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E53 rear airbags ?

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E53 rear airbags ?

Post by chelsea » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:48 pm

Evening all,

Needing two rear suspension airbags for my 2005 x5 d, has anyone here brought any of the chinese ones that are for sale on ebay ? I know its usual to get what you pay for but Im curious as they are so cheap?
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Re: E53 rear airbags ?

Post by X5Sport » Wed Oct 21, 2015 9:46 pm

Probably black painted party balloons if they are that cheap!!
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Re: E53 rear airbags ?

Post by zaw » Wed Oct 21, 2015 9:47 pm

Hello.

There are alternatives like Arnott industries Airbags or Aerosus, I had a quick look the link below website looks ok I believe they offer a guarantee:

http://aerosus.co.uk/bmw/bmw-x5-e53/bmw ... embly.html


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Re: E53 rear airbags ?

Post by chelsea » Thu Oct 22, 2015 6:45 am

Hi thanks for the link, I have been looking at the Arnott system and I will probably order them but was curious if anyone had tried the chinese ones?
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Re: E53 rear airbags ?

Post by kkx5 » Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:47 pm

Arnott or oem...

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