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      12-29-2012, 12:11 AM   #1
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M3 Rear Subframe bushing questions

I am getting a LSD/M3 control arms this month, then coilovers the next month then sways the month after that LOL!! Question is when is a good time to do the M3 subframe bushings? I am guessing with the LSD since exhaust, drive-shaft ECT will be out? What is the speacial tool it takes to get these out I keep hearing about? This doesnt seem to be a real hard job...maybe 6 hour job but will be more than 1/2 way there when taking pumpkin out (taking pumpkin out to take to a shop to have wavetrac or Quaife installed....dont want to set back lash LOL!!). Will a shop have to press these out or can I do this?
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Found a link to the tool, dont know if I am aloud to post it LOL!!
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Thinking about going this route instead of renting a tool lol!!

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=543295
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the best ones would be the ones from powerflex that is solid but its much more of a pain in the ass than the inserts...i would be curious though to how big of a difference it actually makes...

and whats up with all the LOL!! at the end...i dont see whats so funny with everything you say
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I am getting a LSD/M3 control arms this month, then coilovers the next month then sways the month after that LOL!! Question is when is a good time to do the M3 subframe bushings? I am guessing with the LSD since exhaust, drive-shaft ECT will be out? What is the speacial tool it takes to get these out I keep hearing about? This doesnt seem to be a real hard job...maybe 6 hour job but will be more than 1/2 way there when taking pumpkin out (taking pumpkin out to take to a shop to have wavetrac or Quaife installed....dont want to set back lash LOL!!). Will a shop have to press these out or can I do this?
In conjunction with a rear sway bar as the subframe has to be dropped a bit to r/r a rear sway bar. To avoid duplicate labor, I'd wait to to lsd, rsb and rear subframe bushings at the same time.
Your questions are answered in the suspension subforum
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the best ones would be the ones from powerflex that is solid but its much more of a pain in the ass than the inserts...i would be curious though to how big of a difference it actually makes...

and whats up with all the LOL!! at the end...i dont see whats so funny with everything you say
It's called being slap happy.
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If I was you I would look into the Defiv lockdown kit...
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If I was you I would look into the Defiv lockdown kit...
you are the second one who mentioned this...I will find out wht this is...do you have link by chance?
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you are the second one who mentioned this...I will find out wht this is...do you have link by chance?
I have a link but I can't post it because I would probably be banned


Google search defiv diff lockdown kit and click the "officially released" link
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I have a link but I can't post it because I would probably be banned


Google search defiv diff lockdown kit and click the "officially released" link
I found one for $650.00? I know ths is dumb but I am doing all the labor so it won't cost more.

I am putting in the LSD, then coilovers, powerflex subframe bushings (full not inserts) and they area lot easier to install without a tool and then the rear set bar. Some are saying to not do the rear swaybar and only do the front, I can't see logic in that....maybe they don't have a LSD? Probably do lockdown kit after all suspension is one unless I get bad wheel hop.
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I found one for $650.00? I know ths is dumb but I am doing all the labor so it won't cost more.

I am putting in the LSD, then coilovers, powerflex subframe bushings (full not inserts) and they area lot easier to install without a tool and then the rear set bar. Some are saying to not do the rear swaybar and only do the front, I can't see logic in that....maybe they don't have a LSD? Probably do lockdown kit after all suspension is one unless I get bad wheel hop.
Yeah, that's the one. If I had the entire rear end apart I would go ahead and the lockdown kit, if not then you'll have to drop the diff again later to put put the kit in. I can almost guarantee you're going to have some severe wheel hop. I'm making less power than you are/will be and there's no way in hell i can launch my car at the track or on the street without either blowing the tires off or getting wheel hop(believe me, I've tried)
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Yeah, that's the one. If I had the entire rear end apart I would go ahead and the lockdown kit, if not then you'll have to drop the diff again later to put put the kit in. I can almost guarantee you're going to have some severe wheel hop. I'm making less power than you are/will be and there's no way in hell i can launch my car at the track or on the street without either blowing the tires off or getting wheel hop(believe me, I've tried)
see, I do mostly 40 punches...but some tracking to, so I will look into this farther.
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What is the biggest benefit of the subframe bushings? Do they help with wheel hop at all (or will the Defiv kit solve this on its own) or just eliminate the "loose" feeling when under full load?
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I went with these:

http://www.bimmerzone.com/product/PW...0-422-E9X.html
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+1. The install is far easier than the M3 bushings. The hardest part of the job is installing the M3 parts. Compared to that, the sloppy OEM ones fall out...
Do the bushings at the same time as the rear sway bar, since that is the only other job that requires rear subframe removal/lowering.
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If I was you I would look into the Defiv lockdown kit...
just ordered it
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