centre section chrome and the ends black like the M3 version

Gazza · 12-03-2020, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NZ_M3

You lot are all wrong

BMW did make the brace in full chrome except it was listed under the Z4 not M3
But they are exactly the same

https://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-1...4-25i-30i-z4m/

As a retrofit kit for the E46 chassis it came with the centre section chrome and the ends black like the M3 version

One listed here https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=120553

**shimmy** · 13-03-2020, 08:40 PM

Wow what a find

**alexk** · 14-03-2020, 09:46 AM

Very bling

MotK · 15-03-2020, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NZ_M3

You lot are all wrong

BMW did make the brace in full chrome except it was listed under the Z4 not M3
But they are exactly the same

https://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-1...4-25i-30i-z4m/

As a retrofit kit for the E46 chassis it came with the centre section chrome and the ends black like the M3 version

That is interesting. The z4m part (actually the strut tower pieces) is not the same, I've had both parts side by side and the load paths are different. Also the plastic M covers will not fit the z4m pieces. Centre bar is the same just chrome on z4.
Can you point us to this chrome retrofit for the csl? Part#?

NZ_M3 · 18-03-2020, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by MotK

That is interesting. The z4m part (actually the strut tower pieces) is not the same, I've had both parts side by side and the load paths are different. Also the plastic M covers will not fit the z4m pieces. Centre bar is the same just chrome on z4.
Can you point us to this chrome retrofit for the csl? Part#?

E46 version
51710395077
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...e/51710395077/

NBTBRV8 · 18-03-2020, 10:09 AM

I can't believe that nobody has checked the ETK. This item was never designed for the M3:

https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/par...077&series=E46

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