Hi all,
New owner here, and I'm looking to refresh all four dampers on my 2006 Z4 3.0si coupe and just looking for people's advice who have bought the parts themselves.
In this thread @enuff_zed very helpfully posted part numbers for each of the four dampers. However when I enter my car into Autodoc it says the part number for the Sachs rear dampers does not match my car (312468). It seems to be that these match the convertible but not the coupe. Can anyone confirm this? Interestingly, both the part numbers for the fronts do match. (317551, 317552).
The only other parts for the rears that do seem to fit are the Bilstein B4s, which I'm not opposed to but I have heard from different people that the corrosion protection on the Bilsteins isn't great and the Sachs dampers seem to last longer.
Only other option is to buy genuine but I've shopped around and they seem very expensive indeed, like £300+ per damper!
New owner here, and I'm looking to refresh all four dampers on my 2006 Z4 3.0si coupe and just looking for people's advice who have bought the parts themselves.
In this thread @enuff_zed very helpfully posted part numbers for each of the four dampers. However when I enter my car into Autodoc it says the part number for the Sachs rear dampers does not match my car (312468). It seems to be that these match the convertible but not the coupe. Can anyone confirm this? Interestingly, both the part numbers for the fronts do match. (317551, 317552).
The only other parts for the rears that do seem to fit are the Bilstein B4s, which I'm not opposed to but I have heard from different people that the corrosion protection on the Bilsteins isn't great and the Sachs dampers seem to last longer.
Only other option is to buy genuine but I've shopped around and they seem very expensive indeed, like £300+ per damper!
