At 16:47 9/8/99 , you wrote: >FWIW, the custom syncro Bilsteins totally eliminate >cross-wind buffeting even with the 195 width tires. >Perhaps the bilsteins for the 2wd do the same? >steve Nope. So happens I had 205-75R14 Goodyear Wranglers on (passenger-car tire, really) and a wicked wind-steer. But new Bilstein all around, it helped a bit. Put on 205-70 MXT, it acts like it's planted in the ground (well, no. But it's really very stable, and leans *much* less in corners -- my wife no longer holds on for dear life). david David Beierl - Providence, RI '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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