Fixed e36 shock tower tearout (photos)

["Mark Cecil" <mjcecil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok all...

For those of you fearing the shock tower tearout issue on e36's, you will be
pleased to know that mine cost a grand total of $245 to have replaced.  That
is the entire shock tower cap on the driver's side.  The replacement part is
a genuine BMW item, and is present in the e36 parts diagrams.

My guy also recommended getting the rear shock tower stress bar.  He says
that no-one he's worked on who HAD a stress bar ever had the tearout issue,
and he's fixed over 30 of the tearouts ( which in a city of less than half a
million people is a LOT of exposure ).

Here are the photos:  http://noml.dyndns.org/m3_shock_tower/index.html

Mark
'99 ///M3

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