Anyone know what's going on with Bilstein supply in NA??

[One28i]

i reached out to bimmer world, said 3 to 6 months wait for the B8 fronts, offered me koi adjustable, which I declined. what other alternatives to we have???

[asbrr]

Originally Posted by One28i

i reached out to bimmer world, said 3 to 6 months wait for the B8 fronts, offered me koi adjustable, which I declined. what other alternatives to we have???

Bilstein and Koni are the two main 3rd party damper producers as standalone product. There are less popular kits you can probably find out there, just know that there will be less feedback / use cases.

A coilover kit is the next thing up...you can get non-damping adjustable coilover kits for a couple of hundred more than you'd spend on shocks + springs. H&R makes one, don't know which dampers they use. Tein might make one, KW of course etc etc. Even some other lower end brands like:

https://x-ph.com/vogtland-sport-susp...t-for-bmw-e8x/

Vogtland I think is owned by KW if I'm not mistaken? I used them on an older A4, seemed ok for the price, but blew one of the rears within a year You generally get what you pay for I guess.

On a last note - the warranty team at Bilstein just replied to me and states they show January as an ETA for the front B8 shocks, that's their local inventory but not what distributors would get specifically...so yea it might be a month or two past that....sucks

EDIT: Oh yea, ST makes decent stuff for not too much money!

[optigrab]

update after about 10 days my shocks got shipped from England
ETA is 7 to 8 days

[optigrab]

Got my shock from england total days since order is 15

[mermade]

Unfortunately thats not Bilstein UK, just a dealer
"AutomotiveSupply are an authorised Bilstein dealer in the UK."

[optigrab]

Originally Posted by mermade

Unfortunately thats not Bilstein UK, just a dealer
"AutomotiveSupply are an authorised Bilstein dealer in the UK."

I thought something was up surprised Bilstein let them squat on their domain name...either way they have the shocks

[asbrr]

UPDATE - Bilstein North America FINALLY has stock again, my driver side replacement B8 strut is on it's way...phew, that was 7 months of waiting. Ridiculous.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by asbrr

UPDATE - Bilstein North America FINALLY has stock again, my driver side replacement B8 strut is on it's way...phew, that was 7 months of waiting. Ridiculous.

I got my Bilstein B8s from TireRack in less than 2 weeks after I placed my order, around a month ago. Thought there might be a problem when I ordered but no, they were in stock and shipped pretty soon after I ordered.

[asbrr]

Originally Posted by Esteban

I got my Bilstein B8s from TireRack in less than 2 weeks after I placed my order, around a month ago. Thought there might be a problem when I ordered but no, they were in stock and shipped pretty soon after I ordered.

Yea - I had heard from Bilstein that they were getting re-stocked in early January, so that lines up with your date. My distributor just needed a kick in the ass to check, and I've been lazy to follow up until I just got sick and tired of driving on a busted strut. It's winter, so not too miffed about delaying a couple of weeks...

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by asbrr

Yea - I had heard from Bilstein that they were getting re-stocked in early January, so that lines up with your date. My distributor just needed a kick in the ass to check, and I've been lazy to follow up until I just got sick and tired of driving on a busted strut. It's winter, so not too miffed about delaying a couple of weeks...

Just looked, mine were shipped Dec 26 and delivered Jan 2, so that sounds about right.

[SayHack]

I'm still waiting for my b14 coilovers the i ordered on black Friday ....any day now (they told me end of jan to be shipped directly from manufacturer )

[SayHack]

UPDATE: I ended up canceling my order because the manufacturer changed the ship date to mid April (keep in mind i ordered on black Friday via summit racing) . Luckily I was able to source one from ECS Tuning , shout out to Devin for pulling the last one from the shelf and same day shipping with a little discount too.

[asbrr]

FINAL UPDATE:

Sent in both my front shocks about a month back, John Trexler from the Bilstein warranty department was extremely helpful.

Just got an email confirmation a couple of days ago, they have accepted my warranty claim for both front struts and will be sending me a cheque for my full replacement purchase amount.

This whole thing would've been no sweat had there not been the ridiculous wait because of the supply issue.....

[makethiscardriveable]

ECS tuning has the B12 Pro kit in stock

[smi2710]

ordered my kit monday from ECS was supposed to be here today but they forgot to ship it now its coming overnight.

but it was a great price

[One28i]

folks at ECS tuning are great people. I had order the B6 1M rear dampers, and when bimmerworld who had a better deal on the B8 fronts were not willing to ship it to my US office cause the CC was from north of the border, unless I wired transfer, I reached out to ECS, and they just matched the price and delivered them with minimal delay.

[asbrr]

Originally Posted by makethiscardriveable

ECS tuning has the B12 Pro kit for 459.90 right now, in stock

wow that's a GREAT price....

[makethiscardriveable]

Originally Posted by asbrr

wow that's a GREAT price....

Are you being sarcastic? if so why

[duder13]

Originally Posted by makethiscardriveable

ECS tuning has the B12 Pro kit for 459.90 right now, in stock

The prices must have changed back. I'm seeing them for $809 on ECS.

[asbrr]

Originally Posted by makethiscardriveable

Are you being sarcastic? if so why

Sorry - was not being sarcastic but genuine lol - it really was a great price!