Shock Absorbers

[Malam]

What shocks were the 4.2s originally fitted with?

[touching cloth]

Bilsteins I think, except maybe the press cars I believe.

[900T-R]

Did they still fit Bilsteins when the cerbera started, then? I thought from 1995 or so TVR went to HBEs (referred to by the dealer mechanic who worked on my car as 'Bilstein imitiations' - I always had them down as one of the reasons why ride and handling are so variable on Tivvers, along with the hit and miss nature of their well geometry settings).

[TVR_owner]

Eric,
In 2000 they were fitting Billies to Chims.

[Far Eastender]

Mine had Bilstiens and one one of them had a leak the main dealer (at that time), replaced with the same.

[Tanguero]

Far from being immitations HBE are an engineering firm that re-valve and modify Bilsteins for a number of specialist sports car applications.

[ridds]

Whatever my original ones were they were stter than st.

In all my years under cars I have never seen an entire set of piston rods to have pitting and large "rusty" patches on them after only 6-7 years! Criminal.

Also, they are dampers. The shock absorbers are the springs.