Strut Time - suggestions? Koni vs Bilstien vs Bilstein

[ydrogs at gmail.com (Gordy Stedman)]

Both the Bilsteins and the Konis have a life time warrenty so you can not go
wrong there.  The adjustable Konis are nice but cost around $200 more but
are adjustable.  Although I always want to hang so turning them down seems
pointless to me.  Koni sport shorts are made for lowered applications and
the rears appear to have adjustable spring perches for setting the perfect
ride height.

On 8/14/07, Cris Carpenter <housecall55@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ----------------
>
> 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
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