Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 09:31:52 -0700
Reply-To: Joel Cort <joel_cort@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Joel Cort <joel_cort@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Syncro Bilsteins
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Hi Steve,
Sounds like you have been pretty busy with the testing
and enjoying the Westy. I'm envious of the San
Fransicso test beds and great picnic spots.
Could you please let me/us know where you purchased
the Bilsteins for the Syncro and how much they cost
you.
Also, it sounds like you did all this yourself. Would
you know what the dimensions are on the upper
nut/allen combination that holds the shock under the
seats. Basically what special tool did you use and
where did you get it. Bentley shows some funky VW
tool (probably very expensive) but I know that there
are other sockets with a split for the interior allen
wrench out there.
Thanks for any info.
Joel Cort
89 Syncro Westy - in the finger lakes of NY state
--- "Steven X. Schwenk" <Steve@SCHWENK-LAW.COM> wrote:
> The Bilsteins are mounted on my syncro westy and
> they
> passed the initial test ride with high marks. My
> test
> course was the skateboard louge route from last
> week's
> CNN Xtreme games...down Ocean beach along the great
> hgighway and back...up past the legion of
> honor..past
> robin willam's house up along the bluffs overlooking
> the bay and golden gate bridge ...into the rough
> dirt
> parkinglots on top of the bluffs overlooking the bay
> and then to some really steep hills SF is famous
> for.
>
> The results: The shocks are superb on the rougth
> dirt
> poarkijng lot with huge potholes...the shocks absorb
> the huge holes like nothing...i can take the super
> steep hills at high speed that would bottom the
> stock
> suspension twice using the stock shocks....upon
> hitting
> the bottom of the hill....that is. the bilsteins
> absorb the shock and just bottom out with great
> rebound. On a street where they cut 3 foot wide
> trenches every 20 feet and then filled the holes
> with
> concrete but did not yet repave...and thus there's a
> 1.5 inch lip at each trench...i flew over them and
> the
> shocks responded great. the suspension corners
> great...progressive give as you make the turn, but
> firm.
>
> the only complaint is that they are a little stiff
> on
> some types of high spped road...where there's mild
> waves in the road....but generally they're very good
> on
> the road and excellent on the rough stuff. Some
> increase in ride height...about 1/2 inch. They seem
> like they will be perfect off road with a camping
> load
> and a passenger or two.
> steve
>
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