Help with Suspension Refresh at 50k miles/10 years

[BMWCurves]

1. I didn't know it was an item of concern at the time, nor had anyone really mentioned it.
2. There is no #2
3. I'm lazy
4. Money

But in all seriousness, I wish I had but at 55k miles, I think they're alright for now. I'll address them in the future for sure.

[anandoc]

1. I didn't know it was an item of concern at the time, nor had anyone really mentioned it.
2. There is no #2
3. I'm lazy
4. Money

But in all seriousness, I wish I had but at 55k miles, I think they're alright for now. I'll address them in the future for sure.

Thanks man! I was curious because I was researching a squeaking sound from my rear passenger side which could be caused by worn out ball joints. Your thread has become my go to suspension refresh thread but I did not see any mention of ball-joints and hence my question

[san]

Your thread has become everyone's go to suspension refresh thread

Fixed lol


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[BMWCurves]

Glad it's been a help to you and a handful of other people around here. If you do go through with the ball joints, let me know if that remedies your issue. I'll eventually update the thread if I ever do more suspension stuff.

[anandoc]

Fixed lol

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LOL!

Glad it's been a help to you and a handful of other people around here. If you do go through with the ball joints, let me know if that remedies your issue. I'll eventually update the thread if I ever do more suspension stuff.

Sure thing!

[BMWCurves]

I wanted to bump this to see what other parts people might think would be a good addition to a suspension refresh, such as end links, sway bar bushings, sway bars, etc, and what brands they prefer.

[anandoc]

I wanted to bump this to see what other parts people might think would be a good addition to a suspension refresh, such as end links, sway bar bushings, sway bars, etc, and what brands they prefer.

I just got a full rear-end refresh done yesterday. Your original list on the first page is good. Only additions I would make are:

- Rear outer upper and lower ball joints. Use M3 ball-joints (33306852895). Mine were completely shot which threw off the alignment and I was getting crazy squeaking sounds. I posted a video of the squeaking in the troubleshooting sub-forum.
- Rear Sway bar end-links (33551094619) and bushings (33551138104). Though, I am not sure if this was required but since I was getting everything else changed, I was like "might as well" do these.

Not a single squeak or clunk now. Car handles like new!

[BMWCurves]

Nice, thank you for the suggestions! Those part numbers are for the rear only, correct?

[anandoc]

Nice, thank you for the suggestions! Those part numbers are for the rear only, correct?

Yup, I edited my post above to reflect that.

[holyc0w]

Front swaybar endlinks
Tie rods - at least an inspection

Lemforder for both