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Hi guys, hope everyone is well, I have got my part built kit home and I am trying to understand how the rear suspension fits. So does anyone have any pictures of an E36 rear setup. I have looked around the build sites but none look like the bits I have. Any help would be appriciated Thanks
They were just bolted to the chassis - I've added a couple of pics to my flickr site which may help. As you can see I squeezed in the back fuel pump there which seems to be ok.
I found a problem with the shocks fouling the lower spring seats, which I solved by cutting away a bit of the seats.
HTH
Tim
Hi Nigel
After some (failed) experimentation, in the end I got Marlin to cut the springs down for me. I sourced some new shocks from ebay, ha even found the original invoice!
I'm looking forward to seeing how you've put it all together. I'm nearing that time now so I'm hoping it won't be too long before the car's back from Caerphilly (and you've rebuilt the garage!!) I'm interested to see how the shocks mount to the top of the strut and to look at the top mount for the springs. It's all a mystery just now !!