Who is on Bilstein B8s?

SVTunit · Sep 28, 2018

So I just caller Bilstein Aftermarket in NC directly and they said the B8 Fronts part # 35-229919 are scheduled to be built in Germany the week of October 15th, which means they will arrive in the US mid to late November. The B8 rears part # 24-229937 are scheduled to be built in mid December with arrival in the US mid January.

I placed my order on March 8th.

Tooly · Sep 28, 2018

I bought the rears already from ECS since they had them in stock. Probably end up getting the fronts locally since the Bilstein Canada distributor is ordering directly from Germany with a 3-4 week turnaround.

E90 Skye · Sep 28, 2018

Wow that's crazy. Waiting almost 8-11 months for parts.. I was contemplating going the b8 + eibach or HR OE combo. Looks like I'll be waiting a while

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MK7 AP2 · Sep 28, 2018

So annoying.

I am really thinking about H&R OE Sport springs now and just run them with stock dampers for a while. Koni special active might work nicely as well with a subtle drop like that.

Bäsemödel · Sep 28, 2018

Indeed special actives have been a great purchase.

E90 Skye · Oct 1, 2018

Bäsemödel said:
Indeed special actives have been a great purchase.

Are these the updated versions of the old Koni FSD? I had an e90 330i with Koni FSD + Eiback Pro-Kit and it was much better than the OEM Sport suspension, more stable and more comfy.

Bäsemödel · Oct 1, 2018

They are an updated FSD shock...

MK7 AP2 · Oct 12, 2018

Surprise, surprise.....mid to late December now.

uberpolka · Oct 12, 2018

I imagine Koni is loving it.

I know I'm loving my Koni sports now.

B8's were my original choice but I wasn't going to wait nearly a year for them.

Tooly · Oct 13, 2018

Picked these up today from my wife's friends in Washington State (nice having US address to have stuff shipped to!). I should hopefully have the fronts in 2-3 weeks from Bilsteincanada.com where I ordered them from last weekend with a 10% off sale.

Yes, that's my cat trying to stick her head in the box.

BxGTI · Oct 15, 2018

Just received an email from ECS that Bilstein are back in stock for a limited time for those that are waiting

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Ridebjj · Oct 15, 2018

uberpolka said:
I imagine Koni is loving it.

I know I'm loving my Koni sports now.

B8's were my original choice but I wasn't going to wait nearly a year for them.

Same. Did springs + yellows last week. Came out real nice. Not sure what about b8's would be worth waiting for vs koni. Lower price? I dunno.

Tooly · Oct 15, 2018

For me it's the same reason I didn't go coil-overs. Once I set them I'd never adjust them again so why bother paying extra for it? And the fact that you need to remove the rear Koni shocks to adjust their firmness is something I don't want to deal with. I just wanted a spring and shock kit designed to work together and the Bilstein B12 kit fits the bill for me.

Tooly · Oct 15, 2018

BxGTI said:
Just received an email from ECS that Bilstein are back in stock for a limited time for those that are waiting

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The thing that sucks about ECS now is that they are charging sales tax for out of state purchases. I order stuff and have it shipped to Washington State to save shipping costs but now they're charging 10% sales tax.

snobrdrdan · Oct 16, 2018

Tooly said:
The thing that sucks about ECS now is that they are charging sales tax for out of state purchases. I order stuff and have it shipped to Washington State to save shipping costs but now they're charging 10% sales tax.

Yup...just happened on October 1st or something....a huge bummer, but what can you do except order elsewhere

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