89 325is Shocks Aren't Fitting 87 Euro 320i?

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  • ksjdan
    Grease Monkey
    • Jul 2012
    • 330

    #1

    89 325is Shocks Aren't Fitting 87 Euro 320i?

    I had this notion that all e30 shocks were same size, including m3s. I bought a set of kyb shocks for my 89, but decided to go with bilstein, so Im moving the kyb to my Euro 87 320. The rears fit well (and only takes 1/100000th of the effort to install vs fronts), but the fronts are different sizes??

    The kyb fronts fit perfectly fine in my 89, but the shocks are too big for the housing of the 87 euro. Are all earlier model shocks "thinner" than the late model e30s? Does anyone know the kyb part number for the thinner shocks?
    My 1990 325is Build Thread
  • ksjdan
    Grease Monkey
    • Jul 2012
    • 330

    #2
    Ok found a relevant thread. So 45mm and 51mm housing.

    My 1990 325is Build Thread

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