Ac Schnitzer Strut Brace

MPOWER78 · 05-07-2011, 09:54 PM

just installed it today , had to do some mod on the vent tube [ATTACH]

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MPOWER78 · 05-07-2011, 10:14 PM

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Finnegan · 05-07-2011, 10:26 PM

Nice! What did it set you back and what was done to the vent tube to make it fit?

MPOWER78 · 05-07-2011, 10:31 PM

1000.00 i had to twiest over the small tube to the other side , and then get a 90degree angel vacuum tube to conect it to the air valve i got it at bavauto.com

johanness · 05-08-2011, 12:03 AM

Nice to see they thought it out so well for a grand. It sure looks purdy tho.

MPOWER78 · 05-08-2011, 09:06 AM

The brace is not made for the m but for the z4 becuase of the vent tube . It is very well made high quality 100 times better than others that I had .. Does anybody here an Ac schnitzer brace I would love to see it on another m model .....

MIKe86 · 05-08-2011, 09:40 AM

Think it looks way out of place in there... But that's JMHO.

Can you feel any difference after the install?

MPOWER78 · 05-08-2011, 10:20 AM

Yes it's alot tighter , why do you think it's out of place ?? The other one I had was hitting the metal air tube and it was driving me crazy this one has the cut out in the middel just for the tube and everything on the strut tower fit just right I did not have to add washers or remove alinment pins .And it cover those ugly strut tower holes

Finnegan · 05-08-2011, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by MPOWER78

Yes it's alot tighter , why do you think it's out of place ?? The other one I had was hitting the metal air tube and it was driving me crazy this one has the cut out in the middel just for the tube and everything on the strut tower fit just right I did not have to add washers or remove alinment pins .And it cover those ugly strut tower holes

Several of us ran into the hitting the air tube problem with the Strong Strut. It looks like there were some small changes in the mid 07 MY on that changed the orientation/height slightly. Strong Strut provided a set of shims on the cross bar to fix this issue for existing cross bars. They also told me they would slightly change the amount of bend in the cross bar going forward to prevent the need for shims.

BMW made some "interesting" changes along the way in this car--short strut tower bolts, long bolts, air tube, different bolt/nut setups on the firewall bar section (from a bolt/nut to one-use stretch bolts), mirrors, crest caps on wheels....

Shipkiller · 05-08-2011, 12:42 PM

I have the same design on the Roadster. I painted it black and that makes it look better.

MPOWER78 · 05-08-2011, 01:48 PM

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I have the same design on the Roadster. I painted it black and that makes it look better.

What did you paint black the brace ??

Shipkiller · 05-08-2011, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MPOWER78

What did you paint black the brace ??

The entire brace, mount and mounting hardware.

MPOWER78 · 05-09-2011, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Shipkiller

The entire brace, mount and mounting hardware.

DO YOU HAVE ANY PICS ....

Shipkiller · 05-09-2011, 12:31 PM

Let me look.

esqu1re · 05-09-2011, 01:11 PM

1 grand for that. Wow. Looks beefy though.

Tonybest · 05-09-2011, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by MPOWER78

... The other one I had was hitting the metal air tube and it was driving me crazy ...

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Originally Posted by Finnegan

Several of us ran into the hitting the air tube problem with the Strong Strut. It looks like there were some small changes in the mid 07 MY on that changed the orientation/height slightly. Strong Strut provided a set of shims on the cross bar to fix this issue for existing cross bars. They also told me they would slightly change the amount of bend in the cross bar going forward to prevent the need for shims.

BMW made some "interesting" changes along the way in this car--short strut tower bolts, long bolts, air tube, different bolt/nut setups on the firewall bar section (from a bolt/nut to one-use stretch bolts), mirrors, crest caps on wheels....

This morning I grinded 1/8th of an inch indentation in the strut brace (Strong Strut) just where that tube is. Painted it black and now no hitting anymore.

My car has a few of the weird stuff. The most annoying one is the strut bolt is thicker than most M Coupes earlier and later builds. I kinda like that it's thicker, but Vorschlag had to ship different camber stuff to fit my "particular car".

VinnieAces · 05-09-2011, 10:57 PM

looks great, couldnt really justify 1000 for it though, unless i had absolutely no other mods to do anymore, but yeah, looks awesome in my opinion

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MPOWER78 Private First Class 7 Rep 132 Posts Drives: 08 /// M Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Chicago iTrader: (4)	1000.00 i had to twiest over the small tube to the other side , and then get a 90degree angel vacuum tube to conect it to the air valve i got it at bavauto.com
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MPOWER78 Private First Class 7 Rep 132 Posts Drives: 08 /// M Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Chicago iTrader: (4)	The brace is not made for the m but for the z4 becuase of the vent tube . It is very well made high quality 100 times better than others that I had .. Does anybody here an Ac schnitzer brace I would love to see it on another m model .....
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MPOWER78 Private First Class 7 Rep 132 Posts Drives: 08 /// M Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Chicago iTrader: (4)	Yes it's alot tighter , why do you think it's out of place ?? The other one I had was hitting the metal air tube and it was driving me crazy this one has the cut out in the middel just for the tube and everything on the strut tower fit just right I did not have to add washers or remove alinment pins .And it cover those ugly strut tower holes
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esqu1re Lieutenant Colonel 41 Rep 1,855 Posts Drives: M Coupe Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: East Coast iTrader: (0)	1 grand for that. Wow. Looks beefy though. __________________ ///M Coupe: RPI Scoop, OE Strut, CDV, Volk RE30, SS Brake Lines, Stromung Exhaust
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