[s-cars] STAY AWAY FROM BILSTEIN SHOCKS

[quattro]

Mike, Dont get me wrong. I was very satisfied with the spring/shock combo on 
v8 up to this point.Let me be very clear about this. the shocks were great. 
Its there service and warranty that stink. Its that whole "we dont care much 
about you and your 15yr old car....we already got you money attitude
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Claire" <mike.claire at gmail.com>
To: "quattro" <allanvega at adelphia.net>
Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] STAY AWAY FROM BILSTEIN SHOCKS


> Last summer when I was deciding what to do about my suspension, I
> talked to the guys at NEA (Northern European) in Concord NH.  They
> told me they will NEVER install Bilsteins again.  Only Koni's for
> them.  They've had too many problems.  Now even after listening to
> this, I was unable to come up with any other anectodes like theirs -
> so I bought the Bilsteins anyway.  From somebody else....  I thought
> they'd be less harsh on the roads we have to deal with around here.
>
> I wonder if this was the kind of problems they were referring to?
>
>
> Mike
>
> On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:21:28 -0500, quattro <allanvega at adelphia.net> wrote:
>> Just got off the phone with Rah-ool) Cant spell his name. Informed me 
>> that my warenty has been invalidated if the shock was bent,wich they are. 
>> Says they were istalled improperly. I tried explaing to Mr Rahool that 
>> because of there inverted design, and the failed sealling cap, water was 
>> able to get down into the strut housing. What hapens to water in subzero 
>> temps(like here in the north east? IT FREEZES!!!  What happens to a shock 
>> that cant compress because of frozen water? I f***kn bends. He did not 
>> care to hear to  it....said i shoudve drillled holes in the side of my 
>> strut housings. Never again man.
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