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      01-17-2009, 02:47 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by bayerischeperformance View Post
when you say suspension you are referring to what? struts? the subframe? the swaybars? the control arms?

I can gurantee you Matt that e46 M3 struts fit on an e46 sedan, e46 M3 control arms fit on a sedan
Im not exactly sure what it was that wouldn't work right but in a quick google search i found this:
"The M3 Sedan draws the lion's share of its mechanicals with the M3 Coupe. It also shares a number of body parts -- the nose of the M3 coupe is grafted directly onto the M3 Sedan. This in its own right separates the M3 from 'normal' 3 Series sedans.

Like the coupe, most of the changes happen under the skin, however -- way under. The body benefits from the same sort of beefing up around the suspension mounting points as the coupe, and (a la M3 coupe) the sedan's suspension shares just one single component with the donor 3 Series four door -- the rear track control arm. Most components are fashioned using aluminium."
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