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Front near side , broke while it was parked up.
Lost in space, found in a dustbin........
2005 Z4 2.2
2011 318 d Estate Recalled and repaired - Update: Turbo blown new one about to get fitted....
2008 2.0d Mondeo Estate Gone but not forgotten
2008 TDV6 Discovery 3 HSE
2005 Z4 2.2
2011 318 d Estate Recalled and repaired - Update: Turbo blown new one about to get fitted....
2008 2.0d Mondeo Estate Gone but not forgotten
2008 TDV6 Discovery 3 HSE
- flimper
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Took me 10 years but I can finally join the club!
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Piano black & black extended leather. Power mirrors, tinted glass, PDC, Prof hi-fi, CD, retro-fit cruise
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Yep, been there, Rear offside
Toys: Z4 E89 35i in Blue / Ducati Multistrada 1260 DVT + love my watches
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I've joined the club!
2006 Z4 3.0si Sport Coupe
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Me too, OSR spring. They looked like they might have been originals tho, so 12 years and 55k mile I cant complain.
Now gone.......Z4MR. 2007. Boring silver.
MY05 honda S2000
MY05 honda S2000
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Might seem a silly question, but what do you feel when they go?
E86 2007 Z4 Coupe 3.0si
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You might not feel anything - it's not unusual for them to be discovered during MOT tests!
Coupes because stunning!
Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black
Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black
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Yep, me too! NSR, only noticed today while swapping wheels, broken about 1 coil from the bottom. Didn't notice it before, I blame the runflats
2006 2.5i SE on 17" daisies without runflats! already busy....
Assorted other sheds on wheels ....including..
Z3 2.2
+ Others I won't admit to yet...
Assorted other sheds on wheels ....including..
Z3 2.2
+ Others I won't admit to yet...
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I'm wondering if one of ours has broken... From the driver's seat I can hear a sort of knocking rattling sound behind me, which is similar to what I've experienced in my mx5. The roads here are terrible, so doing some research about what to fit.
2007 Stratus Silver E86 Coupe with Amarone interior | 1990 Mini Cooper | 2017 Golf GTi
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Yay, I am in too !! NSR broken pigtail. 63k miles.Noticed a bit shaky on a bend last weekend, so thought I would check and there she was
Easy, peasy to change. Fitted rear Eibachs now and ride height is pretty similar as before. Lets hope for less sketch on the corners
Easy, peasy to change. Fitted rear Eibachs now and ride height is pretty similar as before. Lets hope for less sketch on the corners
E86 In sapphire black
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This is a dumb question... and might well be answered somewhere else (apologies if so) but for a non-mechanic, with no ramps, but with a trolley jack (if I know where to put it...) is it easy-ish for me to conclusively establish if the spring is broken or not?
2007 Stratus Silver E86 Coupe with Amarone interior | 1990 Mini Cooper | 2017 Golf GTi
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Best to work with an axle stand under the chassis. Then remove the wheel. Look in the lower area of the suspension arm for the fracture of the broken spring. You could feel around without removing the wheel, but I never found it until I took the wheel off.roblightbody wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2019 7:48 pm This is a dumb question... and might well be answered somewhere else (apologies if so) but for a non-mechanic, with no ramps, but with a trolley jack (if I know where to put it...) is it easy-ish for me to conclusively establish if the spring is broken or not?
E86 In sapphire black
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Mine were obvious as the bottom section had dropped out. The top bit of the spring that was left I could wiggle with my hand.roblightbody wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2019 7:48 pm This is a dumb question... and might well be answered somewhere else (apologies if so) but for a non-mechanic, with no ramps, but with a trolley jack (if I know where to put it...) is it easy-ish for me to conclusively establish if the spring is broken or not?
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I read somewhere they always break? Only had my E86 two weeks but it came looking ‘low’ at the rear. Aside from missing parts, the springs were very very dead on the rear — shattered top and bottom.
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yep. off side front has just busted on mine.....128K miles so thinking about a full change/overhaul....Bilstein B12 kit or is there anything standard..ish kit wise out there????