Please Help Me Confirm if These are the Correct Bilsteins for My Coupe

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Hi Everyone,

I'm going to be refreshing my suspension over the winter and I'm starting to buy some parts. I was playing around on my wife's Amazon Prime account yesterday and these came up. Could someone please confirm that they are correct for an E9.

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Vince


For BMW 2800 E9 1968-1974 New Pair Bilstein B8 Rear Shocks Struts - BuyAutoParts 75-87928B9 New

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Thanks Chris! Sorry to keep asking about these but are the B8s the current model or are did another shock supersede them?
 
Have you got some pics?
I ordered a pair for my CSL from W&N and when they turned up they didn't fit.
Problem since fixed with excellent customer service, think the part numbers were changes at some point in the past.
 
Wes said:
Have you got some pics?
I ordered a pair for my CSL from W&N and when they turned up they didn't fit.
Problem since fixed with excellent customer service, think the part numbers were changes at some point in the past.
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Hey Wes, I too have purchased rear struts from W&N in the past 6 months but am not up to installing yet. Any way of telling if I have the correct ones or the incorrect ones like you were originally sent?
 
vince said:
Thanks Chris! Sorry to keep asking about these but are the B8s the current model or are did another shock supersede them?
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Both B6 and B8 are still available, I bought a set from Walloth a year ago for a friend and they were B6 but Walloth calls them Sports. I listed the new names of these a few months ago, I will look for it.
 
I ordered these: A31321114479 and A33521112698, labeled as Sports but actually the old HD, in July of last year. I think the new names are Performance and Perfomance Plus or something like that, still searching. Carl Nelson told me that Walloth had the HDs and I did some research and bought from them.

Rear-24-008136 is B8 Sport/Performance Plus
 
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Are these numbers on the paper sticker on each unit? ...paper sticker is a little worn; says F4-B46-08***? Sound familiar? I have numbers incised at the bottom perimeter of 1398 B460813HO...does that mean anything to anyone? Sorry, I be igornant...:) Sorry also to interupt thread...
 
Frankie123 said:
Hey Wes, I too have purchased rear struts from W&N in the past 6 months but am not up to installing yet. Any way of telling if I have the correct ones or the incorrect ones like you were originally sent?
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It was the front ones that I had the issue with. Rear ones were a straight plug and play. Installing them was an interesting job..
 
Wes said:
It was the front ones that I had the issue with. Rear ones were a straight plug and play. Installing them was an interesting job..
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I purchased a full set from WN so if you had any insight into the difference between the two it would be good to cross check with mine.
 
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Frankie123 said:
I purchased a full set from WN so if you had any insight into the difference between the two it would be good to cross check with mine.
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Sure. The replacement ones they initially sent were too short and they were also too wide as the locking but wouldn't fit inside the strut housing.
The threaded end was also significantly different. Might have some comparison pics on my laptop at home that I could dig out after work if that helps?
 
Wes said:
Sure. The replacement ones they initially sent were too short and they were also too wide as the locking but wouldn't fit inside the strut housing.
The threaded end was also significantly different. Might have some comparison pics on my laptop at home that I could dig out after work if that helps?
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Comparison pics would be great thanks
 
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