Need Help Identifying a Brace

zipsonic · 07-31-2015, 08:31 PM

I bought an extra stock exhaust to modify ACM style. Awesome sound, btw.

https://goo.gl/photos/4dBQmK1XzcNRRVN7A

This is on a 2011 e93 M3. I bought it last year (CPO, btw) and have done very little in the way of mods. So this being the first time under my car, I was very surprised to find this:

https://goo.gl/photos/oBnpnD4s1e3jzotf6

Can anyone identify the brace? Is it custom?

Scrippy · 08-01-2015, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by zipsonic

I bought an extra stock exhaust to modify ACM style. Awesome sound, btw.

https://goo.gl/photos/4dBQmK1XzcNRRVN7A

This is on a 2011 e93 M3. I bought it last year (CPO, btw) and have done very little in the way of mods. So this being the first time under my car, I was very surprised to find this:

https://goo.gl/photos/oBnpnD4s1e3jzotf6

Can anyone identify the brace? Is it custom?

Well the fact that what you have on your whip slipped by the stealership is just ludicrous! I can't say it surprises me though. How many techs are legit these days at all the stealership brands......maybe 25% of them at any given store? Any ways.....your welcome dude. If the welds are good, that looks like mild steal or chromoly by my guess. It also looks like great bracing! I don't want to blow a whistle but I've never seen a BMW OEM part of that design. I'd look for tracking signs on that car.....scratched bolts on typical service points. Brakes, suspension, scrape points and extensive rubber in the wheel wells.

roastbeef · 08-01-2015, 07:18 AM

i want to say that i have seen it before, however, i can't find it again. sorry.

1MOREMOD · 08-01-2015, 08:33 AM

E46 has weird bracing like that.

surlynkid · 08-01-2015, 10:25 PM

Not standard on e92 but I have never been underneath an e93.

pbonsalb · 08-02-2015, 01:39 PM

Convertibles have added bracing. I noticed this brace under an E93 recently. Whether it would help an E90 or E92 is unknown. Good question. Adds weight, which generally reduces performance.

Ofcski · 08-02-2015, 04:00 PM

Same bracing found under e93

atruelunatic · 08-02-2015, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zipsonic

I bought an extra stock exhaust to modify ACM style. Awesome sound, btw.

https://goo.gl/photos/4dBQmK1XzcNRRVN7A

This is on a 2011 e93 M3. I bought it last year (CPO, btw) and have done very little in the way of mods. So this being the first time under my car, I was very surprised to find this:

https://goo.gl/photos/oBnpnD4s1e3jzotf6

Can anyone identify the brace? Is it custom?

This is of an e93 3-series:

View post on imgur.com

Pretty similar. I can't find any e93 M3 under pictures =/

07-31-2015, 08:31 PM	#1
zipsonic New Member 5 Rep 29 Posts Drives: 2011 e93 M3 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Los Angeles, CA iTrader: (1)	Need Help Identifying a Brace I bought an extra stock exhaust to modify ACM style. Awesome sound, btw. https://goo.gl/photos/4dBQmK1XzcNRRVN7A This is on a 2011 e93 M3. I bought it last year (CPO, btw) and have done very little in the way of mods. So this being the first time under my car, I was very surprised to find this: https://goo.gl/photos/oBnpnD4s1e3jzotf6 Can anyone identify the brace? Is it custom?
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08-01-2015, 07:18 AM	#3
roastbeef Lieutenant General 11586 Rep 12,728 Posts Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Orange County, CA iTrader: (4)	i want to say that i have seen it before, however, i can't find it again. sorry. __________________ Instagram; @roastbeefmike
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08-01-2015, 08:33 AM	#4
1MOREMOD - 11817 Rep 23,187 Posts Drives: Race car-> Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: check your mirrors iTrader: (5)	E46 has weird bracing like that.
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08-01-2015, 10:25 PM	#5
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08-02-2015, 01:39 PM	#6
pbonsalb Lieutenant General 5234 Rep 10,616 Posts Drives: 18 F90 M5, 99 E36 M3 Turbo Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: New England iTrader: (4)	Convertibles have added bracing. I noticed this brace under an E93 recently. Whether it would help an E90 or E92 is unknown. Good question. Adds weight, which generally reduces performance.
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08-02-2015, 04:00 PM	#7
Ofcski Enlisted Member 5 Rep 48 Posts Drives: E92 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Florida iTrader: (11)	Same bracing found under e93
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