Chris tii
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Recently bought a Z3M Coupe with my dad. The cars a bit of a lemon. Though we knew it was a lemon but it was too much of a bargain to turn down. Theres a long list of issues with the car but the main one is the dreaded rear subframe failure.
I'm 90% sure my cars got it. I can't see any failed spot welds on the boot floor and when on the ramp, you can't see any cracks. Though its hard to see properly unless you take the diff off. The reason I think its got the issue is the creaking noise coming from the rear. I've watched a couple of youtube videos of cars with the issue and the noise is identical to mine.
So can anyone recommend a garage that has experience with fixing this issue? I'm guessing some of the e46 M3 guys might have had this issue in the past and had it fixed? Don't really want to take it to BMW as it will have that dealership premium.
I'm 90% sure my cars got it. I can't see any failed spot welds on the boot floor and when on the ramp, you can't see any cracks. Though its hard to see properly unless you take the diff off. The reason I think its got the issue is the creaking noise coming from the rear. I've watched a couple of youtube videos of cars with the issue and the noise is identical to mine.
So can anyone recommend a garage that has experience with fixing this issue? I'm guessing some of the e46 M3 guys might have had this issue in the past and had it fixed? Don't really want to take it to BMW as it will have that dealership premium.