BMW E46 RACP DIFFERENCES 1998 - 2006
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2022
- Not many people know there were so many generations of the BMW E46 RACP.
After all, they look identical from underneath.
It's only because we have such vast knowledge of dissecting BMW E46's and their RACP's over the past 11 years that we can pass our experience on to the wider community.
This video concentrates on the different INTERNAL REAR alterations BMW made to the E46 RACP and also shows an example of 'early years cracking' which was much different to what the world commonly see in the E46 M3 for example.
Back in 2013 we were the first to cut open a brand new BMW RACP and retrieve the Plastic Block which they bonded into the left rear corner.
This really did help the left rear corner, but unfortunately didn't solve the issue as the energy moves to other parts of the panel i.e. right rear corner.
Car in question on the video (cracked) is a BMW E46 318i Automatic LPG Touring with 145k.
At the end of the day, all BMW E46's are likely to suffer some form of RACP issue (some worse than others) due to the design flaw of not connecting the Internal Threaded Receivers to a structural part of the vehicle like the Chassis Legs.
Therefore, the majority of BMW E46's will need some form of help/repair/assistance to survive longer than a manufacturer's infamous 10 year ideology.
Luckily, there are many specialists now offering various different takes on the repair so the world is well catered for BMW E46 RACP Repair & Reinforcement Processes.
We're in our 10th year of BMW E46 RACP Reinforcement Plate Kit sales and on our V3 kit which you can read more about (and purchase if required) on our website here:
www.redish-motorsport.com/Redi...
Our Redish V3 plate kit (another world first on it's plate design) comes with Underside Plates to repair & reinforce the cracked areas.
As well as Internal Plates to address the flawed design by connecting the RACP to the Chassis Legs and acting as a Load-Relief system.
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An an engineer for a large OEM I respect your work a lot from what I've seen. Huge respect. I hope you ignore stupid comments about editing and continue to provide your insights into these cars
Yeah same. About the editing part. I watch tons of automotive channels and appreciate good production and editing but in all honesty, by far the most important thing is the person explaining, and they do a great job with that here. I wouldn't ask for anything more than what they do...except more of it, haha.
Another way the improved the chassis was to make the e92 chassis
I was on about this to someone about the facelift newer e46 not cracking as much. This explains why I havnt found any cracks on my subframe mounting points but yet still got to take seam sealer off elsewhere.
have always been highly impressed with the detailed videos and great lighting conditions. I'm even more impressed that the content is recorded AND edited on an iPhone. Please keep the videos coming.
By far the best Video about this topic on yt.
My E46 is a 06.2002 330i manual. Currently has no cracks at 175k miles with stock bushings. But I plan to drive it on race tracks and supercharge it. I wobder how long the subframe will hold up.
That was interesting, thank you
Very interesting. Really deep design problem.
Excellent video as usual. I've always wondered how does the plastic insert stand up to welding of the cracks and welding in the reinforcement plates? Does the heat destroy the plastic insert? Keep up the good work, Cheers
Very interesting. I always wondered what that "internal plastic support" looked like & if it really worked. You should also mention, as you did in a much earlier video, that BMW engineers also moved the position of the spot welds away from the external rubber bushing contact points. Maybe the plastic support & relocation of the spot welds help the E46 issue after Oct 2004. I have a '05 E46 convertible (without the issue for now) & wondered if the convertibles had a "stronger" rear section. Any info on that? Thanks for the informative update! Good job.
So when you weld reinforcement plates on an Oct 2004-2006 car don't you risk melting the plastic?
Please don't put your hand on the lens.
I need to respect the wishes of other customer's cars which cannot feature in videos.
.. but you could blur that in editing.
True - someone with more skill than me probably could. However, I record AND edit all our content on an iPhone.
If/when we do advance our processes I'll be sure to look into it. Thanks for the info. Any help is always appreciated as providing video content is a process we enjoy and want to continue doing.
@@RedishMotorsportbmw thanks for even taking the time to shed some light on this for the e46 community. Can’t believe people are being picky about your filming with so much free knowledge
@@RedishMotorsportbmw you are doing great work! Keep up, I'm enioying your videos and, learning new things.