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Thread: Wut!? Suspension air bag / spring hose clips available a la carte!?

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    Wut!? Suspension air bag / spring hose clips available a la carte!?

    Just tripped over eBay seller selling airbag clips.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Pipe-Lo...k/173689542920

    Roughly $30 delivered. That led me to find this Polish seller selling 2 for $36... so... slightly cheaper.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-5-E39-X...s/123435028946

    Or this guy who doesn't sell to US maybe...

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-5-serie...p/283324074515

    The white ones look more like OEM style aside from being white... the others have different tabs but more or less appear to work the same OEM way (squeeze together and NOT pry apart to remove... which would seem the easier simpler way to make a replacement by the way and the way Arnotts clips work...).

    Neither type look 3D printed to me but who knows.

    Not real cheap, but, better than nothing and better than buying new reservoirs just because your old plastic clips snapped when removing.

    Of course Arnott gives you new clips with new bags but for anybody going OEM-bag whose clip busted, they could be a decent option.
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    I purchased two from the second link you provided. They look molded for sure.
    Appear to be nice quality and he shipped them pretty fast.
    I'll try this weekend to swap one in to see how it works.



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    Nice. I felt like I was playing a game of Operation when I replaced my bags for fear l would break one.

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    Great find, thank you!

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    I took both clips from a salvage car in here in my town. Just in case. Also removed compressor , valves and hoses. Both reservoirs where the only thing I could not remove (not able to get under the car)

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    Good idea. I'd kinda like to have a junkyard pump to rebuild on the bench as a spare myself.
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