Skittles

am thinking of getting a strut brace fitted to my E46 M3 convertible - I have never been to a track, but plan to start these up in the summer.

Anyone know about how much these are supposed to help the car's handling? Any idea if they make the ride worse on a day to day basis?

The one I would like to get is the AC Schnitzer one:

Webdunk

Sweet brace :-) They are reputed to make quite a difference on track and make next to no difference in normal road driving.

RESSE

iTrader: (1)

Other makes:-

Sparco
Hamann - very good quality.

Merc_Cosworth

Got one on the Merc...

Made absolutely no difference whatsoever on the road or the track

Looks nice though.

MarkCSC

have a look here
Great explaination from the Prodrive chassis guy on what a strut brace does and when you need them

M3 Evo

Hi SKittles.

What MY is your M3 because the BMW Motorsport brace is now standard on the M3. I think it would cost about £300/400 to get one retro fitted

russell hayward

Mine has one

e46 '02MY

Skittles

Guys thanks for all the helpful posts

I have a MY02, but BMW made the brace standard part way through the 2002 range. Mine was just before

The BMW one looks a little flimsy, so for a £100-£150 more I thought I would go for the ACS one

beemerboy

everyone knows that's because Mercs are poxy grandad sheds!!!!

BB