Rear suspension KAPUT

rstoughy · 08-05-2015, 08:43 PM

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

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

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 · 09-05-2015, 09:47 PM

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

rstoughy · 09-05-2015, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by J2LTB

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

Needs must

Marv968 · 09-05-2015, 10:56 PM

Nice work, bet it feels much better now!

s.mac · 12-06-2015, 04:02 PM

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** · 12-06-2015, 06:36 PM

Another one bites the dust

08-05-2015, 08:43 PM	#1
rstoughy S6, Sport On, Traction Off Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 1,948 Casino cash: $25408	Rear suspension KAPUT 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 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 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. __________________ Paul. Ooooft!!! 16yrs in the CSL and still loving it "shine on you crazy diamond"

09-05-2015, 09:47 PM	#2
J2LTB S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 407 Casino cash: $5472	Very nice. It's better to refresh the lot all together. What's that little lot worth ? £650 ? __________________ Previously owned CSL No:16 😞

09-05-2015, 10:56 PM	#4
Marv968 S4 - Getting the hang of it Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Suffolk coast Posts: 214 Casino cash: $8472	Nice work, bet it feels much better now! __________________ UK CSL no.27

12-06-2015, 06:36 PM	#6
alexk Driving it like I nicked it Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,787 Casino cash: $29982	Another one bites the dust __________________ www.clubcsl.com - I am a BMW Motorsport fan ! My youtube channel is here

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12-06-2015, 04:02 PM	#5
s.mac CSL Register Uber-poster! Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 4,247 Casino cash: $15600	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.