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Old 02-19-2010, 02:24 AM
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Shocks for C36?

Are the Bilstien Sports and the stock AMG C36 Shocks the same? Since I am going to rebuild my suspension I am thinking of replacing everything as in bushings and shocks.

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Are the Bilstien Sports and the stock AMG C36 Shocks the same? Since I am going to rebuild my suspension I am thinking of replacing everything.
get the bilstein yellows. we can with bilstein hd's which are black
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Which webshop has the best deals for shox?
They should have all brands in stock?
Koni
Sachs
Bilstein
Penske
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The parts number for Bilstein front shox: #B36 1854
The parts number for rear shox: #B36 1855
Are these yellow colored Bilstein shox the SPORT version?
Not the Regular HD shock?

I found them on Ebay for around $74 dollars is that a cheap price for 1 shock?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

These Bilsteins will match the Vogtland springs in stance and improved ride quality?
Either Koni's or Billies for my car!

Can you find them for even better price?
Thanks

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About the US version yellow Bilstein Sport shox!

Are they the same in height- stiffness- rebound as their European cousins?

The only thing that differs is the #partsnumber?
Buying them for 74 dollars each on Ebay is cheap!
I bet they cost even more in Europe?
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I posted a link to a site many times with the yellow bilstein sport shocks for $65 each www.mbpartswarehouse.com they also have the HD ones for about the same price.
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billy HDs came stock on the 202 amgs. Billy sports are the best shocks to run. Koni adjustables are more expensive and suck, came with only few miles on them on one of my cars and dont recommend them. Search some parts sites and you can find Bilstein sports for good prices. I always get them from partsgeek.com
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83 500SEC, 87 300D, 02 C32(x2), 02 C320T (x2), 03 C320T4, 03 C320T, 03 E55, 05 E320CDI, 06 E320CDI
partsgeek is $2-3 cheaper, but they charge you for shipping.
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For 201 shocks they are always cheaper than the rest. Havent boughten shocks for a 202 in over a year haha but from them they always arrive in 2-3 days with the standard shipping and Im a fan of that.
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Question

Originally Posted by johnhef
I posted a link to a site many times with the yellow bilstein sport shocks for $65 each www.mbpartswarehouse.com they also have the HD ones for about the same price.

Hi guys.
I think I'll go with Bilsteins yellow sport!
If I can buy them for 65 bux each and pay the horrible shipping cost to Sweden they still come out to be cheaper than if I buy them from Sweden!

When it comes to long term wear and tear I think the Billies will last longer beacuse the have less parts inside that can go wrong?
Is this correct?

Regarding Euro Bilsteins vs US Bilsteins!
I've seen that the Yellow Euro Sport version Billies comes with a blue colored on top sleeve and the US Billies comes with a black sleeve!

Is there anything different between the Euros and US shox besides the hat color
See the attached picture!

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Installed my shocks today. Still need to change the LCA Bushings. The sports are 1" shorter than the original shocks.
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Originally Posted by Darth Speed
Installed my shocks today. Still need to change the LCA Bushings. The sports are 1" shorter than the original shocks.

your Billies feels tight and crisp now.
car is handling better?
these sport version Billies works better with you lowering suspension?
or are you still flying high above ground on US version AMG springs?
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just want to share, I used Black HD shock at front and yellow dor rear.
it feel like just any other ordinary car.
when I was used yellow it feel almost like gokart and fun.
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I have the USA springs. I want to lower the car only 3/4" I can't go to low because I will probably break the front spoiler and scrape everything. Are the Euro springs different spec? The car handles very well low and high speed. I have Toyo T1R all around.
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From my experience I would not suggest you ton insert the Bilstein B8 Sprint shocks. I had them installed exactly for two days, then I replaced them with the standard shocks.
The Bilstein B8 are much softer than even an old standard shock. It is terrible to drive with. The electronic stability control needed to take control of the car very early.
A Bilstein engeneer confirmed me, these shocks were not designed for AMG.

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