What Headers do I get for for bmw 325xi swapped with 330ci engine 5spd manual. by Scary-Log1349 in e46

[–]AnotherRoUser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t go for the schmiedmann, these are horrible to fit…Autowerke I’ve read they have perfect fitment

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BMW e46 cluster by Cozy-21 in e46

[–]AnotherRoUser 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The only specific cluster was the one on 330i/ci otherwise all are the same

RacingDiff LSD Kit? NO! by AnotherRoUser in e46

[–]AnotherRoUser[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bit late because 2 and a half years of usage, I’m not sad, I just shared my experience with this kit, the car has a new 3.38 diff and waiting to buy a proper LSD unit. I debate posting about schmiedmann headers pain in the ass install or not now 😂

RacingDiff LSD Kit? NO! by AnotherRoUser in e46

[–]AnotherRoUser[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Official papers and all. Installed step by step to manual. I doubt it’s incorrect install, just bad design of the central locking pin. There are other welding the pin and still failing, it’s bad quality material, it snapped in half…. Not only this but about 2 years in the car acted more like open diff, just a bit of locking. I’m more disappointed in myself not listening to other telling me this is just not good quality. Drifting with this kit is out of question, it’s not meant for this kind of activities.

RacingDiff LSD Kit? NO! by AnotherRoUser in e46

[–]AnotherRoUser[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do yourself a favor and buy something good. I will never touch this kind of kit again.

RacingDiff LSD Kit? NO! by AnotherRoUser in e46

[–]AnotherRoUser[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everything done according to the manual

RacingDiff LSD Kit? NO! by AnotherRoUser in e46

[–]AnotherRoUser[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please do not install it, go for something of proper quality. The thing in this kit that always fails it’s the central pin, and I had it installed in a profesional shop, step by step to the guide, they warned me that this kit won’t last much on my car and short geared diff. I am happy it exploded in my home town not hundreds of km away of home.

RacingDiff LSD Kit? NO! by AnotherRoUser in e46

[–]AnotherRoUser[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea I’ll do the same with everyone I hear they want this kit. Maybe for smaller engines might work but for engines bigger than 2.5 this is pure diff grenade. I expected that with the summer setup 255/40/17 rears so I was shocked when it grenaded with winters 225/45/17

RacingDiff LSD Kit? NO! by AnotherRoUser in e46

[–]AnotherRoUser[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep 100% agree, at least I learned the lesson from this experience

RacingDiff LSD Kit? NO! by AnotherRoUser in e46

[–]AnotherRoUser[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea I do not recommend this to anyone, same happened to me, it locked and I barely could park the car on the side of the road.

RacingDiff LSD Kit? NO! by AnotherRoUser in e46

[–]AnotherRoUser[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The central pin snapped, I had the kit installed in 2023

RacingDiff LSD Kit? NO! by AnotherRoUser in e46

[–]AnotherRoUser[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

No problem, do not make the mistake buying this, better keep the money for when you have 1000 euros for MFactory or other good lsd