yeah, that's what I did.
here's the response.
so that's very clearly the video that they pulled the instructional photo from, filmed with a potato in 2013.
now here's my question. That obviously shows a split bushing that needs the shell compressed to fit in the arm. Which is what I figured the band clampy bit did, except these bushigs I bought don't have a split shell, and I'm not compressing them.
this is the bushing I bought.
https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw...nt-31126768818
Lemforder 31126768818
which is the part number that realoem gave me for my vin for the tension arm bushing.
If that's the case, I don't even see why I need the damned tool. I could have gotten this done with a balljoint press.
so did I buy the wrong bushing, or did the part get redesigned and you no longer need a specialty tool to get the job done?
edit:
ok, so I've been all through the ista and realoem. I've got the right bushings.
watching the video again, they clearly show the right bushing in the beginning, but then the bushing he installs is completely different with the split shell. So why do you need this tool to do the job if using the factory not split shell bushing? and is there a better split shell bushing I should be using?
I'm going to call FCP.