Cockroach Individual M3 9/10 Strut Tower Reinforcement, Nardi 350mm Wheel

[bigjae46]

Yes, they were very cracked before. They didn't get drilled for the cracks, had a buddy who tig'd it and it is cracking again on some of those welds.

I want to drill the cracks. Weld the cracks up. Than spotweld the reinforcement plate to the tower

At this point, you really should at least stitch weld the plate underneath with a MIG then hammer the metal flat against the plate finish with a couple of rosette welds on the top side. If you just tack weld the plate you're going to be in the same spot as you are now or maybe worse.

[samthejam]

I think the pics are pretty self explanatory. I grinded some of the old poorly welded areas and drilled out any cracks. Zapped even more reinforcement plates on there.

The left side was really bad, it has had creaking over bumps I can hear on the highway with radio off. Incredible the pace the car has put down on track like this. That is gone now, still some poly squeaks but the groaning and creaking is gone.


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I also went to Tokoyo for my honeymoon. After a lot of searching found a Nardi I was happy with for the M3.

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[samthejam]

Also with the new wheel, my radio no longer was functional because my volume button is fucked. On/off usual problem with the broken plastic mount as well as the encoder for volume was broken. I did find a really nice radio off Ebay, a BMW reman. A guide to the part #s in case you ever need to replace a stock single din. I am happy with just aux. https://web.archive.org/web/20230314...y-MP3-Data-CDs!