Re: Crappy ass Bilsteins (!?!)

[Mark Mages <wasserbox@yahoo.com>]

> OK, before you decide that Bilsteins are absolute
> crap, remember that the 
> thing that supports your car is the springs. Even if
> the guts of shock were 

I think what it is, is an internal pinching on the
shock.  I had actually just driven through some rough
construction at dusk, and hit a few bumps harder than
I normally would crawl over them.  It just stuck in
the lowered position.... when I lifted it up by hand,
it stayed in place for a moment then dropped.  24hrs
later, it is sitting at the correct height, but will
barely compress more than an inch (2-3 inches of
compression on other side with same weight applied). 
It doesn't display the normal bad shock bounce when
pushed down, it really doesn't do much at all....

> demolished, the car should still ride at the same
> height. For the rear 

Actually, it was the top spring mount.  It slid over
the end, down the shaft, and pinched around the shaft
keeping the shock from extending after a bump.  It was
a shock failure per se., but the mounts were supplied
by Bilstein with the shocks, so it is a bilstein
failure.

FWIW - I do know that Bilsteins arent crap.  I love
how they ride when they work.  Like Dale said, I
probably got a set built by a temp on a Friday at
4:30.

And to Potterman's credit.  I explained my situation
to him (school starts in a week.  I go to school in
the mornings, and work at night, so I am fully booked
8am til 11pm sun-fri, and won't have time to fix it
til X-Mas, and my other car is awaiting a new voltage
regulator) and he sent out a set to me that morning so
I can swap them next week, and only be carless for a
day or 2.

The main reason this pisses me off so much is that the
first time it cost me $400 to get them installed.  1yr
later the rears go out, I swap them out (after much
trial and tribulation) and 6 mo's later the fronts go
out.  I just got done replacing every moving part in
the front suspension/steering system a month ago.  It
took me around 2 months after re-ordering parts that I
didn't anticipate being broken.... (ok- -I'll quit
whining now)  Plus the $40 for an alignment every
other month is getting old too....

SO - 


> shock, the shock itself didn't fail, the lower
> spring mount slid down. 
> Causing the shock to bottom.
> 
> Look for something similar on the front. H&R's are
> supposed to last forever, 
> but check everything. Especially around the strut
> bearings. If the car has 
> dropped 1.5" then something _other_ than the shock
> is at fault. You should 
> still have the shock replaced, if it was damaged.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Jonas
> 85 Scirocco 2.0
> 78 Scirocco 1.8
> For direct reply: jonas@metabolex.com
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=====
Mark
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87 Westfalia Gl
84 Scirocco 8v
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