[s-cars] shocks

[Steve Marinello]

When I pulled the shocks on my '83 urq in about '92, with less than 40k 
on them, you could move the pistons in and out with two fingers.  The 
only thing more dead would have been for them to be completely blown out 
and moving themselves when you flipped them over.

Steve

Vincent Frégeac wrote:
> Other Audi's shocks doesn't last as long as urS', by far. On my '86 CGT, the
> first shock died around 90Kmiles and there was no doubt it was dead, either
> when on the car or out. On my '90 90Q20V, they lasted - or I endured them -
> a bit longer but when they went out, with around 110Kmiles on them, both
> were obviously dead.
>
> But the shocks I took out of the S-Bitch, with 158K potholed miles, still
> had a lot of damping, though me pushing on the shocks is not the most
> precise measurement tool, and the car was finally more confortable with a
> better handling with the 158Kmiles old shocks than with the new TurboGas.
> Too bad I throw the original shocks away before test driving the new ones.
> Now, the shocks may have been changed by the P.O. but, as the car had only
> 70Kmiles when I bought it, there's little chance shocks were not original.
>
> It seems that, for some reason, the US-spec urS shocks were overbuilt,
> probably not intentionally as I doubt Audi would have planned not to make
> huge profit on spare shocks sold at a riduculous price.
>
>
> Vincent.
>
>
> 2007/3/29, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>:
>   
>> Yeah, I thought that of my 4KQ's rear shocks (which also seem to last a
>> long, long time) until I replaced them at 150 K.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/28/07, Vincent Frégeac <s.sikss at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Calvin may indeed have shocks. The OE shocks last for an incredibly long
>>> time. When I replaced mine at 158Kmiles, just because miles, I expected
>>> to
>>> remove perfectly dead shocks and found that they still had a damping not
>>>
>>> that far from the new Boge I was putting in, which means they were
>>> probably
>>> relatively close to new state, as the Boge I selected were supposed to
>>> have
>>> more damping than the original ones.
>>>
>>> If only replacement Boge could have the same lifespan.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Vincent.
>>>
>>> -----Message d'origine-----
>>> De: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com ] De la part de LL - NY
>>> Envoyé: 28 mars 2007 18:49
>>> À: Calvin Young
>>> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
>>> Objet: Re: [s-cars] shocks
>>>
>>> With 163K miles on 'em, you actually don't even HAVE stock shocks! They
>>> ain't damping anything. So, yeah, Bilsteins probably will make it
>>> better.
>>> Geez, anything would.
>>>
>>> LL - NY
>>>
>>> On 3/28/07, Calvin Young <calvinyoung at cox.net> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> What about using the stock shocks.  I like the ride I have and I have
>>>>         
>>> 163K
>>>       
>>>> miles.  Will the bilsteins make it better.
>>>>
>>>> Cal
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