 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  |  07-22-2005, 07:42 PM | #1 | | Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Los Angeles, SoCal Posts: 77 |  struts and springs waiting for install...
QUESTION(s): I've had a set of Eibach lowering springs and Blisten struts/shocks laying around the garage for about 5 yrs in NEW condition, never used. I was thinking of finally installing them on my 98ti. What do you guys think? Are they still any good and if so, would that be something I could do myself?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
thanks |  |  | | 07-22-2005, 08:31 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: St. Louis Posts: 138 |
If they are sport struts I don't think you should install them. Definitely not. You should just sell them to me. __________________
97 sport | | | | | 07-22-2005, 08:32 PM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: St. Louis Posts: 138 |
One question, maybe you would know. Are the front shocks easy to install? I haven't seen any DIYs. __________________
97 sport | | | | | 07-22-2005, 09:45 PM | #4 | | Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Los Angeles, SoCal Posts: 77 |
maherbaz,
They are sports struts and they suppose to lower the car about 1" or 1 1/2"...can't remember. I am not sure of the difficulty of the installation. That is why I am here to ask. I have done a couple of them on my toyota truck but I realize they are much simpler to work on and it is NOT a bimmer! lol | | | | | 07-22-2005, 10:18 PM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Portland Or Posts: 2,666 |
Actually I'd work on the bimmer suspension ANY day over a Toyota.
MUCH easier.
Dave __________________
Dave - PDX
1995 318ti - Active Black and Tan.
2005 330xi - Mtech 1 - 6spd - Orient Blue/Black | | | | | 07-22-2005, 10:20 PM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: St. Louis Posts: 138 |
I'm trying to figure this out...
When I changed the shocks on my escort, I had to use a machine to clamp the spring down.
I think that I don't have to use this for my rear shocks, but my front shocks do have the spring wrapped around them, so I would have to use the compressing machine. Is this right? __________________
97 sport | | | | | 07-22-2005, 10:40 PM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manassas, VA Posts: 4,129 |
That sounds correct...the spring thingie looks like this....maybe Quote: | Originally Posted by maherbaz I'm trying to figure this out...
When I changed the shocks on my escort, I had to use a machine to clamp the spring down.
I think that I don't have to use this for my rear shocks, but my front shocks do have the spring wrapped around them, so I would have to use the compressing machine. Is this right? | __________________ 
1998 (July) 318ti, 5-spd
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tensioners aren't they ? or maybe de-tensioners when removing..... __________________
1995 BMW 316i Cosmos Black
Mods: Magnex Cat-Back Exhaust Smoked Corner Lights + Repeators M3 17" Wheels De-Baffled Air Box AC HandBrake Handle and Gear Knob DEPO Euro Epsiloids + Predator Chronium Rings Chrome Interior bits IE Poly-Urethane RSFMs Kenwood Power Series Audio Powder Coated e36 325 Front Callipers Sports Seats | | | | | 07-24-2005, 04:13 AM | #9 | | Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Los Angeles, SoCal Posts: 77 |
Are those tools necessary to replace the front suspesion spring/shock? Can there be any other tool around the house or something you can buy at you local auto parts store to do the job? What about renting the tool?
thanks
my original question has not been answered....are the shocks still good even though they have been sitting around the garage for 5yrs+
thanks | | | | | 07-25-2005, 03:56 AM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: St. Louis Posts: 138 |
you can rent them at autozone __________________
97 sport | | | | | 07-25-2005, 04:14 AM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 308 |
the last time i did a front strut repair ('69 BMW 2002), my room-mate was a mechanic, so he brought a spring compressor home from work for me to use. before using it, he regailed me with stories of these things slipping or breaking and ripping someone's jaw out.......damn, now i'm hungry  | | | | | 07-25-2005, 05:26 AM | #12 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
yes, you for SURE want to use a spring compressor (if you need to separate the spring/strut)! __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray
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Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | | 07-29-2005, 10:10 PM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,288 |
i once saw a spring start to come on the tensioner, we shut it in the garage and it shot through the brick wall and into the filed behind the house!!!!! __________________
1995 BMW 316i Cosmos Black
Mods: Magnex Cat-Back Exhaust Smoked Corner Lights + Repeators M3 17" Wheels De-Baffled Air Box AC HandBrake Handle and Gear Knob DEPO Euro Epsiloids + Predator Chronium Rings Chrome Interior bits IE Poly-Urethane RSFMs Kenwood Power Series Audio Powder Coated e36 325 Front Callipers Sports Seats | | | | |
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