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Originally Posted by Scrippy
2nd set I've pulled for replacement. These are WPC bearings with ARP bolts used and they've gone 98,000 & 4 summer track days in SoCal. Another thing to note is that I recently hit a concrete bump in the road and it cracked my oil pan, trans pan and drivers motor mount. I didn't know but I was losing oil for the 10 miles left in my journey home. There is literally a trail. When I pulled in the garage my cars valves sounded like a steam engine lol. I turned the car off in horror and immediately heard SPLUSH! That was what was left of my oil on the floor. Towed it to my local BMW......Oil pan, trans pan, both motor mounts, aluminum belly pan and 3rd set of rod bearings later I got her back. Good to go so far. Some notes.....
1-OG OEM bearings removed at 25,000 of use. (OEM)
*Looked like shit!
2-2nd set replaced with 98,000 of use. (WPC/ARP bolts).
*the enclosed picture and they look amazing!
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This is encouraging. It's good too see aftermarket bearings coming out looking better than the OE bearings at initial replacement. I might just put off doing another bearing job till 190k miles.