Help! S*ds Law! Part number??

[Stevo7682]

I used to love fishing on the Trent during these long evenings Steve, the river is like a mill pond, a magical time of year, just so fleeting mate.

Tony.

Even more fleeting when you got to work 5 days a week

 

[t-tony]

Even more fleeting when you got to work 5 days a week

Or six. I need to cut my hours mate.

Tony.

 

[FRANKIE]

Well... Turns out the split hose was negligible as I had a broken front spring (suspiciously) so failed my MOT along with something else I thought was weird... The indicator being slightly the "wrong" colour due to an old bulb! And I thought a working winker was good enough!?

So now it's £134 for a single bmw spring x 2 if the other one is same age... I had planned on fitting the seemingly popular eibachs with bilsteins in the future but this is making things tricky at the moment.

I could just go for a cheap single £40 spring and enjoy some motoring or wait until I'm ready to upgrade suspension all round... The current oem shocks and springs on the rear don't look to be the originals so it just adds to the dilemma..I somehow feel like I might end up doing the same job twice

Anyone?

@Uncle_Clanger quote: "So now it's £134 for a single bmw spring x 2 if the other one is same age.........."

How you feel when you MUST buy the part at BMW and pay their price.......

 

[hard top]

Some testers are very anal

MOT testers are all w******s Big Ears......

 

[Brian H]

I can see there has been quite and debate over whether or not sports suspension is standard on all 3.0, mine dates from late June 2000 and there is no mention of suspension on the VIN checker in any standard or Optional extras. View attachment 57263

Not sure how to go about confirming by measuring Brian but I'm leaning towards standard suspension.

I got a full set of OEM both standard and sport, Standard have done 36k, sport have done 10k tops. Is the grill under the front number plate slats or crosshatch?

 

[Uncle_Clanger]

I got a full set of OEM both standard and sport, Standard have done 36k, sport have done 10k tops. Is the grill under the front number plate slats or crosshatch?

Its slats Brian.

 

[Brian H]

Its slats Brian.

Almost certain (98%) you are running stock suspension, do you have the option S719A when you check the options with your VIN?

 

[Uncle_Clanger]

It's slats Brian, I just double checked VIN no S719A.

 

[Brian H]

It's slats Brian, I just double checked VIN no S719A.

Standard suspension then, PM sent.