Ebay Parts

[robbo86]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-5-SERIES-E34- ... 27ac23da31

What do we reckon to these pitman arms? Worth it or dont bother?

[fingerman]

Seller has good feedback, they cost under a tenner all in - get them

[robbo86]

Yeahm thats what I thought. I discovered that ECPs do Lemforder items (suppliers to bmw as well) for about half the price BMW want, about 35 quid. Might go for them instead but then these are under a tenner!

[320ise]

trust me 100%! do not put anything other than lemfodder on your car i have had many e34`s now and the cheap option is never good! i had a set of qdrive rear pitmen arms and idler up front arm and they only lasted 3.5k! they fair very fast and if you paying for the labour your self you will save nothing! i have had 60k out of lemfodder arms and bushes etc you can not beat them but they are expensive over other makes

the moral of the post is you get what you pay for and the above bushes will be fine for a few miles but will be dead in no time. i for one hate doing the fronts on my e34 and would rather pay the money for good stuff than go through the hell of doing them again!

the rear pitmen arms are not a bad job to do at all though and if you would like a link to a good diy on them hust let me know and ill post one up for you.

[robbo86]

Is it this one?

http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/51281

Is it ok to do the shocks later or am I creating more work for myself?

[robbo86]

While were at it, do you know about the whole OBC retrofit???? I have a guide to it, but theres a question I want to ask about it.