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Old 08-12-2003, 02:12 AM
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Default Suspension Re-do

Re-doing the suspension is at the top of the project list, and after a couple days of reading threads on the PP BBS, I'm at an information overload stage right now . Basically, I'm going to rip everything out and replace what I can - bushings, ball joints, torsion bars, shocks, etc. The big question is the torsion bar and strut replacement. The only thing the PP guys seem to agree on is that no one agrees on the same set up! Options are:

21/27 TBs
22/28 TBs
21/28 TBs
22/31 TBs

Bilstien HDs all around
Bilstien Sports all around
Bilstein HD front/sport rear
Konis all around

So far, 16 different combinations!

What I want to know is this - what have you guys that actually did suspension updates use? How do you like it? How is it on the road? On the track? What would you do differently? For reference, my car is a heavy a** 85 Carrera used mainly for "agressive street" and hopefully the occasional DE. It is not my daily driver, but I'd rather not loose every filling in my head while driving. Plans are to stick with the stock sway bars for now.
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