E46 sport touring shocks - what to replace with?

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gareth
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Sun Aug 02, 2015 11:55 pm

My daily bus is currently a rather handsome E46 330i sport touring. Recently it's been getting very twitchy at the rear, especially on wet manhole covers. On or off power too, so I suspect shocks.

What is good to go for on these shiny new fangled beasties?

I have Eibach springs to go on already but these are only about the same drop as the sport springs.

Are OEM Sachs? And are GSF/ECP ones the sport spec?
Or should I just be done with it and get a set of Bilstein B4's for £250?

Heeeeelp! :D
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Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:17 am

GSF ones are good I put a set on my sport cab e46 and it made a hell of a difference
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gareth
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Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:26 am

Ta :) What manufacturer were they?
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Mon Aug 03, 2015 8:42 pm

I can tell u the B6 dampers ride quite hard, the fronts good but the back becomes firm
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Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:52 pm

Ta. I CBA with choppy ride on this bus, I've got a coilover shot E36 compact for that! :)
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Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:07 pm

I would go for the B4's old chap
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