Hey all. After having my E46 in many pieces over the past 18 months I needed to align the rear wheels. In this video I've just put a basic setup on. Will revisit this in the future once new tyres!
Hey Danny.👋 Fairly early today, which is rare by my standards. I finally got to have a cuppa while enjoying the latest. Taking the risk of sounding like a broken record, I will say it again, the musical stylings coming out of the Autobarn is impeccable.👌 The Motown sound always hits the spot and I even heard a little tribute to one of my personal favourites, (RIP) Bill Withers. Looks like you got the M3 all dialed in, mate. That thing is sittin' right and sounds damn good, too.👊 Obviously, the landscape crew approves of this message. Who knew they were such motorsports enthusiasts? Your little dialog with the cows always gets me... quality entertainment, right there.😅😂 Have a great weekend, Dan.
Streeeeetttt liiiiffffeee what a tune and Jackie Brown what a film! Heard it through the grape vine, nowhere to run as well haha bangers in this video! I feel you on the handbrake. had a nightmare with 2 of my e36's espesh the current one, new dust shields etc cause it ripped holes in them where the pins go etc 🙄
Good e46 m3 content I have one myself was pleased when you got one too, subscribed for the Honda content and now we both have a type r and e46 m3. Sound mate
Great to see another string alignment fan. It really is addictive, and fun. One issue I struggled with was chasing front toe measurement, adjusting one side seemed to mess with the other slightly. Solved this by passing a long bar through the open windows and resting on the sills, and clamping it to the steering wheel so the wheel couldn’t turn. As for accuracy, if you use a thin enough fishing line, you can measure to 0.5 mm easily enough, which is around 5/100ths of a degree, or under 3 minutes.
Love your style mate, relaxed and informal but interested and informative at the same time. It’s good to watch and learn as you go. Those gears sounded noticeably shorter when you drove off at the end, the new final drive works then... hope it MoT’s without issue. Enjoy the S54
What a sexy car !! e46 M3 is timeless... from early 2000 it looked sexy, looks same way after 20 years. Nice vids Danny, waiting to see some new onboards ! :D
Did this for my front wheels using a camping table with string lol, was pretty spot on when I took it in for an MOT and got them to check it. And back in the day my grandad used a broom handle...
Very informative video don't get me wrong, but also gotta say I really admire the music played in the background! 'Good times' by Chic, 'Streetlife' by The Crusaders, 'Move On Up' by Curtis Mayfield...
String set up seems pretty good. Probably best going camber first then toe, doing it the other way round will throw the toe off a mile however doing camber first then when you go onto toe it will move the camber ever so slightly but its normally minute amounts 👍🏽
sounds like a nice setup w your wheel angles... I am actually running a slight tad toe-out in the rear on M3 and couple of degrees of extra caster in the front on my 3D top mounts for a tad more communication and loading on the front tyres + the extra camber gain. But pretty much same as you, but toe out for dat thicc turn-in.
Only done Mcpherson strut. Always camber first. As you push the wheel top in or out it pushes against the toe arm/steering arm and throws out your toe. Took me some figuring out too
Great video as always Danny. In terms of laptimes, which car is the fastest? E36 M3 3.2. E46 M3 or a k24 frank swapped DC2? Of course all NA in stock bottom end.
How i adjust alignments is caster camber and toe and allways do the rear first because thats what stears the car and dictates where it drives on the road
@@dannyDC2 I'd assume if the axle width is the same then you should be ok, but I'm no expert on this, it's just something I found when I looked in to doing my own tracking, (that I never ended up doing)
Is the track width the same front to rear on the M3 and MR2? I tried doing the string method on my Exige but it was just melting my head trying to figure out how to keep the lines parallel when the rear of the car is wider than the front... I'm guessing/thinking that if the rear was 50mm wider (for example) then my distance from centre caps to string should be 64mm (using your example) minus 25mm on each side, so the fronts would be 64mm and the rears would be 39mm to the string... does that sound about right or am I overthinking?! Good update btw!
@@dannyDC2 I got fixated on the track of the car because I can't figure out how else to make sure the strings are parallel to the car. Even if I'm working one axle at a time, I still need to make sure the reference point/string is effectively in line with 0 degree of toe.... I think. With your M3 assuming track width is the same front/back, you can be sure of that by making sure both centre caps are at 64mm difference. I am trying to do this with axle stands and fishing line though... so your kit maybe helps in a way I've not wrapped my little head around yet :D
Also bear in mind that if the string box is truly square, and the car is truly centred in the string box then if you take the two measurements for each front wheel (at the front of the front wheel rim and at the rear of the front wheel rim) and add these together, they should come to the same total for both sides of the car. The same goes for the rear measurements. Yours don't add up correctly so either the box isn't square, the car isn't centred or your measurements aren't accurate. Your front left adds up to 20.5 and front right adds up to 21.5, these should be the same. At the rear you've got 24 and 21.5 so you're a fair way out. I reckon it's a combination of issues because of the significant difference between the front and rear, unless the car is a bit bent!
You should really use calipers to measure from the rim to the string because even being 0.25mm out will have a significant impact on the alignment, and you can't reliably measure to 0.25mm accuracy with a ruler. It's pretty easy just to use some cheap electronic calipers.
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Got a good little crowd of enthusiasts there lad 🐄
They all know the sound E46 M3 when they hear one
E46 M3 are just getting nicer and nicer the older they get
Set your camber first, then your toe. Saves going back and forth :)
it's almost like he said that lol
Hey Danny.👋 Fairly early today, which is rare by my standards. I finally got to have a cuppa while enjoying the latest. Taking the risk of sounding like a broken record, I will say it again, the musical stylings coming out of the Autobarn is impeccable.👌 The Motown sound always hits the spot and I even heard a little tribute to one of my personal favourites, (RIP) Bill Withers. Looks like you got the M3 all dialed in, mate. That thing is sittin' right and sounds damn good, too.👊 Obviously, the landscape crew approves of this message. Who knew they were such motorsports enthusiasts? Your little dialog with the cows always gets me... quality entertainment, right there.😅😂 Have a great weekend, Dan.
we need to get you some form of award for the most consistent commenter on TH-cam lol, quality stuff every time
@@ST_GLN_glenn Haha, thanks Glenn.🙏 Truth be told, I am just a TH-cam bot.🤖
Cheers Mick! Glad you enjoyed it buddy. Should have a few more out of this 3 day weekend. Have a good one!!
Your M3 is absolutely stunning mate. Proper dream car for me that.
Such a beautiful car. Great shape in the best colour!
Who'd have thought cows like S54s eh? 😂
Great to see the 46 running again !
Streeeeetttt liiiiffffeee what a tune and Jackie Brown what a film! Heard it through the grape vine, nowhere to run as well haha bangers in this video! I feel you on the handbrake. had a nightmare with 2 of my e36's espesh the current one, new dust shields etc cause it ripped holes in them where the pins go etc 🙄
Nice video Dan! Nice to see the m3!!
Good e46 m3 content I have one myself was pleased when you got one too, subscribed for the Honda content and now we both have a type r and e46 m3. Sound mate
Sounds great looks good 😍
Great to see another string alignment fan. It really is addictive, and fun. One issue I struggled with was chasing front toe measurement, adjusting one side seemed to mess with the other slightly. Solved this by passing a long bar through the open windows and resting on the sills, and clamping it to the steering wheel so the wheel couldn’t turn. As for accuracy, if you use a thin enough fishing line, you can measure to 0.5 mm easily enough, which is around 5/100ths of a degree, or under 3 minutes.
That’s not a bad idea on how to stop the wheel DIY!
Love your style mate, relaxed and informal but interested and informative at the same time. It’s good to watch and learn as you go. Those gears sounded noticeably shorter when you drove off at the end, the new final drive works then... hope it MoT’s without issue. Enjoy the S54
These vids are great. You sound like such a genuine guy. A rarity these days.
What a sexy car !! e46 M3 is timeless... from early 2000 it looked sexy, looks same way after 20 years. Nice vids Danny, waiting to see some new onboards ! :D
Did this for my front wheels using a camping table with string lol, was pretty spot on when I took it in for an MOT and got them to check it. And back in the day my grandad used a broom handle...
Yes lad good video mate love it!!
Cracking vid Dan. Enjoyed it. I'm learning... Ish 😁👌
Very informative video don't get me wrong, but also gotta say I really admire the music played in the background! 'Good times' by Chic, 'Streetlife' by The Crusaders, 'Move On Up' by Curtis Mayfield...
One car back on the road, enjoy it Danny.
It's a beautiful car Dan
Cracking vid 👍🏻
Love the little office clip 😂
Good tunes. Tracking alignment alright too
This video is going to blow lad
String set up seems pretty good. Probably best going camber first then toe, doing it the other way round will throw the toe off a mile however doing camber first then when you go onto toe it will move the camber ever so slightly but its normally minute amounts 👍🏽
sounds like a nice setup w your wheel angles... I am actually running a slight tad toe-out in the rear on M3 and couple of degrees of extra caster in the front on my 3D top mounts for a tad more communication and loading on the front tyres + the extra camber gain. But pretty much same as you, but toe out for dat thicc turn-in.
Danny talking to the cows 😂😂😂
Only done Mcpherson strut. Always camber first. As you push the wheel top in or out it pushes against the toe arm/steering arm and throws out your toe. Took me some figuring out too
you have some patience Sir....nice job...
The ladder against the bodywork gives me anxiety. 😂
Really enjoyed the video though, very informative.
It was propped on the lift but I feel ya
It’s on the lift?
@@ScottPC 4 post lift ya
Well aye
I've always be told to do camber first because the camber will change the toe. 🤙
Nice vid.
What’s the 4.1 final drive on the diff like?
On hunter system u do rear camber/toe then front camber+caster/toe then turn wheels lock to lock (caster swing) make sure it’s all correct
You’re not wrong there, all about setting the thrust angle first and working forward from there 👍
Great video as always Danny. In terms of laptimes, which car is the fastest? E36 M3 3.2. E46 M3 or a k24 frank swapped DC2? Of course all NA in stock bottom end.
bit of the true loves / delvon lamarr organ trio in the background
Nice video! What size spacers are you running?
Thanks, just 12mm rear
Watching with closed captions on... when you boot it TH-cam tells me you’re playing music.... S54 is definitely music to my ears.
Just wondering but are you running offset top mounts for increase in caster?
2:00 min epic music from Jackie Brown - Street life
How i adjust alignments is caster camber and toe and allways do the rear first because thats what stears the car and dictates where it drives on the road
With measuring off the centre of the wheels you need to make sure your track width is the same, because if not you'll not have a square box.
Does that really matter as long as the per axle measure that is the same? I don’t have the stock wheel offsets
@@dannyDC2 I'd assume if the axle width is the same then you should be ok, but I'm no expert on this, it's just something I found when I looked in to doing my own tracking, (that I never ended up doing)
What’s it like with the 4.1 final drive?
Is the track width the same front to rear on the M3 and MR2? I tried doing the string method on my Exige but it was just melting my head trying to figure out how to keep the lines parallel when the rear of the car is wider than the front... I'm guessing/thinking that if the rear was 50mm wider (for example) then my distance from centre caps to string should be 64mm (using your example) minus 25mm on each side, so the fronts would be 64mm and the rears would be 39mm to the string... does that sound about right or am I overthinking?! Good update btw!
Overthinking, massively. Why does it matter if the track is different ? You’re working per axle, not front to back. 👍
@@dannyDC2 I got fixated on the track of the car because I can't figure out how else to make sure the strings are parallel to the car. Even if I'm working one axle at a time, I still need to make sure the reference point/string is effectively in line with 0 degree of toe.... I think. With your M3 assuming track width is the same front/back, you can be sure of that by making sure both centre caps are at 64mm difference. I am trying to do this with axle stands and fishing line though... so your kit maybe helps in a way I've not wrapped my little head around yet :D
If good enuff for BTCC it must work rite simple but effective..
Also bear in mind that if the string box is truly square, and the car is truly centred in the string box then if you take the two measurements for each front wheel (at the front of the front wheel rim and at the rear of the front wheel rim) and add these together, they should come to the same total for both sides of the car. The same goes for the rear measurements. Yours don't add up correctly so either the box isn't square, the car isn't centred or your measurements aren't accurate. Your front left adds up to 20.5 and front right adds up to 21.5, these should be the same. At the rear you've got 24 and 21.5 so you're a fair way out. I reckon it's a combination of issues because of the significant difference between the front and rear, unless the car is a bit bent!
Hi Danny, which BC racing coilovers have you?
Cheapest
You should really use calipers to measure from the rim to the string because even being 0.25mm out will have a significant impact on the alignment, and you can't reliably measure to 0.25mm accuracy with a ruler. It's pretty easy just to use some cheap electronic calipers.
So how much better was it after the adjustment ??
Well it wasn't aligned at all because the rear end had been missing for 18mths so hard to say
Fair enough mate.
How'd you swap Porsche brake calipers on?
Always camber first then the toe. Doesn't ever work the other way round you end up chasing it!
What callipers are u using
When filming in Mexico it's not "Cow" it's "La Vaca" .
Haha sound will remember that !
The only youtuber I've seen to have a decent car to start with then destroy 🤦♂️
Seriously giving me an anxiety attack with the ladder so close to the car 😥 😅
Haha it was fine. Clearance is clearance
@@dannyDC2 It don't matter if you clear by an inch or a mm. Clearance is clearance.
Please do a video of the handbrake. I have had 3 e46 and every one had a shit handbrake. Including the 330ci i have now 😒
Everybody out here buying M3s and I'm still tinkering around with my 330i 🤪
What stud & nut kit is that
I got it from “silver circles” in the UK 👍
14:11 :D
How does she like it??
11:29
What song is playing at 8min?!
1kilohawk sister sledge - pretty baby
DannyDC2 yes! Spent weeks trying to find that :)
Porsche calipers?
This is just a stupid amount of effort for an alignment. Take it to a shop; The alignment costs about $150 and well worth it.
nah
A lot of talk about toes but didn't see them at all in the video, unsubbed 😤😤😤
Hehe show feet