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E36 BC Racing coil over install

After some careful planning and decisions I ended up going for the BC Racing "true" coil over setup on my E36 325i coupe. As this car will be built for handling oriented mindset. This coil over setup caters me the best out of the reasonably priced ones out

E36 Front strut tower reinforcement

So as I will be installing a new aftermarket coil over suspension to my e36. I felt the need to make sure my towers would be as rigid and stiff as possible. My approach to this is to have one 2mm thick plate stamped to fit the underside of the

E36 Rear strut tower reinforcement

As the coupe is going from normal strut and coil in the rear to full coil over struts. Some more reinforcing is needed in rear to stop strut top mounting plate from buckling or braking while under heavy loads from aggressive driving or cornering. Solution for this for me was

BMW E36 LSD

Currently my E36 is open diffrential, but it is making some clunking sounds while shifting gears. Which lead to this post and quite a lot of research of what type and brand limited slip diff I would wanna install to it. As it will be staying mostly a daily street

Coilovers for BMW E36

Been trying to decide between airbags and coilovers for the NA E36 coupe. Have been leaning towards coils mainly just for price reasons as air system that can be registered in Finland costs quite much. So we are going to do coilovers on the E36! Been looking for few different

Building M50b25tu NA high HP

So as some of you know, I happen to own two almost identical BMW E36 325i coupe´s. My plan for them is to have other one as a boosted and widebodied and the one on this post will be kept looking pretty stockish with aim to get as much

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E36 rear bearing install

When I did subframe re-enforcement and bushings on my E36 coupe. While re-installing noticed that the rear brake shields where so rusty that handbrake shoes didn´t stay on anymore, also rear bearings made not so healthy noise. Conclusion to change fresh bearings and brake shields. Firstly when got the

BMW E36 X-brace install

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BMW E36 X-brace install

So I bought an aftermarket X-brace, that will go underneath my e36 325i coupe´s engine bay. Quite simple to install and the one I got also has added protection for M50B25´s aluminium oil pan. This does come at a small cost of service time increase when draining oil,

Up coming BMW E36 cold air intake build

Up coming BMW E36 cold air intake build

Been wanting to do another cold air intake build for this one. Have done one version in the past for my another E36, which is currently getting a turbo build. So what do you need for cold air intake? Firstly you need a good quality high flowing air filter element,

BMW E36 Subframe re-enforcement

BMW E36 Subframe re-enforcement

Got my re-enforcement plates for subframe mount on E36 chassis. These will require you to drop your whole subframe out of the car, to get proper room for welding those plates in to your chassis. Kit consists from 8 plates in total. 2 of them are for your rear shock

The sub woofer enclosure is finished!

The sub woofer enclosure is finished!

So last time we ended with the sides of the box being mounted and some filler applied. After that we got around to cut the enclosures roof and its holes for the sub woofer and aero port. Aero port is sized to be 6" with quite short runner, Also