Broken Rear Spring ho hum

[Rick H]

MoT failure on busted rear spring . . . :bigcry:

Best place to buy oem?

cheers in advance :beer:

[billyboysm3]

Dealership but I think they are out

[mattCSLnut]

MoT failure on busted rear spring . . . :bigcry:

Best place to buy oem?

cheers in advance :beer:

For OEM it's the Main Stealers I'm afraid :banghead: and idealy you'd want a matching pair for even ride height :thumbs: ... the problem is they will brake again, eventually.
Mines had 3 sets of OEM rear springs, all under warranty :smokin:
Also while you're there check the condition / rebound of your OEM rear shocks as they will most probably be worn out making the rear springs work that much harder, hence the broken spring.

[Trawler]

Dealership but I think they are out

.thats what I heard. No springs anywhere. :bigcry:

[cslsuperfan]

MoT failure on busted rear spring . . . :bigcry:

Best place to buy oem?

cheers in advance :beer:

Rick

Simpson MS/Bartlett's may have a set in stock.

[mattCSLnut]

.thats what I heard. No springs anywhere. :bigcry:

If that is the case then it may be a good time to upgrade :whistle:

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Dealership but I think they are out

Every thing is sold out when you give your name :whistle:

[glendog74]

If that is the case then it may be a good time to upgrade :whistle:

+1 :thumbs:

[Mark CSL]

Every thing is sold out when you give your name :whistle:

:hahaha::hahaha::hahaha::hahaha::hahaha::hahaha::h ahaha::hahaha::hahaha::hahaha::hahaha::hahaha:

[shimmy]

Every thing is sold out when you give your name :whistle:

from here on in he shall be known as "back order billy' :finga:

[Rick H]

Thanks guys . . . I didn't realise there was an issue with ordering - thats no bloody good. I'll speak to the dealer tommoz and see what the waiting time is, and check Simpsons/Bartletts too, cheers Ben.

Good point about the rear dampers - well worth a check, from memory they aren't that old but I'll check the paperwork. No leakage was noted by the tester.

Yes, great time to upgrade - love those Bilsteins, where are they from? Do they stiffen the ride too much though? I looked at the H&R ones Simpsons are punting for about £400 - are they worthwhile?

[mattCSLnut]

Good point about the rear dampers - well worth a check, from memory they aren't that old but I'll check the paperwork. No leakage was noted by the tester.

Yes, great time to upgrade - love those Bilsteins, where are they from? Do they stiffen the ride too much though? I looked at the H&R ones Simpsons are punting for about £400 - are they worthwhile?

The rear dampers don't need to have oil leaks to be worm out Rick My original 12 year old ones are bone dry but one of them doesn't rebound at all and the other one is so slow it's not worth waiting for BTW they have only done 70K (UK pothole) miles to be like that :banghead:

Re: Billys ride height adjustable springs... they are part of my PSS10 kit ... and no they don't over stiffen the ride as they are fully adjustable from 0 = soft to 10 = hard so you can choose your rebound rate :thumbs:
This is what they looked like when I bought them New 4 years ago. They are a little bit used now but in perfect condition and may be available FOR SALE soon :whistle:

[NZ_M3]

My original 12 year old ones are bone dry but one of them doesn't rebound at all and the other one is so slow it's not worth waiting for

The stock rear dampers have a really high rebound rate, so they are VERY slow to come back up. The design of them also means that they don't actually function like you would normally expect. Bit like a race damper, push them down and they don't actually bounce back up - it's the way that the valving works.

[shimmy]

The stock rear dampers have a really high rebound rate, so they are VERY slow to come back up. The design of them also means that they don't actually function like you would normally expect. Bit like a race damper, push them down and they don't actually bounce back up - it's the way that the valving works.

I think stock dampers are a marvel tbh, great on the car in many conditions without adjustment.

[mattCSLnut]

The stock rear dampers have a really high rebound rate, so they are VERY slow to come back up. The design of them also means that they don't actually function like you would normally expect. Bit like a race damper, push them down and they don't actually bounce back up - it's the way that the valving works.

I'm not sure I follow Tom Both Bilstein & the brand new OEM dampers do rebound very progressively and normally as in not painfully slowly however after 6 + years and 70K pothole ridden UK roads miles my original 2003 rear dampers are toast... to be fair any damper would be. Manufacturers (including BMW )only warranty such parts up to 60K miles so that's a good indicator of the life span of these things.
FYI I've just bought a set of OEM (CSL specific) rear dampers from BMW main stealers (not the pretend ones off eBay :whistle: ) and the rebound is very much there by comparison to the old dampers which as I've mentioned before are dead... at least one of them, for sure :smt023
First pic shows you a comparison between Bilstein PSS10 rear damper (on the left) Original 2003 in the middle and the brand new OEM replacement (on the right).