WBM346Z Build Journal

So now finally came time to install the Redish Motorsport Reinforcement Plate Kit. I had the car up on a hoist and the entire rear-end removed by a mate. Most of the rear end parts (such as the Subframe, Control Arms, etc) had gone off to be refurbished. Some welders I knew through another mate then came over and did the install for me. We managed to snap a few really poor photos along the way: Luckily after we dropped everything we found no visible cracks that needed repair. So as a result this reinforcement was going to be purely preventative. Once the refurbished parts came back we were able to install the PowerFlex Street bushings and reinstate the entire rear end. I am pretty happy knowing that I have now dealt with the two major issues with the E46 M3.

So after doing some extensive research prior to purchasing the car I had already decided that I was going to need to address the "subframe" issue. I do not have the capability to do any custom fabrication work, yet, so as a result I wanted a ready-to-go kit of sorts. Based on my research I found that the two best, most available and most commonly used options were the Turner Motorsport Subframe Reinforcement Plates and the Redish Motorsport RACP Reinforcement Plate Kit . Redish Motorsport have YouTube channel ( www.YouTube.com/RedishMotorsport ) where they discuss their kit in quite a lot of detail and also have a fair few videos of the whole process. Based on this extra information and the larger size and better looking design I decided to go with the Redish Motorsport RACP Reinforcement Plate Kit over the Turner Motorsport option. Following the Redish Motorsport recommendations for the install I also decided to buy up a set of PowerFlex Street Bushings to replac...