Question for Bilstein/boge experts

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   HEllo!
      I got Bilsteins /BMW (from a M535i e28) for my 1983 635 .
The problem is the rust on rear shocks: the lower spring-mounts are really bad , the rust is eating them. I noticed those mounts  are removable and held in place by a kind of seger washer...(for some reason those mounts were keeped and only the Bilsteins were renewed ..What a stupid economy....)

My friend has got standard Boge spare parts and I'm guessing if also Boge have removable bits , as Bilsteins....So i could have found spares for my car.
Any expert here?THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Francesco

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siscobmw Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member II Joined: 13-May-2005 Location: North Italy , near lake of Como Status: Offline Points: 201	Topic: Question for Bilstein/boge experts Posted: 08-September-2005 at 09:03
	HEllo! I got Bilsteins /BMW (from a M535i e28) for my 1983 635 . The problem is the rust on rear shocks: the lower spring-mounts are really bad , the rust is eating them. I noticed those mounts are removable and held in place by a kind of seger washer...(for some reason those mounts were keeped and only the Bilsteins were renewed ..What a stupid economy....) My friend has got standard Boge spare parts and I'm guessing if also Boge have removable bits , as Bilsteins....So i could have found spares for my car. Any expert here?THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Francesco Edited by siscobmw

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Sohlman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member II Coupe Chairman Joined: 19-August-2003 Location: Surrey Status: Offline Points: 1259	Posted: 08-September-2005 at 10:30
	BMW will not be able to supply you with these and nor will Bilstein. Consequently myself and Mark McLennan have had a numbr made by a fabricater. It looks like they will cost around �25 each. If you buy a completely new bilstein you will get a set. I however was supplied with the wrong size for my springs and so rathern then buying another set of shocks just thought i would get some made.
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siscobmw Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member II Joined: 13-May-2005 Location: North Italy , near lake of Como Status: Offline Points: 201	Posted: 09-September-2005 at 05:41
	From What I understood, Boge mounts are welded on the shocks.. Well...I can say I am lucky, I can ask my neighbourgh and an make them for free....They will be not original, but they will be made in big stailess steel, made quite exactly the original ones , and I will pay really nothing for it... Thank You anyway! Francesco

siscobmw Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member II Joined: 13-May-2005 Location: North Italy , near lake of Como Status: Offline Points: 201	Posted: 14-September-2005 at 12:21
	I removed boge perches, I slightly modified them and put onto Bilstein.. They're simply perfect. I tried the car.....wow.....I feel also safer. Nothing to do with old Boges....Now i change also boges on my 3,3L... Francesco