Front struts?

[BimmerDude]

Has anyone changed there front struts yet? I've changed everything else but the struts. They aren't making any noise and the handling is still great, was wondering, when is a good time to change them? Thanks.

[mrbmwx5]

my 149..k and still good

[vinuneuro]

On any vehicle, struts/shocks become tired after 60k miles. When we had our E53, I noticed it around the 70-75k mark.

[FSETH]

On smaller cars you can do the old bounce test where you push down each corner of the car and see if it bounces or rebounds firmly, but the X is such a heavy vehicle with stiff springs (especially sport package) that I am not sure how well this works. I have about 85k on the X and it still rides really firm, and I have over 100k on my 325i with Bilsteins and it is still firm as well. If your car's ride still feels firm I would just leave them alone for now if I were you, unless you just want to tighten it up a little bit.

[BimmerDude]

Mr BMW, I will call you tomorrow in regards to the conversation we had.