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agreen
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Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:17 pm
just droped the rear wheels of my318is nd the shocks on the rear are bright yellow
is this normall they have BOGE stamped on them
are these after market or are they just normall thanks guys
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kuntz_de
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Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:27 pm
late sports (tech 2's) , and IS's had boge, as did e30 M3's
only tech 1's had billies
i may be wrong though
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Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:21 pm
bss325i wrote:My 89 tech2 sport had yellow BOGE's.
Does bilstein touring is OEM for replace the BOGE TURBO?
what effect if I install the bilstein touring for 3i8i? is it very hard?
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Markus
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Dave_M3
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Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:01 pm
My iS has Bilsteins.
I haven't really looked what my track car has yet though.
M42 rightness above 6500rpm, nobody can hear you scream
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bss325i
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Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:59 pm
Andyboy wrote:318is And Tech 2's have Black Gas Boge shocks, the yellow ones are replacements.
Mine were original to when the car was new. The rears were yellow but the fronts were black. The sport had 32k on it when i got it and still has the blue co screw blanking plug. It was completely original when i got it.
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Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:04 pm
So whats the firmer ride billies or boge?
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bss325i
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Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:36 pm
Car-Nut wrote:So whats the firmer ride billies or boge?
Well i changed from 15mm Mtech springs and late boge's which were in perfect condition to eibach 40mm springs with bilstien B8's and the ride is virtually the same.
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kevin316i
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Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:49 pm
The Boge Turbo shock is the brand name for the Boge gas shocks and are available for MTEC suspensions. They are black in colour. The shocks on the back end of my iS are yellow in colour and look very old, so could be original as there is nothing in the receipts I got with the car to suggest they were ever replaced.
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Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:12 pm
A bit off topic, but I may need to replace my rear shocks soonish. I see ECP have shocks by Anschler at 15 quid each(!) Are they as crap as the price suggests?
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murran
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Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:34 pm
i have a set of bilstien gas ones on my touring. new bump stops all round, standard springs. just feels nicly attached to the road, not harsh at all. and i like a nice ride and ground clearance!
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:10 am
I have changed 2x my front and rear boge shock every 25,000 mil is it normal? Which is more durable?
bilst or boge as my road condition in my area has variation.
Thanks
Markus
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kuntz_de
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:12 am
i've seen bilseins which are still in good condition last well over 50,000 miles.
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bss325i
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Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:52 pm
These are the orginal 'late spec' boges from the rear of my sport which made up part of the Mtech suspension as fitted to late sports and 318is's.
