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Originally Posted by JamesR
Hi Alx,
We (Redish) can help you with this if needed.
If going for the VinceBar, it's also worth improving the structural mounting points (under the car) of the Rear Axle Carrier Panel.
I'm not sure of the exact price of the VinceBar as it's an American product but he's on m3forum.net, as Ejaz just mentioned.
Over the past 6 years repairing E46 RACP's we've completed 8x CSL's (and approx 140x standard M3's).
The other thing to look out for is the internal cavity mount spotweld and cracks which are becoming more common.
These are even harder to diagnose, and go on to repair, than the underside of the RACPanel as they are hidden in cavities only accessible inside the car.
Check out this 49k 2004 M3 from last week:
https://youtu.be/5DkWHgtMlIc
If you need any help or have any questions just let us know and we'll be more than happy to help.
Best regards,
James Redish |
Thank you for your advice, James.
As I said before, if you were not this far from Switzerland, I would already have taken my CSL to Redish.
Maybe we will find a solution in the future? ;-)
My independent mechanic is quite familiar with the CSLs and he regularly checks the car.
His advice is to reinforce it, but only once the cracks appear.
Very few cars seem to suffer from this here apparently. Maybe this is due to the roads or to the fact that we are too far from the racetracks...
I will keep following this thread with great interest.
Kind regards,
Alex