[s-cars] Bad Bilsteins vs. Koni

[TM]

Steve-
Of course you're going to have problems with 29800s on a S6- those
springs
are for a '91 200q20v.

Taka

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[mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com] On Behalf Of James Yi
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 11:58 AM
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Subject: Fwd: Re: [s-cars] Bad Bilsteins vs. Koni

>From: "Steve Marinello" <smarinello at telocity.com>
>To: "James Yi" <jyi1 at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Bad Bilsteins vs. Koni
>Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 06:12:18 -0600
>
>James:
>
>I have the H&R 29800's with Koni Sports on a '95 S6 that I picked up
>recently.  Too low, too weak springs, absurd ride with shocks set to
>75% stiff up front and 90% stiff in the rear by 2B.  I have a set of
>'92 springs and a set of new Eibach's to try on it, hopefully (finally)

>this weekend. I
>will soften the Koni's to about 50%.  With the existing setup, you will
>trash the bumper underside and find every curb to be too high to open
the
>doors.  The aluminum track guide underneath will hit or scrape over
every
>speed bump.  The only thing "positive" is that it looks "cool" and
actually
>has a noticeable rake to it.  I have picks of the sedan with this setup
>compared to my avant with Abt/Eibachs and Bilstein Sports, if anyone
else
>wants them.
>
>Reminds me of the jiggly ride in my kid brother's Fiat 124 Spider when
>he put on Koni Sports with the stock springs.  You're not supposed to
>ride on your shocks.  I think it's an absurd setup, but that's only the

>beginning with the absurd things done to the car during servicing.
>
>For some reason, the email account that I just changed my subscription
>to on s-cars won't send this morning.  Please forward this to the list,

>if you like.