01-23-2006, 11:51 AM | #1 |
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Where the hell do I buy this strut hat thingy?????
Where can I find one of these stupid pieces of metal!!!
To buy OEM it seems it is packaged with an OEM strut for $200. I've been monitoring Fanatics and every person who does spring/shock swaps seems to keep this piece for the new install. I want to buy new strut components when I fix my strut towers, so I'd like to get the whole thing so I can swap winter/summer components without the spring compressor. But I literally can't find this piece. Junk yard maybe? Maybe I'll post this picture on Fanatics and beg. |
01-23-2006, 12:27 PM | #2 |
lawn boy
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You need someone who has coilovers.
edit: so it doesn't have it's own part number? |
01-23-2006, 12:37 PM | #3 |
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Nope. No separate part number. I just called a dealership to ask if they'd sell it separately, and he told me it wouldnt' come off because it's welded on. He was annoyed when I explained that I removed mine myself, and that he was a moron. (OK, I didn't exactly say that).
You'd think someone on fanatics would have installed coilovers and want to sell their full strut assembly... but no luck yet. |
01-23-2006, 12:39 PM | #4 |
lawn boy
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I wonder if the OE M3 part is the same. There are plenty of guys on M3forum with coilovers.
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01-23-2006, 08:17 PM | #5 |
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Which car?
On the E36 and E46 that part came on the new shocks (our M3 and Roadster). On the E30 that we did, the shock was an insert, so you have to buy the whole thing, but any old used struts would work.
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01-25-2006, 08:17 AM | #6 |
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That part was most certainly welded to my E36 M3 original struts. It's a seperate piece on the E46? Weird.
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01-25-2006, 09:00 AM | #7 |
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Matt, you do realize the circled part isn't a "strut hat" right? That is a lower spring perch.
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01-25-2006, 09:04 AM | #8 |
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Yeah, I never know what these things are called. That's a lower perch, huh? Thanks.
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01-25-2006, 09:07 AM | #9 | |
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Ironically, it sorta crushes the threads at the top of the strut. If you convert to a coilover kit later, you may have to file out the threads. |
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01-25-2006, 09:50 AM | #10 | |
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Apologies for not having any useful information. |
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