[s-cars] Bilstein Service Information

[Jason Mawhinney]

I'm not sure that its all that attractive to me.  I would need to buy the 
Bilsteins (~$450) and then have them revalved to work with the H&R springs 
at $75 each, from what the Bilstein webpage referrenced lists.  That's a 
total of $750 to buy and revalve all the struts.  As for the attraction to 
Koni, AFAIK there is no need to revalve since they're adjustable.  Am I 
wrong?  I can get a set of Konis for ~$550.  I was also under the impression 
that both Bilstein and Koni have a lifetime guarantee so as long as you own 
the car, there's no need to pay to have them refreshed.  Am I missing 
something here?  I'm planning to buy the Konis b/c they're cheaper, 
adjustable, and offer a lifetime guarantee just like Bilstein.  If 
somebody's got a good argument to buy the Bilsteins, I'd love to hear it.
TIA,
Jason Mawhinney
'95.5 S6a

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Taka Mizutani" <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
To: "Audi S Car List" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Bilstein Service Information


> Don't forget, Bilstein will also custom-valve shocks for a very reasonable
> price- you'll really like the improvement with aftermarket springs.
>
> If your Bilsteins are worn, you can have them rebuilt (and revalved) again
> for less than buying a new shock.
>
> If you check what Koni revalves cost, Bilsteins are a steal. I'm probably
> going with the green shock brand for my car.....
>
> Taka
>
> On 4/19/06, Charlie Smith <charlie at elektro.cmhnet.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Franco Barber found a web page for Bilstein Service, including 
>> information
>> about machining extra snap ring grooves.  See this Bilstein web page:
>>
>>     http://www.bilstein.com/services.php
>>
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