bilstein as we all know is great...pricy but great..but only when you get a defected strut does it suck..the front insert broke! when i was installing it today. i got all the others in thank god, and by the way B&M's ride very smooth. enjoyable ride u can say, slight stiff, but of corse its lowered, anyways..illpost pics and tell the story tomorrow, but for now i gotta jet over the hospital, im gona be an uncle in a few hours, my sisters about to pop. haha (interesting story about the struts commin tomorrow) (ill post pix too) :redspot :alright :lol

B&M springs???? As for the bilsteins they have a lifetime warranty.

Congrats on being an uncle

ok its 5:30am i cant sleep, excited about my new neice. :redspot

anyways..heres the story behind this bilstein incedent..

ok..

i was installing my springs (b&m) and struts (bilstein) at my boy Angelo's shop in ValleyStream NY.. he's known for VW BMW and audi performance..
:::EMPHASIS TUNING:::
(www.Emphasistuning.com)

anyways..heres some pics from the install...


before:!...(4x4!?...)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/sil0kin/E21/newontheroad2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/sil0kin/E21/suspensionbefore2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/sil0kin/E21/suspensionbefore3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/sil0kin/E21/suspensionbefore1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/sil0kin/E21/suspensionbefore4.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/sil0kin/E21/suspensionbefore5.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/sil0kin/E21/suspensionbefore6.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/sil0kin/E21/suspensionbefore7.jpg

as you can clearly see...4x4 action. haha. anyways..heres some teardown pics of the old suspension components..

out with the old..

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/sil0kin/E21/suspensionwork4.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/sil0kin/E21/suspensionwork2.jpg


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/sil0kin/E21/suspensionwork1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/sil0kin/E21/suspensionwork3.jpg


(by the way, the front inserts were probably the most annoying thing in the universe. haha it took a while to rip out that whole assembly..tierod, controlarms, calipers, etc etc..anyways..the hard part was done..

i also want to add, the old struts were not only shot..haha they came out in pieces..but surprisingly the ride before wasnt even rough in any way. (weird huh?) anyways..on with the bore-a-phill...haha...ok..


in with the new..




http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/sil0kin/E21/suspensionafter1.jpg


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/sil0kin/E21/suspensionafter2.jpg


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/sil0kin/E21/suspensionafter3.jpg


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/sil0kin/E21/suspensionafter4.jpg


now i want to add inserting 1 of the struts went very downhill..while i had my blackass slave boy "HEAVY" (thats what he's known as) holding and compressing the spring with his mighty meaty hands, i screwed on the top nut to the strut insert, (i dont know what its called exactly) but..(ill post the pic of what happened sometime soon) the while top threaded part completly snapped down to the strut?. ....defective yes..pissed me off?..compleeeeeeeeltyy... but i only hit it with the gun on veeeeery veeeeeeeeeeery low torque. maybe it just got too hot and snapped. at first i thought it didnt catchh the threds (since it was on there by hand at first) but im going to send out the strut on monday (hopefully) directly to bilstein and i have to wait for them to send me another 1..."bastids!!'". but as for now, i have 3 bilsteins running and 1 stock bogue insert, (which was the only 1 that survived" anyways..excuse my spelling and my lack of topic control, but im fuckin tired..i figured id give you latenighters something to look at, (from now on people, i think we need more pics with each topic) haha thanx guys..hey let me know what you think..

(ps- it rides like it was on ice, barly any bounce (oh and for those of you amatures who want to lower their ride..make sure ur battery is bolted down, or youll get sparks flying everywhere after a some rough bumps) haha gnite folks. :redspot :lol