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Job took me about 12 hours to install the M3 bushings on my 135i, and three trips to the hardware store. What a bitch of a job. Now I understnad why the shops wanted $800-$1000 for this.
See my other post here --> http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showp...8&postcount=29 Took the car to the track tonight with the new M3 bushing installed. Nice difference in the curves and especially through the esses, where weight is shifted rapidly from side to side. Floating and vague movement is greatly reduced. The car behaves much better over bumps when taking high speed turns. On the street, it makes my 135i back end firmer, and more planted. Overall, this is a great mod, and this DIY is worth the sweating and cursing...
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Several E8x owners have solved this rear end dance and bounce by replacing the stock perforated bushings, with solid OEM M3 bushings. Popular mod, and not expensive if you can DIY.
Specific excerpt from an article by Kline: "Bushings also play a major role in suspension dynamics, and Kline says that the 1 Series’ rear subframe bushings—parts it shares with the mass-market 3 Series—are its biggest shortcoming. Kline says they’re too soft and have too much vertical movement for enthusiastic driving. If you put the 128i or 135i on a lift, you can make the rear subframe move an inch using only a pry bar because the bushings are so soft,” says Kline.
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2011 X3 35i with M pack + 2011 135i w/6SPMT | 255 square tire setup | Quaife 3.46 LSD | Diff lock down bracket | Bilstein B8+Swift SpecR springs+H&R FSB | CDV delete | BMS Oil Tstat bypass | ER FMIC & CP | N54Tuning DP | GC Street Camber Plates | M3 FCA +guide rods+RSFB's+Tranny mounts | Manzo toe arms | Cobb Stg2 agressive tune | Hawk DTC70 brake pads | RB SS brake pistons | Goodridge SS brake lines | Custom brake cooling ducts
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