Recently sorted out a bunch of handling bits that I'd purchased over the years. This included a set of brakes sourced from an F87 M2, the rear section of an E9x M3 driveline and various ball joints and small odds and ends.
Exhaust, propshaft, and rear subframe all had to come out, after which the subframe and knuckles were disassembled. The M3 propshaft required some custom work in order to adapt to the 335i manual box.
I also took the opportunity to change the pesky gearbox selector shaft seal that is prone to leaking and ruining the foam piece that sits inside the shaft.
Unfortunately my stupid ass didn't realise that I'd need to cut out chunks of the rear e9x 335i knuckles in order to fit the F87 brakes with an adapter kit. Being a street car, I wasn't too fond with removing material from knuckles, so I found a bolt on solution for the calipers, which involved replacing the rear caliper bushings with eccentric ones, using a pair of e6x 35i/45i/50i rear rotors, after which they were a bolt on affair.
Front brakes in
Rear subframe out
Knuckles and control arms overhauled, m3 axles fitted to knuckles
Subframe sorted out with new mounts and ball joints
Suspension and driveline assembled
Back on the ground and ready for the next phase
Here's a summary of all the handling goodness that's been fitted:
1M/M3 rear arms with lemforder ball joints pressed in to the outer links with cnc adapters (these arms only have ball jointed inners from factory)
GAS monoball kit for 2x 1M/M3 front control arms
Solid subframe mounts
ST XTA coilovers
E9x M3 front diff bushings
F3x rear diff bushing
E9x M3 halfshafts, e9x M3 3.15 (DCT) diff and customised M3 propshaft
E92 M3 f/r swaybars
Adjustable/ball jointed endlinks f/r
Lemforder ball joints fitted to trailing arm links and inner spring arm link (cnc housing and spacers required for the latter)
New fresh outer spring arm ball joint and lower shock mounts
Manzo adjustable rear toe arms (I've had this one for a while, but should probably replace it for a fancy ball jointed arm at this point)
Stoptech stainless brake lines
F8x steel front calipers, pads and front rotors
F8x steel rear calipers and pads and large E6x non-M rear rotors