anybody else's bilsteins look kinda beat up when you got them? i wonder if its maybe just from the shipping from Germany...

the bilstein sticker is kinda rubbed off on one and thne yellow paint is kinda "used" looking on them both.
I guess they look alright, just curious if any one else's were kinda beat lookin.

thanks
matt

Besides a few of the boxes banged up, mine looked new.

mine were new...boxes weren't too hot though. i guess it would depend on where the paint wear was. might compain to your distributor though.

i guess ill call them up. problem is i really really kinda need them in by the 29th of May. so the paint on yours was 100% new looking?

thanks
i know you dont really see them, but if im paying this much for them, i want them to at least look new

did you guys get yours from shox.com cause iw as thinkin of getting mine from there.

i bought mine from lingenfelter....very cheap at the time. now i think they charge alot more. like i said mine were in pretty good shape as i couldn't complain. boxes on the other hand....

I got mine from shox.com. Great place. Were a little scratched up when I got them. my boxes were also beat the hell up.

ok, anybody remember if it looked like there were once washers in the area of the bolt holes on the front struts? almost as if they were installed at some point. bilstein seems to have a great warranty on their products. maybe im just worrying too much.
nope, not shox.com. www.performancecenter.com or something like that. it was a good deal at the time, the price may have gone up . not sure.

thanks for the help with this guys.

you shouldn't have to question it.....

a little wear is one thing, but if you are unsure send them back. they are too expensive to be taken lightly. however, who knows when you'll get another set as they tend to be hard to get ahold of at times.

How does the top of the struts look where the nut goes on?

the tops look great. they are very firm, i can compress them if i really really press down on them. i think they just took a beating during shipping.

the more i look at them, the more i think im just being too ****. lol


kandied, thats the problem. i really want them in by the 29th and i couldnt get a new set by then

The tops are pretty soft metal. If they were installed, then taken off, it should be noticable there.

here are some pictures of them. what do you guys think? sorry to keep dragging this post out.

My Bilstein Shocks/Struts

notice the beat up/missing paint and worn sticker and in the second to last pic, the ring around the bolt holes that to me indicates that there were washers there and they were repainted.
thanks for the help/input. the guy i got them from said i could send them back and hed send me new ones if thats what i wanted but that it would be 2-3 weeks before he gets them to me.

Thank you!

Mine looked brand new. When I installed them and tightened the bolts, the yellow paint flaked off right where it is in your pic 101-0177_IMG.JPG. From those pics they looked used.

hell no i would take those back

Bilsteins are commonly rebuilt. We send all of our racing shocks to have them rebuilt.

Maybe you got a set of rebuild's rather than new ones?

thanks guys! guess ill send them back. id rather be happy with them than rush and put them in before next weekend. thanks for the help!

the bilsteins i got looked beatin to death. box was tore up. looked dropped and kicked here and there. the shocks looked good though. i installed them; good as new

wait a minute...
looked beat death you said, but then you said they looked good.

the things u say when ur tired..LOL!!!

the shocks/struts were dusty as h3ll. had to dust them off. boxes were torn a little and bent. u pay a good amount for these things and thats how they come

Got Mine from Shox.com, they came to me unscratched and box in perfect shape.