Strut Time - suggestions? Koni vs Bilstien vs Bilstein

[jdbubb at verizon.net (Dan Bubb)]

The gas is always going to leak out. The seals just can't be that perfect.
All the gas pressure does is help to prevent cavitation of the fluid by 
pressing on a piston to keep things semi-compressed inside the shock.
Non-gas pressure shocks have been around forever and a gas pressure shock 
that looses it's charge is essentially the same, so I guess the question is 
at what residual pressure and/or what driving conditions does the shock 
become "toast".

From: "LEF" <rocco16@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "Cris Carpenter" 
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Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: Strut Time - suggestions? Koni vs Bilstien vs Bilstein


> PS.  If the gas leaks out, the unit is toast and will have to be 
> replaced....according to the engineers at Bilstein.
> Which makes sense.
>
> larry
> sandiego16v
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> From: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Cris Carpenter" <housecall55@xxxxxxxxx>; <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 3:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Strut Time - suggestions? Koni vs Bilstien vs Bilstein
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>> What I do know is the Bilsteins will raise the front of your car quite a 
>> bit, probably about 1/2", due to the internal gas pressure and the shear 
>> diameter of the shock rod on the front which is virtually the diameter of 
>> the shock body. Course over time the gas pressure will leak out and the 
>> front will lower,
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