View source for Life Expectancy of Bilstein Dampers

This page has been created to keep a record of the mileages that owners had to [[Change a damper and spring|replace their dampers]].

* [[Examples of a broken damper]]

===Bilstein===
{| border="1"
! Mileage !! Name
|-
|66,500 || mcmikey
|-
|64,000 || GP Zarquon
|-
| 62,000 || Stephanie Plum
|-
| 60,000 || Steve69
|-
| 60,000 || MattV (Fronts (11 years))
|-
| 58,000 || slindborg (spring platform corrosion)
|-
| 57,700|| paulc
|-
| 57,000|| MrCirclips
|-
| 56,544 || VinZ667
|-
| 56,000 || Shiplo
|-
| 54,463 || niki265
|-
| 53,000 || Andrew S
|-
| 52,000 || PTP170
|-
| 51,000 || MJK24
|-
| 50,000 || russcasey (30K with honda engine)
|-
| 49,000 || tomjeffrey
|-
| 49,000 || Kambites
|-
| 43,000 || AndyKay
|-
| 40,000 || Chopperver1
|-
| 39,247 || niki265
|-
| 38,500 || nelsont
|-
| 37,000 || FrancoZ
|-
| 35,000 || Anth (spring platform corrosion) LSS
|-
| 34,463 || niki265
|-
| 32,000 || Andrew S
|-
| 32,000 || unclefester
|-
| 32,000 || Trixster
|-
| 31,000 || windman
|-
| 31,000 || quasar
|-
| 30,000 || LRGS2
|-
| 30,000 ||Thrustyjust (spring platform corrosion 5 Yrs)
|-
| 29,316 || MattV
|-
| 26,000 || NathanE
|-
| 25,000 || Chopperver1
|-
| 25,000 || Gary ZBJ (SPC corrosion 7yrs)
|-
| 23,000 || Miro
|-
| 23,000 || simwra
|-
| 23,000 || Greg_S
|-
| 22,000 || grahampaula
|-
| 21,000 || flying banana
|-
| 18,000 || jcross (S2 LSS)
|-
| 18,000 || Lef
|-
| 18,000 || JACK6284
|-15,000 || Tommy r
| 12,000 || rich74
|-
| 10,000 || davidb (replaced FOC)
|-
| 8,875 || Solar Yellow Elise
|-
| 8,000 || Steve69 (replaced FOC)
|-
| 5,000 || Up-the-Dubs (fitted to S1)
|-
| <12 months || niki265 (replaced FOC)
|}

===Koni===
{| border="1"
! Mileage !! Name
|-
| 65,000 || MartinQ
|-
| 22,000 || strees
|-
| 1,000 || elise_s1
}


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