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Originally Posted by UK Carrera
I am looking to refresh the 20+ year old Bilsteins dampers on my 1988 3.2 Coupe. My car runs std torsion bars, which I am not looking to change.
Now I fitted the current dampers myself and am relatively happy with the performance/comfort compromise. I can't find in my records exactly which spec of front damper is fitted though, but I know the rears are 'fast road'. I have a vague recollection of being advised to go with a 'softer' option on the front, but unless I pull the damper insert (I have Boge legs) I can't find the part number.
I'm looking at replacing front & rear with the current 'Club Sport' option that Bilstein offers.
Question is - is anybody running these dampers on a stock 3.2 that can give me their thoughts on the performance/comfort compromise?
I'm in the UK so our road conditions are somewhat different than the US though!
Pic of my car for interest.
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Bilstein has a several different options for the valving in their struts and shocks
most common are the hd(green) and sport(yellow), both have linear valving and are the same except for valving
I've used hd/hd(this was the stock setup that my C3 came w/), sport/sport and currently have hd/sport. w/ both stock 19/23 and w/ 20/26 tbars in a 2500# ~300hp C3
happiest w/ hd/sport, 20/26, 225/45 on 8 and 255/40 on 9.5 x17
That said my 993 has custom digressive Bilstein Cups and a much stiffer suspension that rides and handle much better, part of the improvement is certainly the suspension design butt a large portion also comes from the digressive revalve
so i'd recommend hd/sport and to ice the cake custom digressive revalve
Another interesting possibility is the adjustable Billsteins that are just becoming available. If they follow the other 964 up adjustable design paradigm, they will be adjustable and digressive stock. But information has been very hard to come by.
If the car is lowered much you might also want to look into raising the spindles and/or raising the steering rack and possibly adding adjustable height steering knuckles.
and if money is no object MCS or JRZ are also desirable alternatives
KW uses a monotube design that sacrifices performance for comfort if that is your goal.