From digest.v7.n119 Fri Aug 15 16:18:37 1997
From: TeamM3_at_aol.com
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 16:57:16 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Weights for E36 Alignment procedure

In Digest # it was written:

<<In order to perform a wheel alignment on an E36 M3 correctly, The car has to be weighed down in a certain way (i.e. a certain weight in the front seat, back seat, trunk). Does anyone know the proper weights to use? I saw a post on this about 5-6 months back but I can't seem to locate that particular post anymore..

Thanks in advance for your answers!>>

45 kg (150lbs) in each front seat and in the center of the rear seat, plus 22 kg (45 lbs) in the center of the rear trunk, for a grand total of 157 kg (495 lbs), a full tank of gas, and spare installed.

If you try to align to the BMW specs without these weights you'll be way off. Ride heights are also based off of these weights being installed.

Mark Sipe