Re: Bilstein or Koni?

["Ian Overholt" <ioverholt@hotmail.com>]

For a street car, adjustability is not needed.  The Bilsteins will dampen 
better than the Turbogases.  On my 16v, I will be putting Bilsteins in when 
I change the springs.  I doubt that I will autocross the car.  My '78 will 
eventually become an autocross car, so buying Bilsteins for it would be a 
waste.  If you are going to seriously autocross your car, then get the 
Koni's.  If you are only going to autocross your car for fun every once in a 
while, then the Bilsteins will work just fine for you.

Ian Overholt


----Original Message Follows----
From: Benjamin Harder <harderb@email.uc.edu>
To: scirocco-L@scirocco.org
Subject: Bilstein or Koni?
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 14:52:45 -0400

I am ready to upgrade my suspension and wanted to know who has used
the Bilstein Sport and the Koni (yellow) adjustables.  I have a set of the
Neuspeed Sport Springs and am running now the Boge Turbogas.  This
setup seems bouncy and not very solid.  I am looking for a firm ride with
good handling.  I may be getting into autocrossing sometime as well.
So, any thoughts would be appreciative.  My biggest question would be
would I miss the adjustability feature of the Koni's if I went with the
Bilstein's?  Are the Koni's worth the extra $100 (or so...)?
TIA
__________________________________
Benjamin Harder
86 Scirocco 16v
81 Scirocco (new project)
http://members.xoom.com/Scirocco16v/
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