^ Not good!

It was trash a *long* time before it got to that point, though. :)

Oh yeah it was. But with tension on the joints from the spring and alignment in spec and no weird wear it can go unnoticed very long.

I'll be taking a closer look at all the joints on our E70s not waiting for obvious failure before refresh.

The thing is that getting to a point where you can actually inspect means doing a large fraction of the work of just replacing them.

I have two relatively to me new e70s. we spent more than our actual budget on the cars and we don’t have extra to immediately replace suspension. had to replace the tires on one of them.

So when I left the car up take all the tires off to do and underside inspection I can get the compression off the springs and check for loose joints

Don't say that, Nick!

I just received these today:

https://i.imgur.com/A8goPuj.png

They're going on my 43k mile, 04 4.4i.

I got them on clearance for $90 + $10 shipping from Modern Automotive Performance. Last set. Manufacture stamp is September 2018. Sorry about the NZ$600 where you are, that I saw in another thread, Wayne, if you're reading this!

I was told by the owner of the best indy BMW mechanic shop in our city that I needed the bushings replaced about two years ago. We did a road test together and he said he could notice them beginning to fail.

Unfortunately, in 2021, in his early 40's, he died of Covid. My retired mechanic friend, who is 72, is going to help me put on the Nolathanes. I have the special extractor tool.

All I'm gonna say is ya got a great deal! ;)