Bilstein or Koni???

[The Spanish]

Look here on a guide on how to fit Bilstein to Avant

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7177&highlight=koni+bilstein+rs2

[Fat Audi 80]

I have Bilsteins on my Coupe with standard springs and it is perfect if a little soft when REALLY pushing on, but that suits me fine.

[Stephan Althaus]

Hi All!

I’m from Germany and new to this forum. My first posts haven’t been very amazing up to know :-( so I try to do it better.

I was in need for new shock absorbers for the rear axle of my ’93 S2 Avant. From what I got up to now, there’s not much choice. Here’s what I’ve found:

KONI 8210-1160Sport

http://www.koni.de/_produkte/sportfahrer_liste/htm/audi.html

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7839

Bilstein N/A

http://www.bilstein.com/pdf/PassengerCars.pdf

NK (NNordjysk Kobling) N/A

http://www.nk-shop.de

LIP (Quinton Hazell) N/A

http://www.husch-autoteile.de/

Sachs / Boge N/A Follow catalog download from
„http://webcat.zf-trading.com/index.asp?SPR=4“

Monroe E2021
„http://www.monroe.com/catalog_lookup...catalog“

There are complete sets from KW:
„http://www.kw-gmbh.de/de/50_Download...rke.pdf“
KW Variant 1 KW-10210016 14mm
KW Variant 1 KW-10210916 12mm
KW Variant 1 KW-10210017 RS2 spec
KW Variant 2 KW-15210016 14mm
KW Variant 2 KW-15210916 12mm
KW Variant 2 KW-15210017 RS2 spec


Bilstein are the most preferred and beloved shocks all around, never heard something bad. If I use Bilstein‘s I‘ll have to go the hard way like posted before by „http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7177“
..and I expect trouble with the german TÜV (MOT, if you really haven’t known..)

KONI looks expensive for me (200€ each), and maybe not worth the double price.
190€ for a replacement from my local Audi stealer, the friendly man didn’t know the manufacturer of the shock.

In the middle there’s Monroe, affordable (90€ each) and not that bad from what I hear.

So I finally got two Monroe E2010 and it was an easy fit. I was surprised to see that Monroe’s (Gas) have been in (never heard of Monroe’s in this forum..)

If you ask how stiff... I really can’t say, it feels like a good harmonic replacement.

This way I saved 200€ - for the brakes :-)


Stephan
..trying to give something back of what I learn here...