quattro digest, Vol 1 #3777 - 19 msgs

[Larry C Leung]

Ameer,

I thought your car was a quattro. Hmmmm, if you have FWD, there MUST be
a Bilstein P/N. Contact Bilstein North America, I believe there is a
number
for Bilstein.com. In either case, you NEED to get shorter shocks or
you'll bottom
them at full jounce. For Bilsteins, you'll need the Sport models, NOT HD.
I
believe the fronts are P-3069, no ideas on the rear for FWD. I don't know
the Boge
Turbo Gas equivalent. My personal recommendation is to follow what Taka
and
I did, call RD Enterprizes (shox.com) from the Q-List Vendor List and
TALK to them
about your set-up. They will not discuss the relative merits of each
combo, but they WILL
discuss what set-ups will work and what won't. Their prices are also
competitive, I as
well as Taka had purchased from there. No guarantees of BEST price, but
competitiive.
Factor in shipping from different vendors in your costs. BTW, last summer
Bilstein was
on back order for close to a month. Factor that in too.

LL - NY


> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 00:52:21 -0400
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> From: Ameer Antar <antar at attbi.com>
> Subject: H&R's w/ HD and Sport Bilstein's?
>
> Hey, thanks for the messages. OK, one more question on this.. So,
> since I'm
> lowering the car and all of the Boge models are for stock springs,
> I'm
> considering the Bilsteins. But I can only find a set of HD for the
> FWD 5kT.
> I know the front shocks are the same as in the Quattro, so I was
> thinking
> of ordering the Bilstein Sport for the front, but now is it OK to
> use the
> FWD HD rear shocks together? I think the Quattro rear shocks are
> different
> for the FWD, so I thought I can only use the FWD type? Any ideas
> what I
> could do? Also is it worth it to get the HD's if I can't get the
> Sport
> versions? The Boge Turbo Gas are REALLY tempting..I can get 'em for
> $220,
> but the Bilstein's are about $400! It seems certain places offer
> big
> discounts on certain brands, others not. By the time the suspension
> is
> done, it'll be grand out of my pocket....oi! Anyway, thanks for the
> input.
>
> -ameer