Body; Rigidity - BMW F97 Technical Training Manual

F97/F98￿Complete￿Vehicle
3.￿Body
3.1.￿Rigidity
3.1.1.￿Chassis￿and￿suspension￿components￿and￿rigidity￿concept
Front￿area￿of￿vehicle
The￿following￿measures￿were￿implemented￿in￿the￿front￿area￿of￿the￿vehicle￿for￿the￿connection￿of￿the
chassis￿and￿suspension￿components￿and￿to￿increase￿the￿vehicle￿rigidity:
• Front￿end￿brace
• Shock￿tower￿mountings
• Strut￿brace￿bridge
• Shock-tower-to-bulkhead￿brace
F97/F98,￿stiffening￿measures￿in￿the￿forward￿area
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