[s-cars] What shocks

[LL - NY]

There are no valving differences between HD's and Sports, only shock body
length and shaft length. HD's are for stock spring applications, Sports are
for lowered cars.

It IS important to have the correct length shocks. When I bought my S6, it
had stock springs but Bilstein Sports (previous owner intended to lower the
car, me thinks, I definitely intended to and did). On a surprise "whoop de
do" the car topped out the shocks (wouldn't have happened if they were HDs)
and one of the rears failed shortly there after, blown top seal. Hence I had
to buy two (didn't want a miss match at the axle) new rear sports, instead
of none, + it moved up my suspension work by oh, about 3 months from the
intended time on my budget schedule.

LL - NY

On 3/28/07, Rit Bellis <rit_bellis at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have the sport shocks, as I understand it they only reccomend the hd's
> for
> stock springs.  I agree with you on the coil overs, that's where I plan to
> go next.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Walker [mailto:a2000sportster at aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 12:18 PM
> To: rit_bellis at hotmail.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: What shocks
>
>
>
> Rit,
>
>
>
> What Bilstein shocks Sport or HD? I've got HD on my Avant and it is 4WD
> high!
>
> I've been thinking about getting the 2B front springs and Sport Bilstein?
> But my major concern is doing the snowplow thing!
>
>
>
> I'd guess the only way to get the height back up to where we need it not
> be
> a snow plow is to have coilovers all the way around. Adjust as the seasons
> dictate!
>
>
>
> Jack Walker
>
>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>
>
> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:01:55 -0700
>
> From: "Rit Bellis" <rit_bellis at hotmail.com>
>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] what shocks?
>
> To: "'Taka Mizutani'" <t44tqtro at gmail.com>, "'LL - NY'"
>
>     <larrycleung at gmail.com>
>
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
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> I have the H&R/ Bilstein set up on my 93 urs4, and find that in general
> the
> ride quality is good, but there is some aditional harshness, especially on
> rough surfaces.  The lowering works well to add confidence in the
> twisties,
> but is too low for winter driving here in the intermountain West. (in
> deeply
> rutted snow, you end up being a snow plow) If there were a way to raise
> the
> suspension for winter by about the same amount of the drop caused by the
> h&R's, that would be better. (dreams)  I still find that even with the
> H&R/bilsteins, there is too much body roll. My last fast ride, a 91 SHO
> Plus, was set up with eibachs, tokikos, hd sway bars all around, strut
> tower
> braces, and aluminum subframe bushings, and that car was harsh, but really
> flat in the curves. Harshness isn't an issue for me if it is acompanied by
> a
> meaningful performance enhancement. My question is if you don't have the
> 92
>
> with rear bar, is there a retrofit kit available for the 93 and up urs?
>
>
>
> Walker Performance Group
>
> Jack Walker
>
> (503) 807-3807 Cel.
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> (503) 684-0353
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