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Suspension Anyone got Bilstein Shocks on their R56 yet?

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Old 10-19-2009, 01:44 AM
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Anyone got Bilstein Shocks on their R56 yet?

I've seen them up for sale but haven't been able to find any reviews on them or which aftermarket spring would match nicely with them. Anyone with them please share your experience. thanks.
 
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I too am interested in the bilsteins, no reviews so far.
 
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you could be the first!!

Ive got H&Rs and im sure they are not too friendly on the stock struts, though id hope at 28K, theyre not completely trashed just yet!

Always heard of the Bilstien / H&R combo as being a good one when I owned a Mustang and everyone was upgrading them... i know, completely different still
 
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I will be putting them on early next year.
 
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I will be putting them on early next year.
You promise?
 
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Old 10-31-2009, 09:27 AM
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I'll be putting some B16's also in February.
 
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Are these an R56 specific fitment or an R53 kit with the rear shock spacers?

- andrew
 
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Andyroo, the kit is a R56 specific kit as far as I know.
 
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Originally Posted by lilgrasshopper
You promise?
I promise. They were outstanding on my last car.
 
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Originally Posted by kunishi
Andyroo, the kit is a R56 specific kit as far as I know.
cool.

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Originally Posted by lilgrasshopper
I've seen them up for sale but haven't been able to find any reviews on them or which aftermarket spring would match nicely with them. Anyone with them please share your experience. thanks.
I'm still a pretty big fan of Swift springs.
I had bilsteins on another vehicle and they kicked serious ***.... let us know if you/when you go with them.
 
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Bilstein's site lists HD replacement shocks instead of the Bilstein Sports that the 1st gen R53 had. A little less aggressive, but still good and cheap.

They also list PSS10 coilovers.

- Andrew
 
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H&R coilovers on sale for 297.64 + 250 shipping listed on amazon by vivid racing.

Cant wait for my ast coilovers to ship.
 
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y is shipping 250 bux?
 
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where can you buy that kind of quality for less thn 550 dollars ? look at the delivered price not just the shipping.

why is shipping 250? so they can break even .
 
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I'm not seeing any H&R coilovers under $1k on there?

maybe they got wise to it.
 
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Originally Posted by andyroo
I'm not seeing any H&R coilovers under $1k on there?

maybe they got wise to it.

they caught it.they posted a huge loser on that one.
 
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Bump: PSS10s anyone?
 
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I too am interested in the PSS10 Coilovers... there are some for sale at NM-Engineering...

A bit on the expensive side, though.
 
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the pss10 sell for 1600ish
 
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Originally Posted by Noegel
I too am interested in the PSS10 Coilovers... there are some for sale at NM-Engineering...

A bit on the expensive side, though.
cool, they say they have some in stock too.

i should give a call to my bilstein contact...hmmm....

is it possible to make r56 shocks work on an r53? i know you can the other way around.

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the pss10 sell for 1600ish
yeah not quite.
 
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www.allshocks.com has the Bilstein HDs set for $538.00 delivered to the lower 48 states. I guess I need to work a few hours OT and then I will be all set. I want these on by spring time!
 
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post a review when you get them!

- drew
 
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Originally Posted by scottab36
www.allshocks.com has the Bilstein HDs set for $538.00 delivered to the lower 48 states. I guess I need to work a few hours OT and then I will be all set. I want these on by spring time!
I was looking through their site & they list the sport shocks for $538 shipped, but I didn't see any HD's
according to the faq the sport models are meant to work with lowering springs.
I'd love to hear some feedback from anyone running these, I'm debating between these & the Koni FSD's.
 
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Originally Posted by n1tr0
I was looking through their site & they list the sport shocks for $538 shipped, but I didn't see any HD's
according to the faq the sport models are meant to work with lowering springs.
I'd love to hear some feedback from anyone running these, I'm debating between these & the Koni FSD's.
I also saw this but Bilstein does not make a sport shock for the R56, only the HD and the PSS10. The part number on www.allshocks.com matched the Bilstein HDs. I do plan on calling them to confirm before I order but it looks like the ALLSHOCKS web page is incorrect.
 

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