Wanting to go back to Bilstein
Discussion
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.
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.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 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...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 setBlackdownauto who is the expert in TVR Billies
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.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.
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