Anyone change front control arms/ball joints on E36 BMW?

[Jason]

Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated. Looks like this is going to be my next project.

[carguy]

I spent 20 min. typing what to do, step by step - then i went to post my reply and it wanted me to refresh the page, log in AGAIN and do it all over. WHY? Sorry, I'll post something later I gotta go. Stupid F$^^%$&^%'n computers. AAARRGGGHH

[carguy]

alright - buy complete arms. Outer b.j. nut - 19mm - pickle fork or BFH. Inner b.j. nut - 22mm - long extension and swivel socket from above or wrench from below. Pry inner b.j. loose or strike w/ hammer at crossmember/ b.j. location. Press, cut, air hammer, drill old c.a. bushing out of "bracket/shell". Press new c.a. bushing into shell. Install arm first (you might need to apply pressure to bottom of b.j. to keep stud from spinning when tightening new nylocks). Then drench bushing end of arm w/ Plastikote spray silicone (works better than other sprays) and push on bushing/bracket - may require a couple of tries but they do "pop" on.
I would go w/ oem rubber bushing w/ offset mount ('95 M3)
Good luck - holler if any ?'s

[Jason]

Sweet. New arms on the way. Plan on tearing in next weekend. Thanks!

[Jason]

I would go w/ oem rubber bushing w/ offset mount ('95 M3)
Good luck - holler if any ?'s
Went with the offset bushing (one step stiffer than stock.) Just got the parts in today and starting the tear down tomorrow. How do I know how to orient the offset?