re: Bilstein quality

FWIW, Bilstein was (maybe still is) OEM on Corvettes, and they are excellent dampers.

Luis, is that you in the avatar?

 

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no - not me - found that pic on a dutch/german website. 2 of my favorite things, beautiful cars and beautiful women!

I do a lot of diving also, recreational and commercial fishing. Do you u/w photo for a living?

 

Bilstein has been pushing back manufacturing date. It's now week 13-14 (end of March).

At least it's now on their online catalog: http://www.bilstein.de/site/produktinfos/B16.zip

 

Cool! At least we now know Bilstein is planning to make these soon, unlike what other rumors have been going on on the board.

 

I sent a few emails to Bilstein. Finally got what seems like a knowledgeable reply...

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Hello Paul,

sorry that you could not get right away the right information out of the Bilstein-Company.
You can be sure that we work on our processes to increase the quality of information to the highest possible high level.

Honda S2000:
The information you got from the German side is correct.
The coil-over system Bilstein B16 PSS9 for your car has the

 

It's great to get production confirmation from 2 different sources. Let's hope Bilstein meets the planned dates.

I'll post pictures and impressions when I get them.

 

BTW... I saw some of the KW stuff during a track day on Sunday... The quality of construction looked pretty good. The double adjustable coilover for the s2000 has a full inox body and goes for about 1500

 

In a follow-up email, Ralf said that the PSS9 should be available stateside ~4 weeks after Euro introduction, or week 18.

 

I'd get in on a group buy for the 1200 dollar ones.

-Ed