Rear cylinders NOS on ebay

[Mike P]

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My parts catalogue shows that the part number quoted is for Estates.

Mike P

[toddao]

Good spot and healthy bidding. Maybe it would be a plan to advise the seller that they are for estates as I'm sure their largesse would be wasted on mere BX saloon owners! ( That extra 20cm of length makes quite a difference)

[barry badger]

Is anyone on here bidding on these? I fancy them for spares but i don't want to bid against anyone on here. Or if anyone does want them for spares how about 1 each?

[KevR]

Is anyone on here bidding on these? I fancy them for spares but i don't want to bid against anyone on here. Or if anyone does want them for spares how about 1 each?

Tell you what, if I win them you can have one of my old ones for a spare...!

[RxBX]

Winning bid:- £139.57 [ 15 bids ] + Postage:- £9.50 = £149.07

A pair of Citroen BX rear suspension cylinders,brand new,but purchased in 1999,genuine parts boxed c/w oil delivery pipes! Original price £135.00

At least the seller never lost any money on them

But where would you get another new pair from even for that price !

Did anyone off the forum secure them ?



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[JayW]

Nearly as good as the £470 i got for the pair of NOS front struts a couple of years ago!

[themildbunch]

nice to have the originals but don't xantia ones fit with a small mod?

[MULLEY]

yup, but again the problem is finding xantia one's at the right price, they are usually around 80sheets each

[Mothman]

Are new Xantia cylinders still available? I would have thought they are almost as rare as Bx ones.

Andy

[MULLEY]

Not sure tbh, perhaps we should start canabalising old xantia's??? There are 2 different varieties as well, the hydractive one's (which are no good for the BX) & the non hydractive one's. Visually, i've got no idea how to identify them apart, any ideas?

[mat_fenwick]

The Hydractive ones have much bigger pipes to them, presumably for faster response to pressure changes.. But do we actually know that Citroen are no longer supplying BX rear cylinders? I know it's something that's often talked about - back in 2005 when I first changed mine people were talking about difficulty sourcing, yet I had no issues apart from an overnight wait for the second one. I can't recall anybody going to their dealer and being told they are NFP, but I could be wrong.

[Mothman]

At least the seller never lost any money on them

But where would you get another new pair from even for that price !

Did anyone off the forum secure them ?

Actually the seller did lose money on them, we have had considerable inflation since 1999 and the pound then was worth considerably more than it is now.

Andy

[ghaddon1701]

BX hatchback rear cylinders are definately no longer available from Citroen new. The Chevronics centre maybe able to source one though as they are extremely good at sourcing new bits(for a price). They helped me out on trying to Source GTI 8V/TZD wheel trims. Xantia ones are at about £100 each (that is the none hydractive ones). On the Xantia ones, the casting where the union screws in to it is quite a bit thicker than a BX one and has to be filed or machined down before you can fit it to a BX. It doesn't fit through the gap as it were. Or so the nice man at Pleiades said anyway I managed to get a second hand BX hatchback one relatively easy.

Regards Graham

[Mothman]

So these were quite cheap then? As rare as hen's teeth.

Andy