E46 M3 TOTAL REBUILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

M3M5POWER

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moranor said:
where is this on the car?

Front under fender section.

J1gga said:
M3M5 you did an awesome job stripping it:ty:, it was was falling apart:cry:

Thank GOD it worked out this way to do a complete build from shell ,know i can sort out from shell upwards.:thumbs::thumbs:
 

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bad bad... looks like i may have more places to reinforce on my car... is this just wear and tear or was it caused by an accident?
 

M3M5POWER

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moranor said:
bad bad... looks like i may have more places to reinforce on my car... is this just wear and tear or was it caused by an accident?

Im trying to figure that out.:argh:
But i have the reinforce for the front and rear shock towers and reinforce for the front subframe too.:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:
So im reinforcing wherever need to be according to research on this car:thumbs::thumbs:
 

M3M5POWER

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moranor said:
maybe the car went into a giant pot hole...

Could be you never know.:thumbdo:

DikJoe said:
:nonono::nonono::nonono:
those pics dont look too good there m3m5power
good luck :thumbdo:

My panelshop guy will definitely sort it out for sure.:thumbs::thumbs:
 

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I've heard that it is common for the metal around the rear shock towers to tear as they are not considered strong enough on the E36 and E46 but have not heard anything about the front.....hope that it is not a common problem on E46's :cry:
 

M3M5POWER

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MikeR said:
that must have been a hard smack to pull the panels apart like that.

I noticed that this car had no strut brace not even factory one when i purchased it so i assume that could have added to it as well.:thumbdo::cry:
 

M3M5POWER

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HAHA its on the roll they started:thumbs::thumbs::joy::joy:
 

calypso

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M3M5POWER said:
MikeR said:
that must have been a hard smack to pull the panels apart like that.

I noticed that this car had no strut brace not even factory one when i purchased it so i assume that could have added to it as well.:thumbdo::cry:

2001's didnt come with strut brace's.
 
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