[s-cars] koni's vs bilsteins

[Charles Baer]

Bilsteins use oil just like Konis for the damping fluid, they also 
pressurize the
cartridge with gas to help control fomaing of the oil caused by churning 
through
the assembly.

I put Koni Sports on my sedan, set them 1/3 turn from full soft and they 
still seem
harsh compared to Bilstein Sports on the avant.  In general, the 
Bilsteins seem to
have a damping that is softer at the initial part of the stroke.  I've 
run AVS Sports
and S-03s on both cars, they don't seem to factor into the comparison.

Charlie

Kirby Smith wrote:

>In my experience using both makes on various cars (but only Koni so far
>on my S6), beyond whatever compression and rebound damping factor
>differences they might be designed to have, the Bilsteins seem to add a
>subtle new resonance.  I have always assumed that because gas is
>compressible and oil essentially isn't, the Bilstein's use of gas adds a
>higher natural frequency while performing its function of damping the
>spring/wheel natural frequency.  I have no information supporting this
>theory, nor do I know if my observation is corrupted by the newer shock
>transmitting road vibration more easily than the older shock that was
>replaced.  I've never felt a strong urge to buy both types and do a
>multiple blind swap test.
>
>kirby
>
>
>james McCarthy wrote:
>  
>
>>Hey folks,
>>I'm debating the koni adjustables vs the bilsteins
>>(HD) to go with my -on order- OEM s6 sport springs
>>(20mm drop and rates comparable with the eibach's).
>>I'm very happy with the bilsteins on my avant, but I'm
>>intrigued by the adjustability of the Koni's.  Any
>>thoughts? Good experience? Bad experience?
>>TIA
>>-jjm
>>
>>95.5 s6 sedan - his
>>95.5 s6 avant - hers
>>
>>__________________________________
>>Do you Yahoo!?
>>Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam
>>http://mail.yahoo.com
>>_______________________________________________
>>S-CAR-List mailing list
>>S-CAR-List at audifans.com
>>http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/s-car-list
>>    
>>
>_______________________________________________
>S-CAR-List mailing list
>S-CAR-List at audifans.com
>http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/s-car-list
>  
>