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Old May 8th 06, 07:28 PM posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Default Shock absorbers.

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> wrote:
> My 540 tourer has done 54K miles and I have noticed rattles in the
> doors etc. My 535 had done 130K miles but it wasn't a tourer and it
> rattled less than this car. What is a ball park mileage figure for
> replacing shock absorbers on a 6 year old 540?


The doors shouldn't rattle, period. Perhaps they've been stripped down for
accident repair and badly re-assembled. Building up doors so they don't
rattle is a skilled job.

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