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Originally Posted by ornicar
So you were 100% right @ [Phil325i] (contact: 157271) I did a dry fit, and the M3 brace is bumping into the steering motor in a large area 
Photos will follow.
I'm afraid that opening the plate to such a large area will weaken it too much and that in the end it has no interest.
in addition the 2 fixing points at the rear are slightly offset.
Are you satisfied with the 2 bars solution from an NVH reduction point of view?
I may also consider fitting the E88 bars again.
The M reinforcement plate will be for when I mount my M hydraulic rack  one day maybe  |
The brace does in fact fit the 1 Series with a hydraulic rack. It requires 10mm spacers for the front and 20mm spacers for the rear and slotting of the rearmost holes. You cannot however fit the standard undertray with the brace mounted, which would be fine if your car is a track slag. Thanks
ornicar for selling me the brace and for the advice! I have ultimately gone for a front only brace though, similar to
Biginboca and I can notice the increased stiffness. I may look into a custom/secondary plate for the rear section of the subframe in the future.
I have done a 'how to' on BabyBMW which I am more active on.
How to Fit the E9X M3 Belly Pan to the E8X 1er