[s-cars] replacing struts/shocks

[Vincent Frégeac]

If you stay with the Boge, I'd check if all four really need to be replaced.
Usually the rears last forever and the only reason to replace them is you're
also changing the springs. Beside, if you change only the front ones, you
can be done in less than 1 hour without even jacking the car.



Vincent


2007/2/13, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com>:
>
> i've been thinking the same thing, as my '92 has 143k miles on the
> OEM struts/shocks.  they've softened up noticeably, as the car seems to
> have
> more movement over bumps and less roll control in corners.  sometimes
> there's a little wheel hop from the right rear wheel when taking off
> quickly from a stoplight.
>
> my car is purely street use.  i plan to stick with the '92 springs but
> am trying to determine which shocks to use.  i've thought about getting
> the OEM boge units, as the original ones lasted a long time. price
> seems to be about $75 each.
>
> is there a writeup somewhere that describes the strut/shock replacement?
> i do have a bentley but sometimes it's helpful to see somebody else's
> plain-english description.
>
> -teddy
>
> --- Wylie Bean <theringmeister at triad.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > Subject is a 92 S4,
> > Will be doing suspension overhaul, level depends on what becomes of
> Eric's
> > vibration investigation, as my car has the same. As far as strut choices
> go,
> > I want to maintain my 92 springs because I think they offer a sporty yet
> > compliant ride without being too tall but not slammed either.  Is anyone
> > running Bilstein sports with these springs?  Are they too short for the
> 92
> > springs?  I know HDs are the suggested strut if using Bilsteins, but I
> don't
> > want to raise the car with them, and I've heard that might happen.  Is
> there
> > any reason to use something more along the lines of OE, say Boge?
> >
> > I don't plan on tracking the car aside from maybe in April @
> VIR.  Hopefully
> > the coupe will be track ready by then, but if not, it should be by the
> fall
> > events....
> >
> > Wylie Bean
> > TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
> > 90 Cq
> > 92 urS4
> > 01 allroad quattro
> >
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