Strut Time - suggestions? Koni vs Bilstien vs Bilstein

[housecall55 at yahoo.com (Cris Carpenter)]

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After getting a few interesting resposes to this question and reading other reviews and info around the web, I've started to focus on three choices: Koni Yellow, Bilstein HD, and Bilstein Sport. 
   
  So what I'm wondering about is getting feedback from anyone running any of these three, especially from people doing any autocrossing at all. I should point out that I'm running pretty close to stock ride height (tho slightly stiffer springs). There is some mention on the web (in addition to Gordy's post) that if I'm running lowered I'd want to consider the Bilstein Sports, but that HD's are recommended for stock ride height.
   
  Thanks again,
  Cris 
   
  Message: 6
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:13:06 -0600
From: "Gordy Stedman" <ydrogs@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Strut Time - suggestions?
To: "Cris Carpenter" <housecall55@xxxxxxxxx>, Scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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I just bought this
 http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/pts/391779927.html
Will see if it is worth the time.  All the used suspension I have
 bought was
broken and junk.  I still recommend Bilstein sports for lowering and
 the HDs
for stock ride height springs.


On 8/13/07, Cris Carpenter <housecall55@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Okay, time to give up on the old Sachs inserts on my 81. They are
 still
> relatively okay on the highway, but have given up rebound control
 under
> severe handling situations. Was getting a lot of wheel hop out of the
 right
> front during the autocross yesterday.
>
> So my question is: what struts (and maybe rear shocks too) should I
 put on
> the 81? I don't want anything too radical (preferring to sitck with
 the
> stock setup), but am mostly using the car for club-level motorsports
 these
> days and don't really use it on the road anymore. I've heard a lot of
 talk
> about Koni's lately, but which ones and where to get them from?
>
> Thanks,
> Cris


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Gordy
MK1 x 5