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Figured it out . All installed. Found out from bilstein I had the wrong struts. The ones I had were for 530. The ones for 528 are different including the nut. So even though I was told they fit E12, they did not fit 528.

Love the new shocks and springs

Does anyone know for sure if the nut fron an e28 will fit an e12 housing? I also found some stuff about bmw part 3132113025 but all I'm finding is no longer available

Yeah the collar that came with the b6 is silver and is too big for the strut housing by a little bit. Won't thread in the housing. I ordered the ones on ebay noted above and wiill get them next week. Also waiting on responses from bilstein and the place I bought from

Thanks Eric. Hopefully I'll figure this out soon. The code on the ones I got is B36-816 E2

HI, got a set of bilstein B6 for the front of my 1981 528. I have a problem with the nut that goes to the strut housing. The nut that came with the shock doesn't fit the strut housing. The threads are to wide. The old nuts don't fit the new shocks. Does anyone know if the b6 shocks are different bet...

Thanks so much. Really appreciate it.
Yeah I got rid of my seats last year.
Too many springs and bars poking me.
Smelled horrible too no matter how much I tried to clean them.
Went with corbeaus.
Scott

Hi everybody. I have a 1981 528i that I'm thinking about lowering in the future. Car just looks too high. I've only had the car about a year but been reading so much old stuff. I was thinking about using H&R springs and bilstein B6s. Will this work?? I'm looking for a definite answer. Ive read s...

dutch wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2024 2:40 pm nice seats Scott. Are they lower than the factory seats?

Yeah maybe inch or 2. I'm only 5'6 but it didn't seem that noticeable. Probably because I sank so low in the originals

Put new corbeau gts seats in my 1981 today. So much more fun to drive not having bars or springs poking me in the back and butt

Yep. Got the haynes off ebay

Has a/c but pretty sure it doesn't work. Vents are open all the time. Not sure about defrost. I've thought about just leaving it as with a new radio up top just to get rid of the touch screen. Might just do that and clean everything up. Thanks

Thanks

Thanks. That helps. Now I need to figure out how to get it right. Really wish there was a bentley manual for these

Hi everyone, I'm new to e12s. Had an e30 I sold last year after fixing it up. There's a post with my 1981 528 in the new member section. After a couple months of scrubbing every inch of it I need some help So tell me everything that's wrong with this console. Aren't the hvac controls supposed be on ...