Rear beam and swing arms

[Antm72]

Are these parts the same across the entire range?
I had thought not but real oem has the beam and the arms fitted from 1.9 to the 3.0 all parts.
Just thinking on a beam rebuild so I can fully build and powdercoat one off and do a swap ?

 

[Brian4]

The rear is the same for the wide body 2.8 and all facelift cars. The prefacelift/narrowbody ones must have a different swing arm. The main beam is the same for all cars

 

[Antm72]

Real own says not @Brian4 which has confused me my chassis number gives a trail arm part number fitted to all 1996-2002?

 

[NZ00Z3]

The rear beam is different for the Z3M. It has internal reinforcements and a different camber set up on the trailing arm mounts. It has "HP" marked on it somewhere.

All non-M Z3's have the same rear beam. The trailing arms change as describe above.

 

[Brian4]

Real own says not @Brian4 which has confused me my chassis number gives a trail arm part number fitted to all 1996-2002?
View attachment 58881

Only lists the M43 engine the M44 is the prefacelift car.

 

[Antm72]

So it listing from 1996 -2002 Is wrong ? The above list is all one part number it is also The same for the 318ti compact.
So the M43 was fitted from 1999 ? Not 96 as it suggests?

 

[Antm72]

Page before lists part for 11/96 so was the m44 fitted at this point ? Or is it incorrect?

 

[Brian4]

Different part no for earlier cars.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/par...&sg=30&diagId=33_0998&q=33321091151&series=Z3

 

[Antm72]

Bad info then on the dates... thanks. just saw a cheap beam and arms and thought a possible way to go. I could still refurb the beam and make it easier though so maybe worth looking into

 

[Brian4]

Dates aren'the incorrect as the 2.8 was made from 1996 so start date is correct, the narrow body one starts from 1994

 

[mrscalex]

I'm about to remove the rear beam and trailing arms from my 2.2 breaker. PM me if interested - they'll be a reasonable price.

 

[BladeRunner919]

Page before lists part for 11/96 so was the m44 fitted at this point ? Or is it incorrect?View attachment 58886

When you get to the page that you have shown, you have to actually click on the link that says "Z3 E36 (04/1996) - (06/2002)" and it will then show wich model variants had that part. That page doesn't mean that all cars in that model/date range had the part.