Strut Brace Installation

Adaptive · 08-08-2017, 03:10 PM

It seems like strut braces might be an easy way to tame the body roll in an F30 328.

The front strut brace seems very easy to do under the hood: Link

How is the rear one installed? Link

upsidedownfunnel · 08-08-2017, 04:39 PM

Strut tower braces are for chassis rigidity. They do almost nothing for body roll.

You need stiffer springs, dampers, and beefier sways to control body roll.

Adaptive · 08-08-2017, 05:14 PM

ty

Domotron · 08-09-2017, 01:33 PM

yeah man save your money and get some coilovers and sway bar links

DSH7 · 08-09-2017, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Domotron

yeah man save your money and get some coilovers and sway bar links

Any suggestions for end links?

Domotron · 08-09-2017, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DSH7

Any suggestions for end links?

when i ordered my BC Racing coilovers they came with shorter links and compared to the factory ones they were way stiffer.. factory sway links are junk ...i mean the actual links on them are so loose its crazy .. i thought they might have been bad but on the car with 15k miles dont think so ..

GCinFLA · 08-09-2017, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Adaptive

It seems like strut braces might be an easy way to tame the body roll in an F30 328.

The front strut brace seems very easy to do under the hood: Link

How is the rear one installed? Link

As others have noted, you are looking in the wrong place, but if you go with braces, do it right!

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Adaptive New Member 1 Rep 20 Posts Drives: BMW F30 328i xdrive Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Utah iTrader: (0)	Strut Brace Installation It seems like strut braces might be an easy way to tame the body roll in an F30 328. The front strut brace seems very easy to do under the hood: Link How is the rear one installed? Link
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upsidedownfunnel Colonel 2005 Rep 2,499 Posts Drives: 2014 335i Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: SoCal iTrader: (4) Garage List 2014 BMW 335i [0.00]	Strut tower braces are for chassis rigidity. They do almost nothing for body roll. You need stiffer springs, dampers, and beefier sways to control body roll.
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Adaptive New Member 1 Rep 20 Posts Drives: BMW F30 328i xdrive Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Utah iTrader: (0)	ty
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Domotron Captain 150 Rep 757 Posts Drives: 2014 BMW 328xi M-Sport Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: St. Louis iTrader: (2)	yeah man save your money and get some coilovers and sway bar links
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