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Wed Dec 28, 2022 2:18 pm

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265264924125

I have just bought these for my E46 .
Great com`s ,and they arrived in seven days and over Christmas too!!
Maybe worth having a look if you intend to refresh/update your car ?

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Wed Dec 28, 2022 4:55 pm

Annoyingly most B12 kits seem to be made to order these days. I ordered a 6pot E30 kit in August that took 3 months to arrive. An E21 kit that took 8 weeks.. and I've just ordered a 4 pot E30 kit that Bilstein have told me will arrive in mid Feb
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Thu Dec 29, 2022 1:56 pm

Mitchen wrote:
Wed Dec 28, 2022 4:55 pm
Annoyingly most B12 kits seem to be made to order these days. I ordered a 6pot E30 kit in August that took 3 months to arrive. An E21 kit that took 8 weeks.. and I've just ordered a 4 pot E30 kit that Bilstein have told me will arrive in mid Feb
Hell, B12`s ??
Dont leave your false teeth in mate lol.

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Thu Dec 29, 2022 2:21 pm

martauto wrote:
Thu Dec 29, 2022 1:56 pm
Mitchen wrote:
Wed Dec 28, 2022 4:55 pm
Annoyingly most B12 kits seem to be made to order these days. I ordered a 6pot E30 kit in August that took 3 months to arrive. An E21 kit that took 8 weeks.. and I've just ordered a 4 pot E30 kit that Bilstein have told me will arrive in mid Feb
Hell, B12`s ??
Dont leave your false teeth in mate lol.
Mart.
B12 is a kit that comes with Eibach springs and B6 or B8 shocks depending on the drop of the spring. (B8 are same as B6 just shorter)

Harder than your B4s but perfectly false teeth safe :D
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Just checking :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
Not that you have false teeth !! winkeye winkeye
Is that for track use ?

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Fri Dec 30, 2022 9:20 am

No, as said if you're just needing new shocks and springs on your car and you're going for B6's or B8's (B8's are a bit too firm for me), then you just buy a B12 kit as it'll come with Eibach springs and works out cheaper. In the case of some cars, like E21's, E23's you have no choice but to go down this route as you can't really get shocks and springs for them anywhere else.
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Mitchen wrote:
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(B8's are a bit too firm for me),
B8 are the same as B6 for firmness, just have a shorter rod to work in the designed range for lowered springs. If B8 are too firm then it has to be B4.

The B12 kit for the E30 used to come with B6 but they now come with B8 because Eibach altered the spring rate a while ago. (set I bought last year came with B8 and I asked the question.)
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Thu Mar 09, 2023 5:13 pm

Well I have had these fitted with new springs and drop links now for two weeks and I am very pleased with them, good damping and feel to them.
Gives you a lot of confidence with the way the car handles and just sits there going around corners.
Highly recommend these, and the company I bought them from. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Full cooling system re-fresh coming up as all parts are here . winkeye

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