any experience with this kit?

[Bernie Benz]

Well Doc, apparently we agree, at least in part. That the kit is a  
waste of money.
Disagreeing on your mandatory replacement of the strut top thrust  
bearing, it being totally rebuildable by cleaning and relube.
IMO, Konis are overpriced and of short life. Even when properly  
adjusted, quickly wearing to become under damped in short order. What  
the hell is a perfect ride adjustment? SOP, I guess!

Bernie

On Sep 14, 2010, at 4:01 PM, Adam Gratz wrote:

> In my experience, BlauParts has a really great handle on the 200
> specifics. I have had many perfect experiences with them.
>
> I HIGHLY recommend you replace the struts with Koni externally
> adjustable. Are your lower ball joints still good? Tie rod ends?
>
> In my experience, the only other items you need are the strut top
> bearings, which are sure to be wasted at this point. You can skip all
> the other kit stuff. An after-market set of polyurathane front sway
> bar bushings make a huge difference as well. www.energysuspension.com.
> Coil over kits from 2bennett or GroudControl are really amazing and
> really expensive. They 200 stock springs are pretty aggressive as is,
> and with the Konis, you can dial them in to a perfect ride.
>
> Get the Koni's, top bearings and sway bar bushing if you are on a
> budget. You'll be happy and they last forever. Just don't set them to
> full stiff, that's not a true setting point.
>
> My 2c,
>
> Doc-
>
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>> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:07:40 -0400
>> From: "feelstranger" <feelstranger at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: any experience with this kit?
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>> Folks, any experience or thoughts on this suspension kit from  
>> Blauparts?
>>
>> http://www.blauparts.com/proddetail.asp?prod=MGR1013-B
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>> Nat
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>> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 18:01:11 -0400 (EDT)
>> From: rbade12 at aol.com
>> Subject: Re: any experience with this kit?
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>>  No experience with the kit, but, I did try to purchase suspension  
>> goodies from them previously and they didn't seem to understand  
>> the difference between a 20v an 10v parts, most are  
>> interchangeable some, ex. upper strut bearing, are not. So, just  
>> make sure they get it, it appears they do based on the written  
>> description, but.....
>>
>> Bob
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: feelstranger <feelstranger at hotmail.com>
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>> Folks, any experience or thoughts on this suspension kit from  
>> Blauparts?
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>> http://www.blauparts.com/proddetail.asp?prod=MGR1013-B
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>> Nat
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>> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:08:47 -0700
>> From: Bernie Benz <b.benz at charter.net>
>> Subject: Re: any experience with this kit?
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>> I would not buy a kit, inasmuch as many parts will be unnecessary.
>> Buy individually those parts needing replacement. The thrust bearings
>> are rebuildable. What?s the story on your shocks?
>>
>> Bernie
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>> On Sep 9, 2010, at 12:07 PM, feelstranger wrote:
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>>> Folks, any experience or thoughts on this suspension kit from
>>> Blauparts?
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>>> http://www.blauparts.com/proddetail.asp?prod=MGR1013-B
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