Drive with exploded rear shocks?

[Dotpage]

Buddy of mine got himself a sweet '02 325 Xi Wagon 5 speed, 5th day with it and the rear passenger shock literally exploded... He already has HDs on order, but is it safe to drive slowly thru the city until it gets replaced?

Peace!

[Johnmadd]

First off, what up Ed. I guess if he is careful(no potholes), and not going over 35 and not that many total miles he will be ok, just my 2cents.

[Dotpage]

Hey John, thanks for the response, that's kinda the same advice I gave him! Great minds think alike :P

[danewilson77]

He'll be ok.

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[Dotpage]

Cool, I invited him to our forum, cool dude, another "fruit stand" guy from Houston!

[Johnmadd]

Cool, I invited him to our forum, cool dude, another "fruit stand" guy from Houston!

Hahahahaha

[billschusteriv]

Sweet.

He can probably drive it... slowly and avoiding potholes or speeding over dips. Bottoming out could cause some damage.

[M3TA5IN]

Ive drove my lifted jeep (coil sprung). With no rear shocks and no sway bars, I'm sure a low COG BMW would be fine.

[iaregenius]

Hey Ed, thanks for the invite. I'll do a formal "new member" intro shortly. I'm the guy with the exploded shock. It was a near miss accident and the shock exploded into 2 pieces. It was pretty crazy.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/nathandc_mac/photo-2.jpg

[Johnmadd]

Dude, that's a lil worse than I imagined. Im not sure about my initial response after seeing that pic. Be careful.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

That's pretty vicious looking. I thought the damage was a little more modest. Be careful!

[danewilson77]

Hey Ed, thanks for the invite. I'll do a formal "new member" intro shortly. I'm the guy with the exploded shock. It was a near miss accident and the shock exploded into 2 pieces. It was pretty crazy.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/nathandc_mac/photo-2.jpg

That's crazy....

[danewilson77]

That's pretty vicious looking. I thought the damage was a little more modest. Be careful!

+1

[bcleaver]

Wow, how did that happen? I would probably unbolt the bottom of the strut and take it off so it doesn't catch on anything or bind. It's probably not going to hurt anything then, but drive safe.

[GSEN820]

This should not be driven on. You run a very high risk with further damage.

[danewilson77]

This should not be driven on. You run a very high risk with further damage.

That wasn't Eduardos shock. That was the other fellas.

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[iaregenius]

Alright, I'm still waiting on the rears to arrive. Do you foresee any problem with me replacing the rear shocks and waiting a month or so to do the fronts? Money is tight at the moment, I just started a new job and recently moved twice in 2 months.

[danewilson77]

Alright, I'm still waiting on the rears to arrive. Do you foresee any problem with me replacing the rear shocks and waiting a month or so to do the fronts? Money is tight at the moment, I just started a new job and recently moved twice in 2 months.

No issues. Dhu eeet.

[Dotpage]

New shocks and springs are installed, iaregenius completed the install today!

[iaregenius]

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/nathandc_mac/photo1copy-1.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/nathandc_mac/photo2copy-1.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/nathandc_mac/photo3-1.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/nathandc_mac/photo4-1.jpg

The shocks are replaced. idk what i'm more impressed with, the replaced shocks or the fact I actually remembered how to put my rear interior back together. Keep in mind the temperature here in Texas was 105 at the time.:(

[danewilson77]

Job well done.

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[Dotpage]

lol, 105 but it feels like 110 under the sun... now we need to take her for a spin to test the new rear... :cheers