[s-cars] Blowing Bilsteins

[Theodore Chen]

--- Aaron <aaront at cox-internet.com> wrote:
> Im curious if any of you have had poor luck with your Bilstein HD's.
> Today I confirmed the annoying clunk on the RF was another blown shock.  
> That's 2 front shocks in 9 months.
> First one spewed oil and was catastrophic failure.  2nd one has limited 
> stroke and a bad clunk.
> Man am I glad I bought them from the local tire store.  Pd a few extra 
> clams up front but the lifetime replacement comes in handy!
> Car is stock.  Local roads are not all that bad.

hmm.  you sure you're not running out of travel in compression or rebound?
running out of travel at the shock's full extension is very hard on the
shock, and will shorten its life.  running out of travel in compression
is _worse_.

-teddy


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