New parts on Order

[632 Regal]

Dude go to autohaus and get a better price for name brand stuff ignore budget costs for no name brands all together.

All the old pros left this forum as it was overwhelmed by newbies and bad advice...lt sucks

Well I went ahead and ordered all four struts/shocks and 4 brake rotors. Now I just need to find the upper strut bushings they were telling me I needed. If anyone has a part number and source for these, let me know. I can't wait to put them in start driving this regularly.

[vping]

Well I went ahead and ordered all four struts/shocks and 4 brake rotors. Now I just need to find the upper strut bushings they were telling me I needed. If anyone has a part number and source for these, let me know. I can't wait to put them in start driving this regularly.

[ahlem]

www.bavauto.com or
zygmunt motors
both have them. You can search their online catalogs.

[healtoeit]

Well I went ahead and ordered all four struts/shocks and 4 brake rotors. Now I just need to find the upper strut bushings they were telling me I needed. If anyone has a part number and source for these, let me know. I can't wait to put them in start driving this regularly.

I got mine from my BMW parts place,

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...36&hg=31&fg=10

What you need are all the wear items in that pic, the parts guys at my bmw parts place (yes it is mine!) were great at helping me figure out what I needed and what I did not.

[vping]

Still not sure what I am ordering though. I don't recognise any of those to be wear items.

[healtoeit]

Still not sure what I am ordering though. I don't recognise any of those to be wear items.

It's too late tonight...but tomorrow ill post what I got... I have everything you need sitting in my garage...waiting to go into my car!

[bubba966]

Taking a guess at the build date on your car (used 6/89) so you might have to go to realoem and apply this info to your build date if things are different.

But in this diagram http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...28&hg=31&fg=10

You're going to want at least 1 (#4096), 3 , 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. #1 is the upper strut bushing you're looking for. #'s 9 & 10 should be replaced as if not they could lead to premature shock failure. 3/5/8/11/12 all wear out as well due to age/use.

I'd actually just order all of it through mileoneparts.com You're ordering almost all of it anyway, might as well spend the couple of extra bucks to make sure that you won't need any of those nuts/studs/covers as I'm sure those have seen better days after nearly 2 decades.

[vping]

The sticker on the inside of the driver's door states 10/89. Is that the build date?

[525i winter driver]

The sticker on the inside of the driver's door states 10/89. Is that the build date?

most probably... you can find out for sure (and look up parts) by entering your serial # (last 7 #s)here.

All the old pros left this forum as it was overwhelmed by newbies and bad advice...lt sucks

[bubba966]

The sticker on the inside of the driver's door states 10/89. Is that the build date?

Most likely is. Put your last 7 of the VIN into realoem when you're selecting a car (it's towards the top of the page) and it'll fill out all of the info for you which will tell you what the build date is.