RSM fail X2

[Sockethead]

When I swapped out my Bilsteins, Both RSMs where punched through. These were the Meyle heavy duty ones ( from several years ago when they were still good. Looks like they aren't any better than OEM.







So when I put the Konis back I though hell I'm going to run these fully soft so I'll put my original OEMs back in.... they should be ok for a while.... I got 8 miles and this happened:



The whole rubber grommet punched through
Luckily were at the BMW dealer picking up some oil when it happened... unlucky that they didn't have the part in stock. Went over to Kristen's Acura dealer next door, pulled the shock and limped the car home. I have RE RSMs on order

RE style RSMs are the way to go or any others that are designed similarly. BTW TC Kline are the REs with red anodization and a higher price tag

[Vas]

I'm scared to look at the ones on the wife's zhp. Got a feeling they are like yours

Rouge rsm are the way to go.

[BMWCurves]

When I swapped out my Bilsteins, Both RSMs where punched through. These were the Meyle heavy duty ones ( from several years ago when they were still good. Looks like they aren't any better than OEM.

So when I put the Konis back I though hell I'm going to run these fully soft so I'll put my original OEMs back in.... they should be ok for a while.... I got 8 miles and this happened:

The whole rubber grommet punched through
Luckily were at the BMW dealer picking up some oil when it happened... unlucky that they didn't have the part in stock. Went over to Kristen's Acura dealer next door, pulled the shock and limped the car home. I have RE RSMs on order

RE style RSMs are the way to go or any others that are designed similarly. BTW TC Kline are the REs with red anodization and a higher price tag

The original mount just seems like a poor design, along with "reinforced" versions that are build the same way just with slightly more robust parts. Glad you were able to limp the car home. And interesting info on the TC Kline RSMs.

[Sockethead]

I think the problem is that there is no metal sandwiched in between the bushings, it's relying solely on rubber to keep it from punching through...

[Vas]

Pic of the rogue rsm

[ELCID86]

Wow. Rob. I've not seen a fail like that. Glad you and the car are ok. I went Rogue on mine. Probably need to on Colin's too. He's due for suspension refresh.


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"ZHP is a garbage option anyway- just some cosmetic upgrades with a different cam and diff to claw back some of the performance lost fitting those hideous and heavy wheels. Any 330 with a 3.46 diff will smoke a ZHP every time. The whole Mafia thing reeks of childish behavior." - an e46fanatic

[johnrando]

Glad nothing worse happened, eeesh!

[rguti153]

Can the rogue rsm be transfer to any coil application ?

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[ELCID86]

Can the rogue rsm be transfer to any coil application ?

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Coil as in springs? It's just the mount in the trunk where the shock attaches. Here is what mine looked like.




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"ZHP is a garbage option anyway- just some cosmetic upgrades with a different cam and diff to claw back some of the performance lost fitting those hideous and heavy wheels. Any 330 with a 3.46 diff will smoke a ZHP every time. The whole Mafia thing reeks of childish behavior." - an e46fanatic

[Sockethead]

Yes they work with any shock with 10mm or 12mm shaft.
If you have externally adjustable shocks they have a 12mm shaft.
Rear coilovers still use a conventional shock so they'll work with those too.
The part number is the same for both. You just need to remove the inner sleeve for the 12mm shaft