{"id":3524,"date":"2018-09-16T11:03:24","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T10:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mukerji.co.uk\/?p=3524"},"modified":"2018-09-16T11:24:31","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T10:24:31","slug":"335d-rear-suspension-refresh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mukerji.co.uk\/335d-rear-suspension-refresh\/","title":{"rendered":"335d – Rear suspension refresh"},"content":{"rendered":"

For some time now I’ve known that things weren’t okay at the back of the 335d. Even unladen, the car appeared to have been lowered, slightly more so on the left than the right. When unladen, I’d occasionally feel it hit the bump stops, and there was always more post-bump oscillation than I’d associate with a healthy pair of shock absorbers.<\/p>\n

I’ve dug around for photo evidence of the car unladen and this is the best I could find. I’ve adjusted the image levels to help make it easier to perceive the detail of the black tyre in the dark wheel arch. It’s fairly clear here that the rear looks lower than the front.<\/p>\n

\"Silver<\/p>\n

The ride height alone wasn’t a problem for me. Some may even suggest lowering the front in sympathy! Yet the crashing around when laden was a problem, and the crazy oscillation over bumps at speed was frightening at times, so something needed to be done.<\/p>\n

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve gathered some parts from BMW and Euro Car Parts (ECP).<\/p>\n

ECP 2x Bilstein Shock Absorber @ \u00a361.74 each (PN 635110585)
\nECP 2x Sachs Coil Springs @ \u00a360.44 each (PN 627112290)
\nECP 2x Febi Bilstein Top Strut @ \u00a36.39 each (PN 609111050)
\nBMW 2x Rubber lower shock mount @ \u00a341.90 each (PN B33.52.2.406.287)
\nBMW 2x Shock top bump stops @ \u00a318.32 each (PN B33.50.6.773.629)<\/p>\n

So that’s \u00a3377.58. I’ve a couple of regrets here. First, I could have bought the Rubber lower shock mounts from ECP at a lower price had I been more organised. Second, I should have bought BMW’s “Repair kit, support bearing” PN 33.52.2.406.280 which would have included the new top strut mounts, and provided some other new rubbers and plates around the upper mount point.<\/p>\n

With all that out of the way, this is what the haul looked like:<\/p>\n

\"335d<\/p>\n

Here’s a close up of the parts for one side:<\/p>\n

\"New<\/p>\n

Now I’m not going to do a full how-to here, as there are many great videos already on the web. Here’s a good one about the shocks:<\/p>\n