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EDC rebuild update

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#1 · (Edited)
A few people have been asking me what's going on with this so I thought I'd update everyone

I was sick to death of this on-going EDC drama so a couple of months ago I started to seriously research a solution. After much searching I found a specialist suspension company who had the ability, but more to the point had the will to help us. These guys have many many years of experience with all manner of road and race suspension, they specialise in rebuilding old Ferrari and Lamborghini shocks amongst other things, and the boss is a good guy which is so important in these situations

Bottom line is that he's willing to help us. He currently has 2 front and 2 rear units in pieces and he's sourcing all of the necessary seals and gas sacs. They have the ability to manufacture their own seals if necessary so he's not anticipating any problems. There's nothing complex in the units and he's quite confident he can turn these around for us. Rebuild units would come totally refurbed, repainted and would be tested on their suspension dyno before being released. This is not just a hydraulics company, this is a bona fide suspension specialist who has all of these facilities in house, blast cabinets, dyno etc etc

The plan is the same as it always was, he'll hold a set of refurbed units in stock, people will buy them from him and pay a deposit which they will get back when they return their own units which will be refurbed for the next person

Target price is £100 per rear leg and £150 per front leg inc. VAT :cool:

I should be able to update you again next week. We will need to get him all of the blown units we have as there will be occasions where a solenoid or hardened shaft is too damaged to re-use so he has to salvage parts from another leg. Having said that, they can source the solenoids direct and manufacture their own rods if necessary but it would put the price up dramatically so while there are so many blown units available they might as well be recycled

More info soon :)
 
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#413 · (Edited)
***UPDATE***​

Sorry for the delay guys, I've been away for a few days and I've only just received the final specs and pricing from Jon. I am putting it all together into a new post which I am hoping to be able to post later this week or over the weekend

It will be worth the wait :)
 
#416 ·
Well, this is good news...Got me all anxious.
 
#417 · (Edited)
Very happy for all of you E34 M5 owners...I used to have sleepless nights over my edc b4 but now the dreams are about Vanos units!!!!!!...WELL DONE TO ALL INVOLVED..lets hope they will last for ever!!!!!

I think its nearly time for us lot to treat all involved to a meal and beers.....................next goat meet please Si !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
#419 ·
:D

Post done, just tweaking it, hope to have it posted tomorrow

Although we have had a queue jumper who looks like he's put everything back a couple of weeks. Apparently he seemed to think that 'Do not contact Sportsline directly' did not apply to him. I am not amused... :grrrrr:
 
#422 ·
Ohhh 1970's Touring Cars, just look at the Capri on the ramp....stunning!

Congratulations to all involved in this project and lets see more people now restoring their 3.8's and not throwing away the EDC setup!
 
#425 · (Edited)
Mike this is great news, well done and thank you for persevering with this even when it got tough.
You may well have made the 3.8's a much more attractive proposition which may in turn increase their value - something I'm sure owners will be very happy about.
Is there likely to be a service for SLS rears as well?
 
#429 ·
Mike,

It was mentioned some time back that different valving might be a possibility. And I must say it'd be great if I could get the soft setting just a slight bit softer (5-10% maybe?) to suck up the nasty roads I frequently see around here.


Is that a possibility, and if so does it add anything to the price?
 
#436 ·
front right sls leaking

Hello to all M owners from Poland!

I've got a problem with my right front, started leaking. The left side is brand new - previous owner has changed it, right side is from the begining. What should I do? Send only the right one or both?

According to what was written in EDC Rebuild Service by London Mike the cost is £245 plus VAT. My question is if I as a company can buy the service in net price and pay VAT in Poland.
 
#439 ·
The reason I suggested that both were changed as a pair was to ensure that you ended up with a matched set. Having said that, all remanufactured units are checked against the dyno read-out from a very low mileage BMW replacement leg so changing one SHOULD be no problem. Ultimately it's your decision, as I said in the post, but you should be safe just replacing one unit. In this instance, as the other one is brand new I'd just have the bad one rebuilt :)
 
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