hey everyone, i bought a set of FK shocks and springs for my car, i got the 45mm strut, as i thought this was the right diameter.
but for sum reason my car need 39-40mm struts, or close enough to 40mm.
has anyone ever heard of this before, and cud i buy 45mm strut holders from BMW.
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there should only be 2 sizes. 45mm and 51mm. its only the 325 sports or tourings i think that have the 51mm. not sure about cabs.can you post up a pic of your strut? 
if for some reason you do have some odd set up im sure you could source struts from a scrappy. i think the size refered to is the size of the strut itself ,not the diameter of the insert.
if for some reason you do have some odd set up im sure you could source struts from a scrappy. i think the size refered to is the size of the strut itself ,not the diameter of the insert.
i measured the outside of the strut holder, which was 45.06 and 45.08 on the different ones. but its the inside diameter thats narrow. for the shocks to fit i need an INTERNAL diameter of 44mm. but with these strut holders for that to be possible the thickness of the metal tube on the strut holder wud have to be 0.5mm, which is practically paper thin.
just read ur post, so basically they have sent me the wrong ones. the downside of finding this out now is, i just bought 2 original ones to get it through the nct(irish MOT) at a cost of 75 plus vat a pop. bummer 
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thanks
eugene
.thanks
eugene