We've carried out hundreds if not thousands of rod bearing services over the years, and we've always chosen to use OE BMW bearings and bolts. The reason being that we knew if looked after the BMW bearings could last the lifetime of the car, especially at this stage where they are much more likely to be a weekend car.
However we've now changed and you may ask yourself why after so many years? Well the simple answer is when Mahle Motorsport, the same company responsible for the bearings used in high end motorsport such as F1 and endurance racing, comes out with an extremely high quality product designed and manufactured to their exacting standard well that is something we just can't ignore.
Even holding the bearing in your hand you can tell it's a cut above the rest with the way it has been manufactured.
As this is a primarily US based forum this is just sharing a little bit of information, although if you have trouble getting hold of them please do email us on
sales@evolveautomotive.com and we'll see if we can get you a set - They're in high demand already and we get through a fair few sets a week in our workshop.
Now we have our own E92 M3s with the BMW bearings in, we're not going to be replacing them with these as we still stand by the fact that if correctly looked after like we will they're not going to suddenly fail. So don't suddenly think you need to do the service again - but if you haven't had it done yet, why settle for less than the best? That's something we try to live by with all the products we design and sell.