Two pics of underneath my car

[BigKriss]

The Delrin subframe plates and bolts(!) are on along with new rear pitman arms. Get rid of that tiny swaybar next.

http://www.bimmer.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1081&stc=1
http://www.bimmer.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1082&stc=1

[Kalevera]

Looking slick as usual, Kristian. New rear pitman arms rock. I put mine in backwards last time around -- been driving with them that way for a while now. Maybe tomorrow I'll go in and fix 'em :)

What's going on with that exhaust donut? Looks messed up...*def* not OEM.

best, whit

[BigKriss]

I didn't know you could put the pitman arms on backwards, they look excatly the same to me (top and bottom). My brand was OCAP, I think they where around US$32 each from BMA. The stealer wanted around AUS$180 each. I don't know which way I put mine on.

The "exhaust donut", I assume you mean the rubber, (look at pic 5) holding the exhaust. I haven't changed anything. I don't know if it's OEM for my car. I'll have to check ETK and get back to you.

I don't think the old pitman arms had even been replaced. Here some pics of the oldies;

http://www.bimmer.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1086&stc=1
http://www.bimmer.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1087&stc=1
http://www.bimmer.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1088&stc=1
http://www.bimmer.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1089&stc=1
http://www.bimmer.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1090&stc=1

[Kalevera]

Trust me - you can put them on upside down...with an impact wrench and by removing the trailing arm brace :) I did that back in December.

Yeah - my old ones looked like your old ones. Nasty.

hmmm...the one in pic #5 looks like the right one/just fine. Maybe it's the lighting in the pic from the original post? who knows. I was just thinking that if you still had the rattling issue, it might be the culprit.

best, whit

[Lennyz525i]

Hey BigKriss, did those new rear pitman arms change your ride, or handling at all? My current ones look like your old ones. I'm wondering if it'll improve some wandering and tramlining that I have going on.

[BigKriss]

Hey BigKriss, did those new rear pitman arms change your ride, or handling at all? My current ones look like your old ones. I'm wondering if it'll improve some wandering and tramlining that I have going on.

Driven maybe 20km lightly, I didn't notice any difference yet. I have no doubt that the rear of the car will now seem tighter. I just have to push the car hard to tell how much difference there is. Get the delrin inserts also. These take away alot of the "slop" in the rear. I would say these make a noticable difference.

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

The mid hangers should have rubber rings that look like a rounded 8