Re: 10v 200tq Bilsteins

["Ken Keith" <auditude@neta.com>]

I have a set of sports, and they have the "big pistons".

However, the visible cylinder that looks like a piston, is actually an 
upper tube, I believe.  There is another piston within the visible 
portion, that is part of the strut.  One supposed benefit of this is 
reduced unsprung weight, since it's "part of the car" instead of "part 
of the suspension".

Got mine from RD Enterprises, http://www.shox.com.

ymmv,

Ken

"The PC Handyman" <pchandyman@intrex.net> wrote:
> 
> Which Bilsteins are the ones with the big pistons?
> 
> 
> - -Noah
> > >
> > > I bought them from Turner Motorsports, (BMW specialist) 978-388-7769,
> > > who have a great relationship with Bilstein, and with whom I have a long
> > > standing relationship. They have agreed to honor the prices they gave me
> > > for the list. Please mention my name, ask for Will or Doug. These are by
> > > FAR the best prices I could find.
> > >
> > > Front: P36-0370, $116.00 each
> > > Rear:  BE5-2593, $122.00 each.
> > >
> > > These are the HDs, meant for the stock springs, and work very nicely, I
> > > have to say.
> > >
> > > They have a 'Sport' front strut, dont have the part # handy, but its in
> > > the archives, which has the identical bump and rebound settings as the
> > > HD, but a shorter length to compensate for shorter springs. No sport
> > > rears available.
> >
> > There was such a thing as sport rears, are you saying Turner doesn't have
> > them, or that they are NLA?
> >
> > Thanks for the tip,
> > Erik
> >
>