Re: 91 200q Bilstein #s (was: bye bye sucky lights)

[audidudi@mindspring.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin)]

>FWIW, there's a similar situation with the Koni shocks.  The fronts there
>are #86-2149, the rears #80-2630.  These are standard red Konis.  No yellow
>sport Konis are spec'd for the '91 200q.  For the V8, the Koni catalog
>specs the yellow sports:  86-2149SP front, 80-2630SP rear.  More
>interesting is that Koni's european web site shows these as sport
>alternatives for the 20v turbo typ 44 cars :)

I just installed a set of the above Koni sports in my '89 200q and they fit
and work just fine ... the rear ride height was lowered a bit due to the
difference in spring perch location but that's okay by me given my plans to
install threaded collars as soon as the springs I ordered show up.

I bought them from RD Enterprises ... they don't normally keep them in stock
but agreed to divert a pair of each from the regular order from "some guy in
Minnesota who works on a lot of these cars."  ;^)
 
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