Which shocks

[Capa]

Let's hope the Sach boge shocks have improved in terms of quality/longevity over the last decade or so. The originals were awful in this respect, many failing at relatively low mileage. hence why so many on here looked to move away from them to bilstein etc

I'm confused by 'Sachs Boge'. I know Sachs are what people - particularly sporty Renault - drivers get terribly moist about. But are Sachs Boge the same thing? I suspect not...

To my mind OE suspension is bloody terrible out the box and the last thing I would do is replace like for like...

 

[Panta Rhei]

Just to clarify, I called Bilstein today and guy said that it is a bad idea to par B4s with Eibachs and any other lower springs, aswell as B6s beacuse this also are standard. He said only B8s will do the job.
On the other hand they just want us to purchase more expensive set ;p

 

[Capa]

Yeah - no one's really come to any hard nosed conclusion with that.

I seem to remember Mack (and a few others) are running the combination and speak highly of it.

 

[ben g]

The simple fact is Bilstein B4 shocks are suitable for use with springs that lower the car up to 40mm from standard ride height.

Eibachs give a ride height of around 30mm lower than SE height if I remember rightly, so still within tolerance.

As said, I run this combo and have no issues, but then I don't pretend to be a driving God looking for that extra tenth of a second down my local country lane. It handles fine at differing speeds and that's good enough for me

 

[MACK]

Just to clarify, I called Bilstein today and guy said that it is a bad idea to par B4s with Eibachs and any other lower springs, aswell as B6s beacuse this also are standard. He said only B8s will do the job.
On the other hand they just want us to purchase more expensive set ;p

Ive got an email from them somewhere saying the opposite and referencing their own literature on this that states what Ben has just reiterated re the lowering 40mm. Personally I've had b4s paired with both SE and Eibach springs and they have been great. Certainly better than the knackered old Sach boge o es that came off. Bilstein themselves do seem to like to muddy the waters on this