Wanting to go back to Bilstein

[Englishman]

I changed the originals to Bilstein's on my Griff 500 back in 2013, largely because of the rattles they were making. I still have the old ones which I believe are of the Harvey Bailey variety as no Bilstein stickers or other makings on them. No regrets as they provide a vast improvement over the originals.

[spitfire4v8]

Englishman said:

I changed the originals to Bilstein's on my Griff 500 back in 2013, largely because of the rattles they were making. I still have the old ones which I believe are of the Harvey Bailey variety as no Bilstein stickers or other makings on them. No regrets as they provide a vast improvement over the originals.

Yes they used to have noticeable valve knock, and the top eyes used to fret the threads. Back in the day we had to roll-pin the top eyes to stop them moving.

[geordiepingu]

900T-R said:

The Bilsteins are monotubes, Gaz are the bum basic twin tube design. In Germany you´d fail the TUV test with Gaz if the tester pays close attention, as it´s forbidden to change to dampers with a ´lower´ level of technology than what the OEM provided...

TIL, I was under the impression Gaz Golds were adjustable monotube. I'll go back to my ivory tower....

[900T-R]

geordiepingu said:

TIL, I was under the impression Gaz Golds were adjustable monotube. I'll go back to my ivory tower....

In fairness, Gaz does do a monotube damper (Gaz Monos) but they're closer to Nitron in price...

[Belle427]

Probably the best £1000 you could ever spend on the car so well worth it in the long run.

[Zener]

900T-R said:

geordiepingu said:

TIL, I was under the impression Gaz Golds were adjustable monotube. I'll go back to my ivory tower....

In fairness, Gaz does do a monotube damper (Gaz Monos) but they're closer to Nitron in price...

They do indeed I run a full set and very happy over the NOS Bilsteins they replaced but fitted with harder springs I doubt the ride would be to everyone's taste , I would always suggest to the average Joe get Billies fitted simple and OE reliable

[Adam205]

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[bobfather]

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[TwinKam]

bobfather said:

magpies said:

Pretty sure they are £156 each on ebay
Blackdownauto who is the expert in TVR Billies

Sorry, I mean springs as well. Blackdownauto charges over £900 for the set

The base price of £156 for the damper doesn't include bushes either... that's about another £27 per corner from memory.

[bobfather]

TwinKam said:

The base price of £156 for the damper doesn't include bushes either... that's about another £27 per corner from memory.

4 dampers, 4 springs & 8 bushes is £965

[Englishman]

bobfather said:

4 dampers, 4 springs & 8 bushes is £965

Looks like a good deal to me, cost me £930 in 2013 for the exactly the same.

[TwinKam]

Englishman said:

bobfather said:

4 dampers, 4 springs & 8 bushes is £965

Looks like a good deal to me, cost me £930 in 2013 for the exactly the same.

Agree, shhh, don't tell them.
And did that include the spring lower seats and collets?
I think the Cerb springs are dearer than Chim ones though; I'm waiting on a reply with an all-in price from Ben.

[Englishman]

TwinKam said:

And did that include the spring lower seats and collets?

Yes, in my case that was all assembled and ready to fit