How did you make the holes on the carpet inside the trunk perfect for x brace so it looks clean and OEM

Thanks for sharing your pain and the steps you went through to get rid of all of it. I'm grateful that whole community now has more resources on fixing their M3 cars, the proper way.

Recognized Chuki Beats music straight away. Good choice, not to loud and obnoxious.

I love your attention to detail as a car enthusiast. Doing this yourself, and doing it properly is one of the things that will keep the community alive for long.

Bro, you are hilarious. What a great sense of humor. The "winning" clips must have taken a bit of work. VERY much appreciated. MY journey on my 2005 E46M3 which I used to track and still beat on: Year: Early 2009. Car still under warranty. Had only 20K miles, but I wanted the sub frame welding done BEFORE cracks came. Materials: 1)Set of plates from HPF AND Turner(TMS). 2)Lengthy step-by-step print out with photos..... Included opening up INSIDE of the trunk and then welding the access holes shut. 3)One very experienced welder at Redline BMW in Pompano Beach Florida. He mixed and matched and used what he thought best from each plate supplier. He claimed he went above and beyond and made the mount areas strong enough for huge boost HP and TQ should I ever desire that option. The cost back then was a hefty 1,100 just in his labor and materials. Cost of the plates kits was not included in that amount. So close to $1500 total. I heard many people doing it for much less. However, I believe I got what I paid for. I had poly bushings added to the subframe at the same time. I replaced the bushings two years ago and the mount areas were pristine!!

hey thank you for this video. i purchased the same brace and will be installing it too. this will help me wrap my head around it. kudos to you for actually doing nearly everything by yourself. respect!!

Have my car in the air doing the same you just did just waiting for my CMP subframe bushings and the pure tech brace to come in. Great job

Really good job! Thanks for showing how it should be done!

On the floor jacks your a Champ Im gonna do mine this winter same on floor jacks.

Bro this video is epic. Love the intro. The pain is real with owning bmws and your comments made em funny. Thanks for sharing. I will tackle this job in our e46 and e36 in the near future.

I feel your pain. I had to tackle the same on Jack stands on my e46. Great vid. 👍🏻

I'll be doing this job on my non-M E46 pretty soon. That guide bolt for the drill bit is pretty ingenious.

Fml I have to do this. Glad to see another person do this on jackstands lol

Great video!

You should be making more content - you're a natural :)

great job with this!

Excellent video bro 👌 💯

hahaha the drilling through the trunk part is hilarious

Have you seen the Vincebar which also adds to the rear axle carrier panel and sunbrame fix? I think it would add to the X-brace for the best protection.

Hi, great video really enjoyed it from here in the UK 🇬🇧, one question did the puretech kit come with that hole saw or did you have to purchase this seperately? Thanks

Know this is old, but. How'd know? Any signs, sounds, or feel you noticed?

I put Dinan rtabs in and they tightened down the rear end without sacrificing comfort. I’m sure the turners will be just as good

You should have gotten the kit from Drift King. The company is based out of Hamburg, Germany. The Brace is one piece and stiffens the chassis considerably. I noticed the difference in stiffness right away.

Nice you made it look easy/worth doing it yaself will see about mine I might just cough up the money for some 1 else to do it lol and at good price hopefully . Some people make it as out though it’s more complex ie the modify the front mounts too the ones under the rear seats ….

Bro that intro had me cracking up lol

Tack daddy is more like it. Good thing he left all those fish eyes not filled so they’ll be prone to cracking.

That brace is only compatible with the coupe right? I have the convertible.

Great video mate but try holding the ad in bits from movies it’s a bit annoying when you trying to enjoy the content on the car. It’s just my opinion mate so feel free to keep doing it if you want to.

I was under the impression that most of the subframe repair kits require that you cut an access hole thru the trunk floor and weld in the bracket from the top side as well. There apparently is a dime sized hole that is filled with weld. I guess your kit is different.

Where can i buy that X brace ? Thanks.

Damn $200 bucks?! That’s not bad at all! Also what made you not wanna weld the whole plate around? I know some shops say is not necessary but others weld the whole thing?

Would you be willing to sell the guide bolt?

Dude, you’re doing like the exact same project as me haha. I think I’ve gotten all the exact same parts as you including the puretech brace except I went with bimmerworld lower camber arms cause they have sealed monoball bearings. Oh I also went with Vince front gusset cups to go with the xbrace and throwing on some kw v3 at the same time. Edit: wish you showed how you put everything back together. The fcp video they Jack the upper control arm to ride height and they torque that down before anything else. Is that what you did? What sequence of parts did you install? I see the subframe went in first, was it upper control arms, diff, axles/knuckles?

😂😂😂😂weld daddy did some boo boo ass spot welds those are not for support them for looks

dude that disk you were grinding with looked pathetic... takes 1 minute to fully clean with good wire brush and costs nothing.

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Take it from me...who has buddy who is blind in one eye due to NOT wearing safety glasses. WEAR safety glasses...at least when drilling up fucking side down. Cheeze. And SLIDES(Adidas?) when you work on your car??? Shoes and coveralls at a bare minimum. I am cringing, bro.