Author Topic: Bilstein HDs Shocks and Struts (Read 5114 times)

smity_77 · « **on:** February 29, 2008, 06:06:53 pm »

I have a set of bilsteins hds for a mk3 2.0. Good condition seals are good and still very solid. Sand blasted and painted once, made sure not to get any sand near the shafts. you can see the original bilstein yellow near the top.

Asking $300 in southern ontario, make trip often between sarnia and kitchener/waterloo.

fatmobile · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2008, 02:09:01 am »

I thought the bilsein HDs had the thick shafts on the front.

smity_77 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 16, 2008, 12:50:33 pm »

Correction these are Bilstein Sports not HDs

Cheap set of good quality shocks/struts

Kudagra · « **Reply #3 on:** March 16, 2008, 09:50:12 pm »

Quote from: "fatmobile"

I thought the bilsein HDs had the thick shafts on the front.

I just installed a set of Sports on a 98 GTI and they had HUGE shafts...those dont look any where near the same size.

And whats with the funky color?

fatmobile · « **Reply #4 on:** March 17, 2008, 12:09:50 am »

Might be bilstein touring,... the cheapest bilsteins.

smity_77 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 11, 2008, 02:12:00 pm »

whatever these are im not exactly sure, ive looked for number to refence to but no luck. I need to get ride of these no longer on the car and taking up space in my garage. Offers welcome.

RabbitGTDguy · « **Reply #6 on:** April 11, 2008, 04:58:02 pm »

bilsteins HD or Sport def have the HUGE front shaft on the strut if they are indeed the HD or Sport versions (I run bilsteins on three out of 4 of my cars... 1 set of HD's 2 sets of Sports...). They def. are something lower like the touring class bilstein which is the same as the Sachs Turbo Gas.

Price may need to reflect that as your over NEW retail for touring class struts/shocks (as a complete set too).
You can check it out here...
http://www.autotech.com/prod_susp_shocks.htm#bilstein

Good information though for your buyer.

Joe

RabbitGTDguy · « **Reply #7 on:** April 14, 2008, 07:59:50 pm »

Pics of what the Bilstein front shafts look like from my setup...
Ground Control coilovers w/ Eibach ERS and Bilstein Sport Struts...

Monster Shaft!!! Good stuff though...

Joe

fatmobile · « **Reply #8 on:** July 18, 2008, 11:48:37 am »

Hey now,
This might seem stupid to some but there is a guy over on the vortex trying to sell a set of these tourings as sports:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3910250
I posted letting him know, like I did on here. He had it deleted by the moderators.
I IM'd him, he just replys with a stupid face emoticon.
I started a post on the Golf/JettaII forum, Got some stupid IMs from people about how sports compare to HDs (who cares, these are tourings) but the moderators deleted it.
The moderators won't reply or do anything about this guy trying to rip people off,... but they'll delete my posts... and say oh well buyer beware on the vortex.

Please help me keep this guy from ripping someone off,...
send him an IM and report the post to the moderators before someone gets burned.
I posted it here because there is a great pick of what the shafts on a set of sports looks like,... and what the tourings look like,...

and because many of the folks on here are also registered on the vortex but are still smart enough to know the difference between sports and tourings,.. and can probably understand that I'm not comparing sports to HDs :lol:

Oh yeah, remember his username and be careful with him in the future.