[Brian McKinney]

I was painting my calipers and cleaning up the wheel well area before I install the Bilstein Sports next monday, and I noticed the front struts are Sachs..are these OE or have they been replaced??? If so could I resell them?? Looks like brand new control arms too, I wonder if I should get a carfax report, if some of you guys remember I had to repaint the right side rocker panel due to some damage that was covered up from the previous owner. I am taking the left side off now, the underside of the bumper is scraped all to hell, I had to replace the front little spoiler a few weeks ago because I noticed half was missing. And the bumper is not seated correctly, it is sagging down about 1/3 of an inch...makes me wonder:dunno:

 

[Fulltone74]

I was painting my calipers and cleaning up the wheel well area before I install the Bilstein Sports next monday, and I noticed the front struts are Sachs..are these OE or have they been replaced??? If so could I resell them?? Looks like brand new control arms too, I wonder if I should get a carfax report, if some of you guys remember I had to repaint the right side rocker panel due to some damage that was covered up from the previous owner. I am taking the left side off now, the underside of the bumper is scraped all to hell, I had to replace the front little spoiler a few weeks ago because I noticed half was missing. And the bumper is not seated correctly, it is sagging down about 1/3 of an inch...makes me wonder:dunno:

I believe the M5 shocks are made by Sachs. I would suspect that all the 5 series shocks are made Sachs.

 

[Ix540xI]

yupe e39 oe strut are made by sachs

 

[Brian McKinney]

so why does the right side actually say Sachs, without a roundel..and the left side doesnt say sachs and has the roundel, I would figure both would have identical markings

 

[glocati]

sachs/boge/lemforder = OEM for BMW

 

[Brian McKinney]

so one of those is new, otherwise they would all be matching...does anyone agree

 

[oembimmerparts]

so one of those is new, otherwise they would all be matching...does anyone agree

From what you are saying; Yes I would agree that one has been replaced at some point. The one that actually says sachs is prob. the newer unit.

 

[glocati]

damn good question - one would assume they would have matching labels/markings. but then again, they grab em off the shelf and one came from a different lot? hard to say.

 

[FireWalker]

so one of those is new, otherwise they would all be matching...does anyone agree

Yes, the SACHS would be the newer one. It should have part number 3131 109 6857 on it, for the Sport package.
Cheers

 

[Brian McKinney]

well, I guess it doesnt matter it steers well and runs great..plus all 4 will be matching Bilsteins in 5 days