4000 suspension- boges are fine with H&R's

[ScottyCBoy at aol.com]

Hmm I've run boge turbo gas and H&R springs on two Audi 5000's and absolutely love them. Ride isn't near as harsh as boge/eibach combinations I've been in. I've heard that hydraulic shocks offer dampning on compression only not rebound. The gas pressure in a gas shock will offer dampning on rebound (or so I've heard)

Scott

In a message dated Tue, 8 Jan 2002 11:39:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, "jim rose" <sf5ktq at hotmail.com> writes:

> im no expert but i would SWEAR that my koni's offer resistance to motion in
> both directions.
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> do what you like, all i'm sayin is that i had several knowledgeable people
> advise against this EXACT combination - most validly from a local shop that
> does LOTS of audi/vw-koni/boge/eibach/h+r installations. the advice i got
> had to do with the damping characteristics of the boge's and them being
> better with stock height springs. it was explained to me that the boges,
> when used with a lower spring, were "pre-compressed" some degree due to the
> lower ride height. thus the shocks range of motion would begin at a firmer
> point in it's travel, which is progressive [gets harder the further its
> compressed] making the ride quality suffer and compromising the damping
> characteristics of the shock.
>
> they/this/i might be TOTALLY wrong.. but it made sense to me at the time.
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> jim
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> >From: GMBCHEF at aol.com
> >To: <tech at flashmail.com>, <sf5ktq at hotmail.com>
> >CC: <quattro at audifans.com>
> >Subject: re: 4000 suspension- boges are fine with H&R's
> >Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 09:31:26 EST
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> >"Konis only dampen one way"
> >   HUH???!! How is this so? I've never heard this before about any shock.
> >If its true, then anyone need a set of Konis for their ur-q?
> >Gary
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