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Bilstein inserts give OK ride quality? |
Tdskip |
Feb 27 2021, 11:50 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,686 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None |
Have access to a set of lightly used Bilstein front/rear inserts and shocks but wanted to ask about ride quality. Looking to balance handling with comfort for 250+ mile days.
Thanks! |
horizontally-opposed |
Feb 28 2021, 10:00 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,433 Joined: 12-May 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 2,058 Region Association: None |
You can do amazing things with re-valved Bilsteins. Once spent a day at Sears Point with the same Spec 911 on Bilstein sports in three different setups—off the shelf F/R, re-valved F/R, and then re-valved again in the rear per owner preference (when the rear end is loose). I didn't push hard enough to get into the differences between #2 and #3, as that circuit's abundant concrete walls only amplify the usual caution, but the difference between #1 and #2 was one of the bigger epiphanies of my time testing cars. That 911 SC suddenly felt 10-20 years newer and was far more confidence inspiring.
The X factor with re-valved dampers is the nut who sets them up. Track is one thing, street is another entirely—and even car manufacturers get dampers wrong. There's the "book knowledge" that goes into damper valving and then the black art. A great result requires both, and those folks are rare in my experience when it comes to street cars. Interesting to read others' comments on Koni reds, particularly sixnotfour's and Paragon's. So are the Porsche Classic Koni red fronts 1:1 to the old stuff? |
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