Get the bilsteins over any other shock other than perhaps a pair of custom
Ohlins and I am pretty sure you won't find an Ohlins application for a
vanagon (they would cost more than many of our vanagons anyway).  I bought
Konis for our S6 and am very disappointed; they will come off, get sold, and
replaced with bilsteins early next year.

In my opinion when it comes to bilstein vs koni/kyb et al it is not about
which one is more expensive; it is simply about which one works adequately.

Regards,

Carl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Dorm" <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: Any Bilstein users?

> I got mine from shox.com in san diego, I forget the price but they were
> better then elsewhere
>
>
> >From: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>
> >Reply-To: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Any Bilstein users?
> >Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 09:22:21 -0700
> >
> >It's shock time.  My KYBs have degenerated to point where I feel like
> >I'm piloting a boat on the freeway.  But then they do have about 150,000
> >miles on them.
> >
> >The Bilstein's are high pressure for both front and rear, while the KYB
> >uses a low pressure front shock.
> >
> >What are the opinions of the Bilstein users out there?  Are they worth a
> >$210 premium over the KYBs, even with the lifetime warranty?
> >
> >What about KYBs on the rear and Bilsteins on the front to get high
> >pressure all around for $100 less?
> >
> >There are some Bilstein users out there, right?  Let me hear from you!
> >
> >--
> >Stuart MacMillan
> >Seattle
> >
> >'84 Vanagon Westfalia
> >'65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
> >'74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly)
> >
> >Personal mechanic for:
> >'70 MGB GT (Daughter's)
> >
> >Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM):
> >'72 MGB GT (Was daughter's, now son's)
> >'64 MGB (Son's)
> >
> >Stripped and gone but their parts live on:
> >'68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT
>
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