Where to buy centre bearing?

Post Tue May 28, 2013 2:12 pm

Where's the best place and manufacturer for prop centre bearings? What sort of money are they?

Tah

Post Tue May 28, 2013 2:40 pm

http://www.123spareparts.co.uk/cgi-bin/ ... 3&FZGNR=37

Febi Bilstein is OEM. Just make sure you get the right one! I think facelift/pre facelift are different.

Post Tue May 28, 2013 2:49 pm

Cool man cheers. Did you just buy the bearing it the mount too?

Post Tue May 28, 2013 3:05 pm

I bought the full bearing + housing - about £37-£38 I think. They deliver quick too!

As I say, just check part no. of whatever your ordering vs. your car on Realoem to be sure.

Post Tue May 28, 2013 5:52 pm

£26.40 + P&P for the whole assembly from C3BMW:
http://www.c3bmw.co.uk/Page.asp?CategoryID=73

Post Tue May 28, 2013 6:18 pm

Don't spend money on some cheap crap like Meyle or Hans Preis or anything non-oem...

Like others said, get Febi - it costs a bit more, but it's worth it.

I bought mine from here > http://www.sparepartstore24.co.uk/1867107-febi-bilstein

About £45 quid, including VAT and delivery, but mine's a 325i, so yours might be different.

You can check the right part for your car on Febi's website here > http://www.febi-parts.com/?lang=GB

Post Tue May 28, 2013 7:41 pm

Lemforder is an OEM spec isn't it? £15 difference between that and the Febi unit.

Post Tue May 28, 2013 8:23 pm

zd3bx wrote:Don't spend money on some cheap crap like Meyle or Hans Preis or anything non-oem...

Like others said, get Febi - it costs a bit more, but it's worth it.

I bought mine from here > http://www.sparepartstore24.co.uk/1867107-febi-bilstein

About £45 quid, including VAT and delivery, but mine's a 325i, so yours might be different.

You can check the right part for your car on Febi's website here > http://www.febi-parts.com/?lang=GB

Meyle is good.

Post Tue May 28, 2013 9:13 pm

Blitz, I know Meyle is German, but I read too many scary stories about it online, so based on that and the fact it costs less than half of what you would pay for Febi, I decided to stay away from it...

Rix, Lemforder for 15 quid? Where?

Can't be that cheap...

Post Tue May 28, 2013 9:17 pm

£15 difference

Lemforder is £30.50 and the Febi one is £46

Post Tue May 28, 2013 10:53 pm

Oh, misread it...Yeah, Lemforder is quality stuff, just make sure you're getting the right part.

Btw, where did you find Lemforder one?

Post Tue May 28, 2013 11:29 pm

zd3bx wrote:Oh, misread it...Yeah, Lemforder is quality stuff, just make sure you're getting the right part.

Btw, where did you find Lemforder one?

TheDutch wrote:£26.40 + P&P for the whole assembly from C3BMW:
http://www.c3bmw.co.uk/Page.asp?CategoryID=73

It made sense for me to get the guibo from them at the same time to dilute the P&P charge.

Post Wed May 29, 2013 2:34 pm

TheDutch wrote:
zd3bx wrote:Oh, misread it...Yeah, Lemforder is quality stuff, just make sure you're getting the right part.

Btw, where did you find Lemforder one?

TheDutch wrote:£26.40 + P&P for the whole assembly from C3BMW:
http://www.c3bmw.co.uk/Page.asp?CategoryID=73
It made sense for me to get the guibo from them at the same time to dilute the P&P charge.

It was a lemforder part when it arrived then?

Looking at the fitment guide its the same across the models it's just the per or post 87 bit that matters.

Cheers all

Post Wed May 29, 2013 5:29 pm

rix313 wrote:It was a lemforder part when it arrived then?

It's a few years since I bought so I can't say for sure but I believe so. It's been happily spinning away for the last 30k miles if that helps. FWIW C3BMW are somewhat specialist as the name infers, they cannot really be compared to ECP or GSF.

Post Thu May 30, 2013 6:09 pm

TheDutch wrote:It's a few years since I bought so I can't say for sure but I believe so. It's been happily spinning away for the last 30k miles if that helps. FWIW C3BMW are somewhat specialist as the name infers, they cannot really be compared to ECP or GSF.

Really good prices and quality items on C3BMW...All OEM brands, like Bosch, Febi, etc.

The website does look a bit dodgy, but from I can see they have decent products at very competitive prices