Rear Strut Mounts

drbvac · 10-28-2010, 06:10 PM

Anyone taken apart the rear interior of an M COUPE to change the strut mounts? I guess it would be sacreligious to cut an access window in the carpet rather than spend 3 hours taking it all apart wouldn't it

JCz04Bimmer · 10-29-2010, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by drbvac

Anyone taken apart the rear interior of an M COUPE to change the strut mounts? I guess it would be sacreligious to cut an access window in the carpet rather than spend 3 hours taking it all apart wouldn't it

Psssht. Cut the window, man! There's nothing holy about an M-Coupe's carpeting. Yanking the trunk's interior is a royal pain mostly because it is nearly impossible to get it all back together exactly how it was. So many clips. So many tabs.

inTgr8r · 10-29-2010, 04:09 PM

I installed the RE mounts.
It wasn't really that big of a deal.
I only took off some of the rear trim, then just pulled the rest back far enough to slide my hand in.
I don't think it took more than an hour.

03BeastCharmer · 10-29-2010, 04:44 PM

Others have cut access windows so they could adjust their rear struts setting when they went aftermarket.

Rick Hunter · 10-29-2010, 10:04 PM

Access holes are the way to go! I didn't even think twice about punching holes in my carpeting:

I found some plastic plugs from Lowe's / Home Depot that fit the hole I drilled through. You can't tell from the pics (due to the flash), but it looks like OEM.

This is a pic of the passenger side looking down the hole:

drbvac · 10-30-2010, 05:04 AM

Whats the very very old line about great minds etc! Thanks gents - will find the caps and get out my exacto knife !

inTgr8r · 10-30-2010, 08:47 AM

^ I thought you were asking about strut mounts, not shock adjustment?

drbvac · 10-30-2010, 10:02 AM

Well I was asking about the "shock mounts" and although I will need a bigger access, I may just slit the carpet and tape it back together from underneath with carpet tape.

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inTgr8r Lieutenant General 2426 Rep 11,667 Posts Drives: M2 Comp Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Toronto iTrader: (10)	I installed the RE mounts. It wasn't really that big of a deal. I only took off some of the rear trim, then just pulled the rest back far enough to slide my hand in. I don't think it took more than an hour. __________________ '21 M2C Hockenheim Silver '18 718 Cayman S Lava Orange (sold) '13 E92 M3 Santorini Blue (sold) '07 Z4 M Coupe Alpine White (sold)
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03BeastCharmer Lieutenant Colonel 257 Rep 1,660 Posts Drives: '13 M3 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Houston iTrader: (3)	Others have cut access windows so they could adjust their rear struts setting when they went aftermarket. __________________ Current: '13 E92 M3 Euro Delivery Gone: E86 M Coupe; E30 M3, E39 M5, E36 M3
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Rick Hunter Skull Squadron Leader 304 Rep 2,031 Posts Drives: '07 M Coupé & '16 435xi GCoupé Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Emerald City iTrader: (20)	Access holes are the way to go! I didn't even think twice about punching holes in my carpeting: I found some plastic plugs from Lowe's / Home Depot that fit the hole I drilled through. You can't tell from the pics (due to the flash), but it looks like OEM. This is a pic of the passenger side looking down the hole: __________________
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inTgr8r Lieutenant General 2426 Rep 11,667 Posts Drives: M2 Comp Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Toronto iTrader: (10)	^ I thought you were asking about strut mounts, not shock adjustment? __________________ '21 M2C Hockenheim Silver '18 718 Cayman S Lava Orange (sold) '13 E92 M3 Santorini Blue (sold) '07 Z4 M Coupe Alpine White (sold)
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