TMS E46 M3 solid differential mounts

Does anyone have these? Im looking to upgrade mine because the front mount is starting to fail. My main concern is if I get these solid mounts will I have added noise in the cab? or does the subframe bushings block the noise still?

Originally Posted by InDiGlOM3

Does anyone have these? Im looking to upgrade mine because the front mount is starting to fail. My main concern is if I get these solid mounts will I have added noise in the cab? or does the subframe bushings block the noise still?

I would just get OEM bushings again. Think how much abuse those bushings take especially with the power you make. All the energy your bushings absorb is going to be turned into vibration and noise. If it was a track-only car it would be one thing - but I'd never use solid bushings on a street car.

Originally Posted by FTWeisse

I would just get OEM bushings again. Think how much abuse those bushings take especially with the power you make. All the energy your bushings absorb is going to be turned into vibration and noise. If it was a track-only car it would be one thing - but I'd never use solid bushings on a street car.

Frame that statement.

PowerFlex 90A Bushing FTW!

Powerflex from Bimmerworld.

Powerflex makes a e46 m3 "DIff" bushing kit?? I couldnt find anything from them.

Originally Posted by InDiGlOM3

Powerflex makes a e46 m3 "DIff" bushing kit?? I couldnt find anything from them.

Oh snap...overlooked it as for subframe

-TrippinBimmer

Call up turner or bimmerworld...see what they are using????

Originally Posted by InDiGlOM3

Powerflex makes a e46 m3 "DIff" bushing kit?? I couldnt find anything from them.

That's the mistake everyone keeps making - everyone thinks you're talking about your subframe.

Food for thought - I'm not sure what Turner and Bimmerworld run, but I know of at least one team who runs alongside them in Grand-Am that uses only rubber bushings on their BMW racecar. I, too, only use rubber bushings on my racecar with the exception of billet aluminum/delrin combo subframe bushings.

If racecars can get away just fine with rubber, it shows you that street cars really don't need any solid or polyurethane bushings. If I was going to upgrade any bushings in my street car to "solid," it would be the subframe bushings - and I'd replace them with the billet aluminum/delrin combos - just like my racecar. Everything else would be kept rubber - especially the "moving" bits like FCABS, RTABS, and Differential bushings.

I just don't see the advantage of polyurethane. I've had them and I didn't notice any discernible difference.

Ultimately, the call is yours, but I honestly don't see the benefit.

Just my opinion, though.

Good luck

Originally Posted by FTWeisse

That's the mistake everyone keeps making - everyone thinks you're talking about your subframe.

Food for thought - I'm not sure what Turner and Bimmerworld run, but I know of at least one team who runs alongside them in Grand-Am that uses only rubber bushings on their BMW racecar. I, too, only use rubber bushings on my racecar with the exception of billet aluminum/delrin combo subframe bushings.

If racecars can get away just fine with rubber, it shows you that street cars really don't need any solid or polyurethane bushings. If I was going to upgrade any bushings in my street car to "solid," it would be the subframe bushings - and I'd replace them with the billet aluminum/delrin combos - just like my racecar. Everything else would be kept rubber - especially the "moving" bits like FCABS, RTABS, and Differential bushings.

I just don't see the advantage of polyurethane. I've had them and I didn't notice any discernible difference.

Ultimately, the call is yours, but I honestly don't see the benefit.

Just my opinion, though.

Good luck

Its not really for the feeling or a notice in performance, just a wont go bad ever type of thing. My factory bushing, the center part got ripped free from the rubber.....so whats to say that wont happen again, the bushings isnt rotted at all so not sure why it happened. But I ordered the solid ones because Ive talked to a few others that say they dont hear it as long as the subframe bushings themselves arnt solid or delrin and they have the interior still in.