[s-cars] Bilsteins

[JAM]

Not Bob here but......
I've had the same experience with the HDs.  1st, I saw them on a friend's 
car and it was noticeably higher than stock.  Then I bought an S6 with HDs, 
same thing.  I'd imagine it is a good thing when the car is seeing lots of 
deep snow, not so cool in looks or handling.
Jason Mawhinney

95.5 S6 avant
83 urq
05 Urabus LGT wagon 5mt


> Bob,
>
> I put Bilstein HDs on my '95 urS6 sedan with OEM springs.  Had my local
> import mechanic at the time source the parts and install, but that was
> several years and a couple moves ago, so I don't think the odds of my
> digging up the part numbers are very good.
>
> When I first got the car back the ride was extremely firm... almost
> punishing on all but the smoothest roads.  I was starting to think
> adjustable Konis might have been a good idea, but after a couple months 
> the
> Bilsteins broke in I have been pleased with them ever since--still quite
> firm but not too harsh (except on certain frost-heaved Wisconsin roads!)
>
> Also, I didn't take careful before-and-after measurements, but the car 
> seems
> to sit a little higher with the Bilsteins... perhaps 3/4 of an inch.  I
> assume the gas pressure in the shocks is taking a little load off the
> springs?  The look isn't great--too much space above the tires, but these
> days I can use the extra ground clearance for dealing with unplowed snow.
>
> Not sure if anyone else has experienced the ride-height increase with the
> Bilstein HDs....
>
> Varon
> '95 urS6 snowmobile w/Nokian Hakkapellita R
>
>
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