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    Favorite Strut Bars (strut braces) for M Coupe

    Wanted to get everyone's input on their favorite strut bars for the M Coupe. Want something that's strong and also looks nice. Let me know what you guys currently have on your coupes and roadsters! Thanks

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    Rogue Engineering race brace

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    Strong Strut on mine but I also had a Racing Dynamic on my last M.

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    heres the look of the strong strut... not the best pic but should help.. makes a big difference

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    http://www.strong-strut.com/CompLtw.htm

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    Strong strut is the best looking in my opinion. Literally looks like it could have come with the car the black texture matches so well.

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    Absolutely love the Strong Strut.

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    Strong Strut for me as well. Excellent quality and the fit is perfect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Itsablurr View Post
    Rogue Engineering race brace
    From Rogue:
    "The MZ3 version has been fitting S54 equipped vehicles. We have not successfully installed it on an S52 version."

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    strong strut is awesome looks great and does it's work. love it.

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    Without a doubt, the best designed front strut I have seen__it DOES NOT rely on the six (3/side) studs for integrity. A real shame that the guy only made a couple of them.

    I was very pleased when I found it would still fit over the top of the twinscrew!





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    I'm hoping the strong strut will fit over the twin screw as well Randy!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Randy Forbes View Post
    Without a doubt, the best designed front strut I have seen__it DOES NOT rely on the six (3/side) studs for integrity. A real shame that the guy only made a couple of them.

    I was very pleased when I found it would still fit over the top of the twinscrew!



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    I can only recomend not to go with a Cosmo strut bar (they dont stand behind thier product) they dont fit well without modification.
    And then I made the second mistake by going with a Cosmo cold air intake (very inferior product.)

    Randy what intake is that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by fire2 View Post
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    I can only recomend not to go with a Cosmo strut bar (they dont stand behind thier product) they dont fit well without modification.
    And then I made the second mistake by going with a Cosmo cold air intake (very inferior product.)

    Randy what intake is that?
    Conforti; they were supplied with the Eurosport supercharger, as well as available for n/a versions. Mine is actually an E-36 M3 divider/shroud/barrier (or whatever you want to call it...) that I trimmed down to fit the ///M Rdstr engine compartment. That would open up your options if looking for a used one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BMWBergy View Post
    From Rogue:
    "The MZ3 version has been fitting S54 equipped vehicles. We have not successfully installed it on an S52 version."
    Confirmed to NOT fit the S52 cars.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kobayashi View Post

    Confirmed to NOT fit the S52 cars.
    The race bar is made by mason. He recently redesigned it to fit all. I just just installed one on my s52 this week. Really a cool piece. I would share a picture but I am not that smart.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MoWidth View Post
    The race bar is made by mason. He recently redesigned it to fit all. I just just installed one on my s52 this week. Really a cool piece. I would share a picture but I am not that smart.
    How recently?

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    Quote Originally Posted by kobayashi View Post

    How recently?
    Not sure when he designed it. Mine was built to order three weeks ago. The design is asymmetric. The bar closer to the firewall ties into the drivers side on the outside of the strut tower.

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    I got a Dinan. Came with the car when I bought it It looks purrttty Not sure how much it helps because i've never driven without the bar lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by coolguy147 View Post
    I got a Dinan. Came with the car when I bought it It looks purrttty Not sure how much it helps because i've never driven without the bar lol.
    I have this one as well. It does help somewhat. I know the car felt better on an onramp the first time I took it out.

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    Are any strut bars superior to the others? I feel like they all "perform" the same, correct?

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    One nice attribute about the Strong Strut is you can take the center bar off while leaving the mounting plates in place if you need to work on the engine area. For roadsters, a good strut tower bar really does cut down on the cowl shake.
    Now in E92 M3 ZCP -- Absolute beast

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    Here's the new Mason Race Brace that works will all models. You can see that it's been heavily revised on the driver's side because the first version had zero chance of working with the traction control units.


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    I'm trying the new Mason Engineering Race Brace as it should be the strongest of the bunch with no moving joints. Not sure how much difference there will be on the coupe but I'm sure that they make a large difference on the roadsters.

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