Be aware that Bilsteins bought on Ebay are not necessarily warrantied by Bilstein-ask moi how I know? My rear Touring Bilsteins melted on the way into "The Racetrack" in Death Valley, & even tho they have a lifetime warranty, they were not covered by Bilstein because the E Bay vendor was not an authorized dealer. You might want to confirm the warranty w/ the E Bay seller now while they are new-my vendor had disappeared/didn't respond after 4 years even tho I still had his contact info/original boxes. That said, I replaced them w/ the HD Bilsteins from Van Cafe which is probably what I should have put on originally. YMMV, Mr. BZ
On Jan 4, 2010, at 11:57 PM, Max Wellhouse wrote: > I was watching them and the set of 4 were at $124 with a day or so > left. Advertised as brand new and never installed. Hoping someone > got a good deal on them. > > I won an Ebay auction for a set of 4 "used" Bilstein HD's for the GL > that had 3,000 miles on them for $125. The standard duty Bilsteins > I have on my GL now are 8 years old and they were taken off an 87 GL > which I have no idea how many miles they had on them when I did the > transplant back then. Anyone know how to tell when Bilsteins are > shot? Maybe when the yellow paint turns"rusty" brown? Mine were shot when the top rubber sleeves melted & the oil seals burst! Any sign of leaking is a sign of failure? Mine died suddenly after 4 years, but they were abused by the Syncro Brothers. > > Considering that the cheapest new Bilstein HD's I could find on line > were $265 for the full set, this auction worked out pretty well for > our post holiday budget situation. > > DM&FS > > . |
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