Followup from the pelican staff.
Bmw rear spring replacement.
To avoid damage to brake line at 9 01 and 17 45 you are technically risking damaging the brake line.
H r replacement springs are designed for high performance drivers who want the most out of their.
This is typical on driver oriented cars like your bimmer and is generally held to be a more responsive design than.
I would replace them as it s fairly easy to do when the shocks are out of the car.
To avoid this risk remove the brake caliper be.
November 5 2009.
Your bmw uses coil springs to control lateral body movement.
The rear coil springs on most e46 models have a tendency to break at the last two lower turns of the spring.
If the springs aren t broken is there really any reason to change them.
I own a bmw x5 e53 2004 model.
We offer both genuine bmw replacement shocks as well as oem shocks and struts made by the original equipment manufacturer oem for bmw including sachs oem shocks.
I am thus contemplating using a spring as replacement.
Occassionally the rear shock air suspension ballons do get busted.
Bmw 325i wagon 2004 sport front and rear lowering coil springs with 1 3 front and 1 2 rear drop height by h r.
Replacing the rear shocks on 1994 318is oem.
I m not a bmw technician.
Bmw e36 e46 rear shock and spring replacement diy after 100k miles of abuse a rear suspension refresh involving new shocks and springs is essential to maintaining original vehicle performance.
For the front suspension bmw utilizes a combined shock absorber and coil spring assembly referred to as a macpherson strut.
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But my worry is whether the spring will give the car the same dynamic stability like the air suspension ballons.
This is how i replaced a broken rear coil spring on my 530d e60 bmw.
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At almost 200k on the car they would probably begin to sag.
The bmw e46 is equipped with separate shocks absorbers and coil spring in the rear.