Pics & Review of My Bilstein PSS10 Lowered Red Turbo by cannga

By diyauto
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3 minute(s) of a 307 minute read

7-9-2008







No need to photoshop. Vic55 posted his on page 2 of this thread;
Let's Show Those White Boys - Guards Red Only!
I love gunmetal but don't know if anyone on this forum has it. On page 1 of the same thread is Barrister's flat black P43, also very pretty.

Meanwhile, enjoy:









7-11-2008


Aren't the 2 pictures above convincing enough for you? 


Kidding aside, color is a matter of personal preference; there is no right or wrong. Well, except for orange (grin).

For me it's easy, even though red is not a popular color nowadays (a plus to me), my last P was Guards, this one is Guards, and the next one will be Guards!


I ABSOLUTELY love red, addicted to red, and have tremendous fun taking pictures of changing sun light colors on red, so I am afraid any opinion I give will be a little biased. 




10-15-2008


I also like this one. Taken the first week I had the car I think.




10-23-2008


Doug, thanks. I called for Bilstein for these things but because suspension installation is not part of my day job, I always have some doubt whether I understand them correctly. 


More details of what Biltstein told me: The PSS10/B16 is a dual/stacked springs setup, main plus helper. The helper, as name implied, is completely compressed at rest. When the main spring starts binding at rest is when problems arise.


Bilstein PSS10 Damptronic 

Front 285 Main, 115 Helper 

Rear 570 Main, 145 Helper


Yes I agree with "moderation." As much as I don't like the stock suspension setup, I actually prefer to make the least change possible from stock because who knows what else is going with the complicated suspension geometry when we make changes. For now, that is. 



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