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So at my last service the garage picked up a weeping rear damper.
This was actually good news as it gave me a good excuse to replace it all as I've fancied a subtle drop for a while now.
I didn't want to go to the expense of coilovers (well decent ones anyway) and I didn't want cheap either. I also wanted to keep the ride comfort of the stock suspension.
A couple of people recommended the Bilstein b12 kit (bilstein dampers and eibach springs) so I bit the bullet and couldn't be happier.
My originals had 85k miles on them but I thought they still felt pretty good until I swapped them out.
The difference was felt straight away so much more responsive and tight like a new car.
I've not properly tested them yet but I'll give them a couple of weeks to settle down then get a 4 wheel alignment done and report back but so far this is one of the best mods I've done and for not a huge amount of money.
Surprisingly easy job too if anyone else is thinking about doing it.
Here's a pic of how it sits now.
This was actually good news as it gave me a good excuse to replace it all as I've fancied a subtle drop for a while now.
I didn't want to go to the expense of coilovers (well decent ones anyway) and I didn't want cheap either. I also wanted to keep the ride comfort of the stock suspension.
A couple of people recommended the Bilstein b12 kit (bilstein dampers and eibach springs) so I bit the bullet and couldn't be happier.
My originals had 85k miles on them but I thought they still felt pretty good until I swapped them out.
The difference was felt straight away so much more responsive and tight like a new car.
I've not properly tested them yet but I'll give them a couple of weeks to settle down then get a 4 wheel alignment done and report back but so far this is one of the best mods I've done and for not a huge amount of money.
Surprisingly easy job too if anyone else is thinking about doing it.
Here's a pic of how it sits now.