DIY bilstein rebuild?

[e30leigh]

anyone rebuilt a bilstein shock?

i have some b6 sprint m-technik sport shocks in need of new seals.

can anyone put some light on doing this to save paying some else?

[jeffnhiscars]

I have the feeling this is not a DIY since you dealing with gas, pressure & seals that I dont think you can buy.

Bilstein has flat rate rebuilds for most stuff but I dont know how far you'd have to ship them.

You probably knew all this :-)

[acolella76]

anyone rebuilt a bilstein shock?

i have some b6 sprint m-technik sport shocks in need of new seals.

can anyone put some light on doing this to save paying some else?

Unless you have special tools, one of them being a filling machine, you wont be able to rebuild the shock properly. Just send it to Bilstein, it's pretty reasonably priced.

[dsm2002]

DIY Bilstein rebuilding

[mr ilia]

Fuck it, DIY all the way.
You can probably get all four shocks rebuild in a week and do a better job than Bilstein themselves.

/joke.

Just sent them for a rebuild.

[e30leigh]

aye stuff it. im not drilling my shocks. ill send them in. or look at new ones lol.

[Cinnabar325is]

Agreed, it's not a DIY job. Bilstein's rebuild rates are okay, but they are SLOW. Understandably, I'm sure they're swamped. But it just took me 2 months to have one PSS coilover rebuilt for a Mk2 VW.

[e30leigh]

i just contacted my local bilstein guy. 200 a pop revalved and sealed and back the next day

[whodwho]

Sounds like way too much

http://www.bilsteinus.com/products/search-service/service.html

[Cinnabar325is]

i just contacted my local bilstein guy. 200 a pop revalved and sealed and back the next day

Here in the U.S., there is no "local" guy, there's only one location in California to send them to be rebuilt. Cost me about $120 all said and done. But again, took two months time.