Bilstein coilover settings
Hello all,
I'm curious what settings you are using on your Bilstein coilovers? I bought and installed the top of the line coilovers, setup the ride height about 1/8" higher than stock, mostly because I got too tired of resetting everything after working it so long to balance it all out. For the settings I started out with 8 front and rear, and worked with that for a couple months. I wasn't completely satisfied and since I have a crummy back I tried setting the whole system at 9, the softest setting. That was worse, too mushy in the rear for sure but the front felt ok. So I switched them up again, left the fronts set at 9 and changed the rears to 6. I had to swap front tires recently as the inside edge was getting dangerous without my noticing it. Now I'm scrubbing in some new Michelins up front, the rears have 5-10K on them so they are set. But I'm liking the setup so far. I am looking for advice from those of you who have had them on and see what worked for you. I'm not a track guy but I do have the mountain from Borrego to Ranchita to play on at least a few times a week so I have the alignment and suspension set a little more aggressive than stock. Any ideas or thoughts on what has worked best for as a daily driver with some fun twisties thrown in every week??
I'm curious what settings you are using on your Bilstein coilovers? I bought and installed the top of the line coilovers, setup the ride height about 1/8" higher than stock, mostly because I got too tired of resetting everything after working it so long to balance it all out. For the settings I started out with 8 front and rear, and worked with that for a couple months. I wasn't completely satisfied and since I have a crummy back I tried setting the whole system at 9, the softest setting. That was worse, too mushy in the rear for sure but the front felt ok. So I switched them up again, left the fronts set at 9 and changed the rears to 6. I had to swap front tires recently as the inside edge was getting dangerous without my noticing it. Now I'm scrubbing in some new Michelins up front, the rears have 5-10K on them so they are set. But I'm liking the setup so far. I am looking for advice from those of you who have had them on and see what worked for you. I'm not a track guy but I do have the mountain from Borrego to Ranchita to play on at least a few times a week so I have the alignment and suspension set a little more aggressive than stock. Any ideas or thoughts on what has worked best for as a daily driver with some fun twisties thrown in every week??
You have set it 1/8" HIGHER than stock? The bilstein comes with instructions wich give you a adjustment range for the springs, the ride height. You should be within the range. Otherwise it is most likely that the system of springs and dampers do not work properly together.
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