Front air spring strut replacement

[Turbo_Bimmer]

Originally Posted by rogerkiu

Hi Fitzuni, thanks for your info. In HK, I can get brand new genuine BMW front air struts for USD530 each side (the whole with air spring and the strut). I found that Arnott does not ship the whole strut overseas, but only the air spring that needs to be assembled, the price is USD640 for both left and right excluding shipping (I believe shipping cost close to US$200 or even higher). Therefore, I will choose local genuine parts. Just wonder which one is better in quality between genuine BMW air strut and Arnott made air strut?

Just to let you know, I ordered the air spring only from Arnott, and it is an easy job to replace, and if your shock absorber is good, it is cheaper to replace the air spring only.
You just need to be carefull when you insert the new air spring on the strut and make sure that you use a silicone grease for sealing and ease the sliding of the spring over the 2 rubber o-rings, and push with a slight L-R-L-R movement to move the air spring to the bottom of the seat.