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Originally Posted by ke6dcj
The SportLine shocks are made by Sachs, not Bilstein, at least the last set I puchased 2-years ago in the USA.
IMHO, I would just purchase Bilstein HD if using your regular springs, or Bilstein Sports if using SportLine or shorter springs. The Bilsteins have a LIFETIME warranty, while the SportLine shocks only have a year warranty.
Don't forget to do the rear springs and shocks as well, in order to keep everything balanced.
:-) neil
1988 E36T AMG w/500E springs
1993 500E w/SportLine springs
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Hi Neil,
my opinion is that the Bilstein warranty is hard to use and very few if anyone ever actually get around to returning anything under it. They make it very hard to implement a return unless the original shop returns them to its supplier and so on and receipts are necessary too or forget it! I guess that's that's the way it supposed to be these days where business tries to preserve capitol and keep out the frivolous.
The reason for Sportline warranty being only 1 year is probably because they found some people used them in rallys or dirt racing or something that is considered extreme service. To me all the pot holes on the freeways is exteme service!
What with a lack of funds available for road maintenance here in the Bay Area the problem isn't going away any time soon
I hold Bilstein's quality as tops and the reputation is great, well admittedly I've put Konis on British cars and a SAAB I once drove but I don't own any cars that use them and never will again. KYB is an alternative which has been a bad experience with me so its Bilsteins for me 100%
For reference here are p/n's I had on hand for Bilstein Sportline Shocks for the W124 early chassis:
124 320 23 31 Rear Shock Bilstein Sport B36-1470-H0
124 320 64 30 Front Strut Bilstein Sport V36-0365-H0
I am chasing off to find a source of these for my '87 300D turbo upgrade, I also need Sportline springs and sway bar if anybody has any suggestions please let me know, Thanks, and I'll contact Rusty too.
DDH