i just got my bilstein HD combo for both rears and fronts. everything looks great. however, what i noticed about the fronts is that the ring that goes over the strut so the spring can sit on it, is perfectly flat. normally those rings are a bit curved with an indentation so that the spring can sit on it. both my fronts have rings that are flat. is this going to be a problem? these are the DIRECT replacement bilstein parts to replace my oem shocks and to use with my oem springs. does anyone have any info on this?

 

cmon guys show some love.

 

lonely...i'm mr. lonely...i have nobody...on my own...

 

Don't be. I'm always on ur side. Check out the pic, 2nd and 4th are the front shox/spring. You can tell they are flat at the top. So it's perfectly normal. The indentation is only at the bottom.

 

thanks jacobt for your reply.

i'm actually talking about the front struts and the spring plate( the metalic piece) that wraps on the strut body. it's the metalic piece that has the indentation. i see yours is the SP version of bilstein. mine are the HD version and the spring plates are flat.

 

it's the ones i'm pointing at with the green arrows.

 

well, it's been a few years, and i've been on my bilstein HD's for a while. thought i'd bring this up to see how other people's HD's came from the box.

flat or curved spring plate?

 

How did the Bilstein HD finally turn out...

...any issues with them perched on the Flat spring plate,,

noises, grinding, clunking, sqealing...?

I am now tempted to get the Sports that have the indentation as to avoid any noises....my Ltuned shocks (with Eibach set up) are about to die out after 25K miles (on smooth pavement/suburbs and mostly HWY surface).

 

I just installed my Bilsteins HD.. and I do have the same plates as Jacob's. I also got the indention so now I am confuse, I have to go check my part number now, but so far so good

 

I have the HDs with L-tuned springs. I have the indentation as well. I did it a couple of months ago. You deffinatelly need that on your car. You can call billstein and have the send you new plates, you are covered under lifetime warantee. So tell them that someone just messed up, and you didn't have a chance to install it untill now.

 

damnit, cuz i called them back in 2005 and confirmed with them, and they said the flat plates should be fine. so far, i've had no issues, no rubbing or grinding noises.

man, i don't want to dish out for labor again, damnit!

 

i guess if i decide to put in eibach pro kit or l-tuned springs, i would go and change the plate.

you guys know if the HD's should be fine with the eibach or l-tuned springs?

 

i just wrote to bilstein about the spring plates. i hope they give me a good answer.

 

I have L-tuned, which is practically the same as Eibach, and I like it. My Bilstein HD work great with these springs.

 

slickgt1, any issues with the HD's bottoming out?