Rear suspension KAPUT

[rstoughy]

Well a quick £££ spent on the cesil today.
Broke a spring last weekend when out on a jolly up over Speyside. No surprise really given they have the strength of warm chocolate but things got a whole load worse during the week.
My 77000 mile dampers decided to call it a day as well so the car quickly had the handling of a balloon in a bath :banghead:

About a week ago I contemplated going down the Bilstein route but decided standard is probably best for the car due to the fact I have the race car for all that sort of stuff.

So a quick call to the local dealers on Tues and ordered up all I needed. Call came in yesterday to say it was here so today I spent a couple of hrs and freshened the rear up.


Not a lot there for the money really but at least it looks nice.




The culprit, sickening really that it still has the paper label attached :bigcry:




So everything off and ready for the skip



New stuff on so all quiet in the rear now. Picking up backing plates from BMW tomorrow as the front O/S has decided to detach from the bolts so its rattling around.
Sitting in garages really does not do these things any good.

[J2LTB]

Very nice. It's better to refresh the lot all together. What's that little lot worth ? £650 ?

[rstoughy]

Very nice. It's better to refresh the lot all together. What's that little lot worth ? £650 ?

Yes just shy of £700 then another £150 today on various other bits and bobs :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry: :hahaha:
Needs must :whistle:

[Marv968]

Nice work, bet it feels much better now!

[s.mac]

Paul, how much were the struts only?

I'm going to take the AST off and go standard, I don't track it so don't see the need to have a race setup.

[alexk]

Another one bites the dust :whistle:

[s.mac]

Alex since it had a new engine and all the other bits it doesn't seem worth tracking it :bigcry: I know it's not right but I would rather thrash a cheaper car round a track

[rstoughy]

Steve I think they were around £150 each. Cant really remember but I'll pull the invoice tomorrow and check.

[s.mac]

I've got a price Paul

The part number has changed from 31.52 to 33.52.2.282.507

Did you have to order top mounts as well?

My old struts look a whole lot better than yours, no rust, but one recoils a bit faster than the other so best change both. I'm sure the top mounts would be fine though, how do you take them off?

[s.mac]

And any ideas where 2 x rubber tow bar like covers go? Found in the box with suspension bits

[mattCSLnut]

I've got a price Paul

The part number has changed from 31.52 to 33.52.2.282.507

Did you have to order top mounts as well?

My old struts look a whole lot better than yours, no rust, but one recoils a bit faster than the other so best change both. I'm sure the top mounts would be fine though, how do you take them off?

You might as well buy a New set of these Steve as they are known to wear out and take but a minute to change :thumbs:
I used these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2009095603...301%26_rdc%3D1 ... with my recent New OEM rear dampers as they are stronger then OEM and about 1/3 of the cost of the BMW supplied ones + come with 4 year warranty as oppose to BMWs 2 year warranty. Win, Win, Win ! :beer:

[mattCSLnut]

And any ideas where 2 x rubber tow bar like covers go? Found in the box with suspension bits

Show as some pix mate

[s.mac]

These

[s.mac]

Cheers Matt, ordered

[s.mac]

Matt do the paper gaskets go inside the boot or underneath?

And I still need to know how to strip down to get the bump stop off