Front Wishbones

[mattCSLnut]

Originally Posted by DuncanR

Why the fook are all those bushes made in the USA , bought by Brits, and then fitted to a German car ?
Those are simple engineering, surely someone in the UK produces the same?

That's Globalisation for you dUnk.
To be fair the Americans fit them as well, it's just majority of them don't get to use these to their full potential
... too many straight roads in the US

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by lawsy

The "genuine" lemforder from ECP are not the same quality as oe from BMW.
Trust me on this one.

The guy from ECP came out to our gaffe. Saying the bushes were 100% the same, he was wit the lemforder guy, they were both adamant they were exactly 100% the same. We knew just b looking they were not. We then got sme real bushes out of our stock. They looked, felt completely different. The ECP lemforder stuff lasts only 1/3 of time too.

Find some updated race arms shim, your car is hardly a comfortable cruiser,

Now I am confused......

Lemforder are not the same as OeM (but only the ball joint is fixed)
Get race bushes (but that makes ride even harder)
Get race arms (are they found somewhere else)?

[shane@mbtech]

Originally Posted by shimmy

Now I am confused......

Lemforder are not the same as OeM (but only the ball joint is fixed)
Get race bushes (but that makes ride even harder)
Get race arms (are they found somewhere else)?

Is it your wishbone ball joint thats gone?

Which one, inner(subframe) or outer(hub)?

The rear bush gives the car compliance, and changing that to a "solid" bush will make the drive a fair bit harsher.

The arms and the rear bush are seperate items.

You need to buy the wishbone, then if you so desire buy standard rear bush or uprated rear bush. I would buy uprated,

Why dont you get the wishbone arm changed under warranty, then fit uprated rear bushes?

[mattCSLnut]

Originally Posted by lawsy

Why dont you get the wishbone arm changed under warranty, then fit uprated rear bushes?

IIRC suspension part are only covered upto 60K miles under BMW warranty and Shimmy is waaaay past that

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by mattCSLnut

IIRC suspension part are only covered upto 60K miles under BMW warranty and Shimmy is waaaay past that

yes advice at weekend was that 88k miles may be a bit too late (although this is my second arm already!)

[shimmy]

outer balljoint has gone (so arm needs replacing - you are saying with BMW not lemforder!)

i think it comes with inner replaceable ball joint if not i will replace and also rubber mount circular (7) above on diagram

Lawsy/Matt does that make sense and if not what would you do?

[shane@mbtech]

Originally Posted by shimmy

outer balljoint has gone (so arm needs replacing - you are saying with BMW not lemforder!)

i think it comes with inner replaceable ball joint if not i will replace and also rubber mount circular (7) above on diagram

Lawsy/Matt does that make sense and if not what would you do?

The wishbone is complete Shim, inner and outer ball joints are integral.

Its only the rear bush and housing which are seperate-( item 7) these are the ones Matt was showing can be upgraded.

If the price difference is not much go BMW, 2 years warranty.

I just find the ECP stuff not quite as good, fine for a road car, but on yours I would go BMW.

We fit the ECP Lemforder stuff everyday, its not bad stuff If I am being honest, it just doesnt seem to last as long as Merc OE stuff. But its warranted and they replace it no quibble for us.

The BMW stuff might be different?

[mattCSLnut]

Originally Posted by shimmy

yes advice at weekend was that 88k miles may be a bit too late (although this is my second arm already!)

If the previous arm was fitted by BMW less then 2 years ago then in theory it should still be covered by BMWs own 2 year warranty
Worth checking your extensive history file Shim

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by mattCSLnut

If the previous arm was fitted by BMW less then 2 years ago then in theory it should still be covered by BMWs own 2 year warranty
Worth checking your extensive history file Shim

2008

[mattCSLnut]

Originally Posted by shimmy

2008

D'oh and there was U thinking it was only 2 year ago