bilstein strut tool

[Peter Schulz]

Ken:

Proper German pronunciation is the long "I" sound, as in Beer Stein

easy rule for German words- for the "IE" and "EI" combinations, the 
pronunciation is "E" and "I" respectively, ie the second letter is LONG.

Ja wohl!

-Peter


At 03:44 PM 9/14/2004, you wrote:
>Here's what Bilstein themselves (Western Aftermarket and Motorsports
>Headquarters) had to say about it.
>
>U.S. kits had the tool included, German gray-market kits do not.  He
>said I would have to have the distributor that my vendor got the
>struts from to have them order the tool.  He guessed it would be about
>$25, and that it was a machined "brass" (I don't think so) tool.  I
>guess that means that my set is a gray market German set or something.
>
>(By the way, having called them directly I finally heard Bilstein
>pronounced.  I've been saying it wrong.  The operator pronounced it
>"beer stein", or "fine".  I have always pronounced it like "steen" or
>"green".)  Of course she could have been mispronouncing it.