Broken Springs - List (add yourself if you've been affected)
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ASW28 said:New ones go on next week, and hopefully handling will nevr have felt as good.
Make sure they fit the right ones for your model and M sport suspension. :wink:
Lillywhite said:ASW28 said:New ones go on next week, and hopefully handling will nevr have felt as good.
Make sure they fit the right ones for your model and M sport suspension. :wink:
I am getting it done at TWG in Peterborough, and have asked them to confirm that they are going to fit the Sports Springs - as original.
aquazi said:My car had its inspection 1 last friday... broken OSR coil.... under 4 years and covered 18K miles!
Lucky i had an extended warranty... But now they have been replaced will get some eibach's fitted
Asked the dealer if its a common problem... and he was very frank and said their parts department is like a mattress store... especially for the X3 and 3 series.
Well back in Aug when i painted my calipers this is the sight i see:
After less then a year... The dealer said both rears were swapped, so either they didnt swap both or this broke within a year under 4K miles
Swapped to Eibachs now.
ASW28 said:I am getting it done at TWG in Peterborough, and have asked them to confirm that they are going to fit the Sports Springs - as original.
Elite Auto in Peterborough fitted new 'Suplex' rear coil springs to my car, free of charge, a few weeks ago after incorrectly fitting the wrong springs over a year ago for the previous owner.
Sports springs have three patches of either green or grey painted on halfway down the spring. :wink:
Woody said:What sort of introduction is that neeler?! Sorry to hear of your spring woes though...Get yourself over to the Newbies section and put a proper post up with pics and the like for a good welcome aboard
Haha .well spotted Woody ! another one climbing over the fence in the dark
C,mon neeler . let's see some pics :wink:
Only just joined up but couldn't help but notice this thread. I didn't know that this was such a widespread problem. My offside rear had broken and caused an MoT failure at it's first test, but was replaced under warranty. No problems since, however, although up till the spring broke I had covered 49,000 miles and have only covered 8,000 since.
mr wilks said:Woody said:What sort of introduction is that neeler?! Sorry to hear of your spring woes though...Get yourself over to the Newbies section and put a proper post up with pics and the like for a good welcome aboard
Haha .well spotted Woody ! another one climbing over the fence in the dark
C,mon neeler . let's see some pics :wink:
X2 want to see if its my old car.
usually the washing machine that goes at xmas :xGonna add myself to the list now too.
Got a 55 plate 3.0i SE with 79k and rounding a corner near where I live I hit a pothole and heard the dreaded ping. (Will put in a claim but wont hold my breath)
Going to get both rears changed and I don't want to go for the OEM option nor do I want to lower the car any further with aftermarket performance springs as it already has the M-Tec set up which is low enough. What standard size aftermarket springs have other members recently changed to (as the start of this thread is really old) in order to get away from the OEM rubbish?
Euro Carparts sell Sachs coil springs for around £60 per side but the description states "For vehicles without M-Technics" so not sure if that excludes my car or are they specifically talking about Z4M's? GFS Car Parts also have springs listed for £55.80 but they don't mention the brand name at all and under the description, they are just described as "Quality - Premium".
Anyone had any experience with any of the above brands?
MOT's due next month so need to get this done asap therefore any advise will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Billy
Got a 55 plate 3.0i SE with 79k and rounding a corner near where I live I hit a pothole and heard the dreaded ping. (Will put in a claim but wont hold my breath)
Going to get both rears changed and I don't want to go for the OEM option nor do I want to lower the car any further with aftermarket performance springs as it already has the M-Tec set up which is low enough. What standard size aftermarket springs have other members recently changed to (as the start of this thread is really old) in order to get away from the OEM rubbish?
Euro Carparts sell Sachs coil springs for around £60 per side but the description states "For vehicles without M-Technics" so not sure if that excludes my car or are they specifically talking about Z4M's? GFS Car Parts also have springs listed for £55.80 but they don't mention the brand name at all and under the description, they are just described as "Quality - Premium".
Anyone had any experience with any of the above brands?
MOT's due next month so need to get this done asap therefore any advise will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Billy
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