I used pad/s 
I just heard that there are shorter (10mm) front strut housings? Not to be confused with 45mm vs 51mm diameter ones.
Is this true???
Long shocks or short springs
jlevie
#22
As far as I know a shorter strut housing would be one that has been modified after production. I don’t remeber seeing alternative strut’s with different lengths in the BMW ETK.
NASA144
#23
The struts Curtis (trackrat) was selling in the ads here made mention of “shorter ones”… I emailed Jeff and he said they were 10mm shorter??? Sold btw.
Seems to me you would have to get a shorter Bilstein strut too, right?
Was just curious… still much to learn here!
kishg
#24
i think the shorter ones are the ones people modify to install the shorter koni’s for GC setups etc. stock ones are all the same length AFAIK.
jtower
#25
[quote=“NASA144” post=57994]The struts Curtis (trackrat) was selling in the ads here made mention of “shorter ones”… I emailed Jeff and he said they were 10mm shorter??? Sold btw.
Seems to me you would have to get a shorter Bilstein strut too, right?
Was just curious… still much to learn here![/quote]
i noticed that too, and i’m the one who claimed them (was gonna pick up at the july vir race). if you want them that’s fine with me, i only called dibs on the off chance that i’d need them but i don’t think i will.
Steve_D
#27
[quote=“NASA144” post=57997]no thanks! building spec here…[/quote]So is Tower. But his is spelled “spec” (with the air quotes).