[ladius]

Hello forum members,

I'm on stock sport suspension on my 2006 330i with 118,000 miles on it. As far as I can tell by the ride, the suspension feels ok but I'm hearing scraping sounds every time I go over my driveway and other places where it normally never scraped.

So I'm thinking it might be time to refresh with a Bilstein B12 pro-kit set. I'm price shopping and it seems Turner Motorsports has the best price but wondering if anyone knows a place with any better price. If so, please share.

TIA!

[Supermoon]

If I ever buy again, I'd buy from fcp euro because of their lifetime replacement warranty.

[mlifxs]

ajusa.com has aggressive everyday pricing on bilstein products.

you can always google the part number.

amazon is always worth a look. a week ago, a vendor there had the pss10 edc kit for very cheap.

[Jeff@TopGearSolutions]

Let me know if we can help. We also price match and Bilstein B12 are in stock and ship same day.

[mweisdorfer]

Originally Posted by ladius

Hello forum members,

I'm on stock sport suspension on my 2006 330i with 118,000 miles on it. As far as I can tell by the ride, the suspension feels ok but I'm hearing scraping sounds every time I go over my driveway and other places where it normally never scraped.

So I'm thinking it might be time to refresh with a Bilstein B12 pro-kit set. I'm price shopping and it seems Turner Motorsports has the best price but wondering if anyone knows a place with any better price. If so, please share.

TIA!

Probably about $825-50. It's pretty rare to see this set under $800.00. However, you have to replace the upper, upper and upper lower support bump stops on the rear. You may have to replace the lower, lower support bracket too on the rear. On the front, you're probably going to need to replace the upper strut bearings. You don't need bump stops for the front, or rear, Bilstein has them built into the front shock and gives you rear ones as part of their purchase price.

Total might run you $1,000.00 or so in parts when its all said and done.

If you're DIYing it, your gonna need special strut sockets. You can buy them at ECS tuning.

[ladius]

Originally Posted by Supermoon

If I ever buy again, I'd buy from fcp euro because of their lifetime replacement warranty.

I just read their warranty thing on their website, that's crazy! They'll replace wiper blades and other consumables too, incredible. But the chance of those kinds of things breaking I guess would be pretty slim so may not be worth the extra cost.

So in the case of a suspension which seems like would rarely break but just wear out and need a refresh, the warranty probably does not cover this.

Thanks though, good to know about FCPEuro.

[ladius]

Originally Posted by mlifxs

ajusa.com has aggressive everyday pricing on bilstein products.

you can always google the part number.

amazon is always worth a look. a week ago, a vendor there had the pss10 edc kit for very cheap.

I checked out both ajusa and Amazon, there's a lot of different part numbers! Amazon does have the lowest price anywhere but not sure if that part is the right or "best" one.

[ladius]

Originally Posted by Jeff@TopGearSolutions

Let me know if we can help. We also price match and Bilstein B12 are in stock and ship same day.

Thanks for the offer, I might end up going for the sportline kit, not sure if I will end up regretting it though for the sportier ride

[ladius]

Originally Posted by mweisdorfer

Probably about $825-50. It's pretty rare to see this set under $800.00. However, you have to replace the upper, upper and upper lower support bump stops on the rear. You may have to replace the lower, lower support bracket too on the rear. On the front, you're probably going to need to replace the upper strut bearings. You don't need bump stops for the front, or rear, Bilstein has them built into the from shock and gives you rear ones as part of their purchase price.

Total might run you $1,000.00 or so in parts when its all said and done.

If you're DIYing it, your gonna need special strut sockets. You can buy them at ECS tuning.

Yeah that price range is what I'm finding, good to know about the other parts that will need replacing too, thanks for the info.

I was thinking of getting these Monroe shock mounts posted on another thread, are these the same thing as bump stops that are built into the Bilsteins?

Also about the strut bearings and support brackets, do you have any recommendations as to brand?

[mweisdorfer]

Originally Posted by ladius

Yeah that price range is what I'm finding, good to know about the other parts that will need replacing too, thanks for the info.

I was thinking of getting these Monroe shock mounts posted on another thread, are these the same thing as bump stops that are built into the Bilsteins?

Also about the strut bearings and support brackets, do you have any recommendations as to brand?

Lemforder is the OEM supplier, or you can always pay double and sometimes triple for the little BMW sticker on the part.

Monroe makes the upper, upper bump stops for the rear I believe.

I just went with Lemforder all the way around unless that part wasn't found or lemforder didn't make it, then I went with OEM (BMW).

I bought all my parts from FCP euro. They price matched other on-line vendors? and you get a lifetime warranty.

ECS tuning and Bav Auto make great videos for replacing the shocks and struts.

You'll need to get the special strut sockets from ECS. Either buy or rent spring compressors.

One other thing, you'll need to let the B12 Kit break in for about 2,000 miles before you will want to put a 4-wheel alignment on your car.

[Rosetta Stoned]

When accounting for shipping, bavauto had the best price on the B12 pro-kit for me just a few weeks ago when I did the upgrade. I got the mount kit from turner motorsports and then I had to get all the spring pads separately from getbmwparts.

[davidwarren]

I got the B12 from AJUSA last year for $792 shipped.

[Jeff@TopGearSolutions]

Originally Posted by ladius

Thanks for the offer, I might end up going for the sportline kit, not sure if I will end up regretting it though for the sportier ride

No problem. I know a lot of guys like to shop around for the best price, I do too.

Sometimes our site comes in low, sometimes it's higher.

That's why I just say we'll price match. Unfortunately with over 4000 products on our site, I can't guarantee the lowest prices. Some manufacturers make us play by their rules, others have movement. It's a silly industry.

Anyway, we'd appreciate the support and opportunity from the community.

[mweisdorfer]

Originally Posted by ladius

I checked out both ajusa and Amazon, there's a lot of different part numbers! Amazon does have the lowest price anywhere but not sure if that part is the right or "best" one.

Go to bmwfans.info

http://bmwfans.info/parts-catalog/


Look up your car and get the exact part numbers before shopping.

[mlifxs]

Originally Posted by ladius

I checked out both ajusa and Amazon, there's a lot of different part numbers! Amazon does have the lowest price anywhere but not sure if that part is the right or "best" one.

iirc doesn't Turner show a part number?

[redline2001]

WTF Turner has the E92 B12 kit for the 328 for $950 and the 335 for only $802. What gives ???

[sebaNYC]

Jeff@TopGearSolutions im looking for H&R sport springs and the koni yellow for an XI

Please let me know the price

[steve7909]

This is all great information. I'm ready to buy the B-12 sport line kit. Been getting lots of good help on here. Thanks to all that participate.

[chris@strutmonkey]

We sell the Bilstein B12 (as well as Koni) kit fully-assembled. All necessary parts included:
new strut mounts
dust collar
55mm washers
upper spring perches
upper spring pads
lower spring pads
BMW M3 style bumpstops
bumpstop protection tubes
Everything arrives to you ready to install... we even torque the top strut nut to BMW specs.

Thanks, Chris