Kevin,I was reading the owners/instruction manual for my BILSTEIN kit that is 1 day away from install. It says that the front 8x18" OEM wheels will not clear the front axle unless there is a 5mm spacer present there. Is this true & why have I not read this anywhere here or around the internet before ?? I'm not new to the M5 world & I thought that I did all of my homework on this...
Please provide any insight/feedback that you can. THANK YOU.
I appreciate the help & all of you taking the time to reply to me guys.
Here is the issue I ran into late last night. I will attach a picture (below) to show the BILSTEIN label on the box shows a part # of: F4-GM5-A455-H1
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However, the Autopartswarehouse.com (the place that I bought it from) shows a part # of: GM5-A455-H0
Tuner Motorsports shows a part # of GM5-A455-H1
Tire-Rack shows a part # of F4-GM5-A455-H0
Bavarian-Autosport (Bav-Auto) shows a part # of GM5-A455
And the LAST BUT NOT LEAST, the (most recent & current) Bilstein Website for North America shows a part# of: F4-GM5-A455-H3 right now. :dunno: This is why I'm kinda confused. I guess what I can take from all this, is that my Bilstein PSS-9 kit is one that has been on the shelf for a few years. Maybe it was considered relatively "old stock" even though it is brand new & factory fresh since it was still pritsine/new & untouched it its box. Maybe the part # with the H3 on the end is the latest version of these kits & these represent the ones that were just made/manufactured the latest. Again, please offer me some feedback & your thought/opinions on this.
THANK YOU...
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Thank you for your feedback man. It's alway nice to talk to someone who has the same system/kit on their M5. I guess I should stop worrying tonight & just get some rest. Tomorrow will be a long day with this install... :biggrinbounce:Kev,
From what I've been told before that last 2 code i.e. H0, H1 is the revision of the same product number.
On the E46 M3 PSS9 application Bilstein made revision from H0-H1 (about 3-4 years ago) and the difference was in the valving.
The physical dimension and everything else is identical.
So looks like you should be fine.
Regardz,
J Irwan