My subframe went from one small crack to complete hell in 20,000 miles. Also when my car was checked at 60,000 miles it was completely fine so BMW did nothing to it. I know among E46 owners this issue has been beaten to death, but it really is a serious issue and it has to be reinforced, there is no way around it. If you don't have any cracks right now, great! Now go get it reinforced today! If I would have done even 1 track day as my car was before the repair, the floor pans more than likely would have been a total loss. And I dont know about you, but spending 6-7K on new floor plans sounds like one really shitty idea, versus less than a thousand on the reinforcement/repair. Your car will crack at some point! Just get this out of the way before it gets bad. The worst part is the lack of side effects, I only noticed a very minor cick on/off throttle in 1st gear, and the car still felt very confident at 8k rpm in 5th gear. (probably was not the brightest thing to do). All I'm saying is at least get it inspected, this will happen to every E46 (except possibly a very easily driven wagon, they had the strongest floor pans by quite a bit).
Now on to some pictures to scare the fear of god into you to get your car reinforced.
If anyone one is interested, I had the reinforcement/repair done by Jake at Rawsomotion. http://www.rawsomotion.com/
I have known Jake for a few years and referred many people his way , he does great work and will not let anything be done improperly. And he won't rip you off.
You may be a DIY person like myself, I almost never take my cars to a shop, but do not kid yourself. You're not going to do this repair without a lift and without being a talented in place welder, and you sure as hell are not doing that on your back under the car.
Question
AvusHatesCones
GET YOUR DAMN SUBFRAME INSPECTED!
My subframe went from one small crack to complete hell in 20,000 miles. Also when my car was checked at 60,000 miles it was completely fine so BMW did nothing to it. I know among E46 owners this issue has been beaten to death, but it really is a serious issue and it has to be reinforced, there is no way around it. If you don't have any cracks right now, great! Now go get it reinforced today! If I would have done even 1 track day as my car was before the repair, the floor pans more than likely would have been a total loss. And I dont know about you, but spending 6-7K on new floor plans sounds like one really shitty idea, versus less than a thousand on the reinforcement/repair. Your car will crack at some point! Just get this out of the way before it gets bad. The worst part is the lack of side effects, I only noticed a very minor cick on/off throttle in 1st gear, and the car still felt very confident at 8k rpm in 5th gear. (probably was not the brightest thing to do). All I'm saying is at least get it inspected, this will happen to every E46 (except possibly a very easily driven wagon, they had the strongest floor pans by quite a bit).
Now on to some pictures to scare the fear of god into you to get your car reinforced.
If anyone one is interested, I had the reinforcement/repair done by Jake at Rawsomotion. http://www.rawsomotion.com/
I have known Jake for a few years and referred many people his way , he does great work and will not let anything be done improperly. And he won't rip you off.
You may be a DIY person like myself, I almost never take my cars to a shop, but do not kid yourself. You're not going to do this repair without a lift and without being a talented in place welder, and you sure as hell are not doing that on your back under the car.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
23 answers to this question
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.