Damptronics on!

[stealthn]

So I changed out my PASM suspension for Bilstein damptronics and have just a day on driving on them. So even though the car is about an inch lower the suspension is awesome. No more jarring going over bumps just a firm handling in the suspension. Car feels REALLY planted and I noticed a lot of difference in putting down power; before if I was accelerating or cornering at speed and hit a bump, the traction control would kick in detecting wheels spin, now nothing, just go.

I'll need a lot more testing and a few spirited drives to really see what the difference is but overall I'm really pleased with the change. Now I just have to be a lot more careful going over curbs or speed bumps (it's awesomely low)








I wonder what the old PASM shocks are worth with 50K miles on them?

[masraum]

OK, so did you get the full Bilstein PSS system for a PASM car?

You've been driving a bit longer on them now, what do you think?

I've read some reviews on other forums from folks that REALLY hated them. I found that a bit hard to believe, but then their reviews also sounded like they were looking for some sort of unicorn that road like a caddy but handled like a go-kart.

Have you heard of the TPC DSC box? It's a computer that replaces the factory PASM computer. Lots of folks seem to think it's the bees knees. Randy Pobst seems to support it as well. Apparently, it'll work with the stock shocks or damptronics and I think TPC sells a kit with another brand of shock as well.

Anyway, just curious what you think of your new system with a few more miles on it.

[stealthn]

They are simply...awesome, totally different from just hitting sport mode, the regular ride is firm and planted, but not jarring. The sport mode I would leave for the track as it's go-cart firm.
The biggest change was another 1" drop form the already low PASM setup, now I have to be real carefull going up my driveway. I also had to buy another jack to get lower.

Anyway, the car is so much more planted in turns and puts down power better now, my ASC used to kick in when trying to put down power over a rough road, but no longer, and I have a lot less push (understeer) than I did before.

An expensive upgrade, but well worth it to me.

[masraum]

Bob, thanks. That's great to hear. My car just turned over 30k miles, and is under a CPO warranty until the fall, so I'm not quite ready to upgrade just yet, but I've been wondering what the options were for when there was a problem with the stock PASM setup.

I've always liked Bilstein stuff and heard great things about the PSS setup. It sounds like that's something that I should plan on doing.

I also notice that the rear skips and jumps a bit on uneven surfaces with the stock setup, especially if it's in sport mode.