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Old 12-30-2004, 05:08 PM
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Default H&R Sports/Billstein shocks or H&R Coilover setup

How would you compare these two setups to each other in terms of handling, ride quality?
I'm leaning towards the H&R sport/Billstein setup because I do not need to adjust the height.

I would like to auto-x my car occasionally, but have a tolerable if not decent ride quality for normal driving.

If I would get the coilovers, i would set the height to be approx. the same as the H&R sports spring setup (as I would not bother to get the corners rebalanced every-time I go to auto-x). Would I see a difference in performance/ride while at this same exact height?

Does anyone have this setup on their B5 A4 that I could ride in? I live in Irvine, and go to school in San Diego.

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Old 12-30-2004, 09:33 PM
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Default If you go with the Bilstein shocks get tehm from Neuspeed

so you have the adjustment grooves. You gotta pull them off to adjust the height, but at least you have that option.
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Default Have had H&R coilovers..have H&R/Bilstein now...

I much prefer the H&R coilover set-up. I think I just decided to put on the H&R coilovers on this car. I had H&R coilovers on my 97 A4 2.8QM, my 00 S4 sedan, and my 01 S4 Avant.
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Default Re: Have had H&R coilovers..have H&R/Bilstein now...

Which did you like better in terms of performance?
Which did you like better in terms of ride quality?
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