H&R 29800 and Bilstien Sports opinions

[Brian Link]

Thanks for the reply Taka,
I think I was a bit surprised by the amount of body roll with the H&R's.
 As I said I have stiffer rear springs on my 20v and the body roll is much
less.  I am starting to think a rear roll bar isn't really necessary, maybe
just stiffer springs in the back will make a big difference in reducing
body roll without making the ride too much worse.   I wonder if the optimal
set-up would be a H&R kit with the 200 20v front springs and the V8
rears...

Neither my stock front eibach rears or the H&R's both with Bilstien sports
seemed underdamped over bumps (my bumps may differ from yours).

Brian



-----Original Message-----
From:	TM [SMTP:t44tq at mindspring.com]
Sent:	Monday, June 03, 2002 11:24 AM
To:	'Brian Link'; 200q20v at audifans.com
Subject:	RE: H&R 29800 and Bilstien Sports opinions

???

Plush? I have that setup and it is far from plush- the springs are quite
stiff, takes quite a bit of force to really compress the springs.

"Snip"

Biggest problem I have is the body roll- even with the Bilstein sport
and
H&R springs the car rolls like a big boat when pushed hard. Only thing I
can
think of to combat this would be to put a large front anti-roll bar on
the car
and a rear bar to combat the corresponding understeer.

I think the shocks are more of a problem than the springs- the shocks
need more
rebound damping so the ride doesn't get ridiculously jiggly on short
bumps- our
A4 w/ H&R coilovers rides better in that regard, although the shorter
wheelbase
makes the car less comfortable, but the shock damping is much better in
that setup.

Taka