Hello all- a while back, the Lemforder tie rod assemblies went NLA.
This left us e90's with ONLY Hamburg tech (shite) and oem BMW ($377/per @FCP) options.
I see that Moog actually does still have a euro offering- BM-AX-16840- I think I'm going to reach out to FCP and see if there's a chance they could get some in house for me, but I'm not expecting miracles/ that to go through.
I have also seen rumors that the normal e90 inners will have enough threads to make work.. I ordered some Meyle's on FCP, and will test this, and will return if I can't extend them off the car enough to match the on car lengths.
Does anyone know of any other options? I could potentially do normal e90 inners, with SLR tubes and their heim outers, but I was hoping to keep to sealed things for road reliability, as this is an all weather (not really snow, but everything else) road car for me. SLR option would take some custom measuring, and would cost about the same $700-800 total that the oem assemblies would, with the added benefit of in the future, having more available replacement parts.
I'm leaving in 4.5 weeks time for a 3000 mile roadtrip, and need to sort this asap so I can get an alignment, and get my summer wheels/tires on.
Anyone have any suggestions or options? Hoping to not pay nearly $800 for a pair of tie rod assemblies....
This left us e90's with ONLY Hamburg tech (shite) and oem BMW ($377/per @FCP) options.
I see that Moog actually does still have a euro offering- BM-AX-16840- I think I'm going to reach out to FCP and see if there's a chance they could get some in house for me, but I'm not expecting miracles/ that to go through.
I have also seen rumors that the normal e90 inners will have enough threads to make work.. I ordered some Meyle's on FCP, and will test this, and will return if I can't extend them off the car enough to match the on car lengths.
Does anyone know of any other options? I could potentially do normal e90 inners, with SLR tubes and their heim outers, but I was hoping to keep to sealed things for road reliability, as this is an all weather (not really snow, but everything else) road car for me. SLR option would take some custom measuring, and would cost about the same $700-800 total that the oem assemblies would, with the added benefit of in the future, having more available replacement parts.
I'm leaving in 4.5 weeks time for a 3000 mile roadtrip, and need to sort this asap so I can get an alignment, and get my summer wheels/tires on.
Anyone have any suggestions or options? Hoping to not pay nearly $800 for a pair of tie rod assemblies....
