sleepyheadzzz

http://www.bilsteinus.com/products/p...enger-car.html

Has anybody had any experience with these?
looking to change out my shocks on my 550

B6 versus B8?? whats the diff??

Klinh

You will never goes wrong with Bilstein. They made most of the struts/shocks for factory performances cars.

dynomite05

Not sure about the difference, but I would have to agree with Klinh.

dr_npz

B6 are longer, if your car is equiped with standard chassis. B8 are shorter, that means, if you plan using them with lowering springs, or with sport suspension.
For example, for my factory CLK55, B8s are the only option.

Hope it helps.

sleepyheadzzz

B8s are the sport ones
they are even cheaper than the B6's which are the HDs that everybody seems to have....

i might pick me up some b6s

dynomite05

I had the HDs, didn't make the connection with B6. Lol They were pretty good. Member Dkim has them on his 500 now.

Mka77

Looking to get a set for my 06 CLK 350.

I emailed a sales guy at allshocks.com and told him that my MB was lowered on H&R springs.

Here's what he came back with. Front VE-5344 $321.10 and the rears BE3-6880 $133.25

I'm assuming that he took into consideration the lowering. Anyone familiar with these shocks numbers and the prices?

dynomite05

Not sure about the numbers, but you could cross reference them on Bilstein's site. As far as the prices, they are pretty cheap. I think a set of HDs goes for around $700.

Mka77

I'll give it a shot. I may need your assistance if I get lost in it. Thanks Wes. Mike

Mka77

Don't mean to hijack Sleepy's thread.

Here are the cross reference numbers.

Fr. 24-068802
Rear 35-053446

Both are the B6 HD's

The B8 is for lowered cars. Can't seem to find them though. Will or should the B6 models work on a lowered car? The stock shocks seem to have worked ok so far. Mike

pskdude

anyone have any results with these? looking to lowering my cabrio now. and cant seem to find concrete info...I find the B4. but the site lists they are not meant for lowering...

jkiddd33

I have 05 CLK55 Bilstein Shocks with 95K on them.. Just swapped them for coils.

They were working just fine!

PM if anyone's interested.

Fatz

I just had the Bilstein B8's installed on my H&R lowered clk a couple weeks ago. Had about 30k - 35k miles on the OE shocks since installing the lowered springs. The shocks were "shot"....... I had the rear tires changed as well (next day).

The ride is great and was so from day 1. The handling felt "mushy" and less responsive for the 1st 100 - 150 miles. This could have been due to the new tires on the rear, or their interaction with the broken in fronts.

The handling feels fine now; as does the ride quality.

omega48er

Hay fatz, care to share another picture of your car with the new shocks
Also what's the part number for the b8.

Still debating h&R coilovers or springs. Don't want to be too low .

Thanks

Fatz

BSN-24-068819
REAR SHOCK
$111.97
2
$223.94



BSN-35-053453
FRONT STRUT
$288.97
2
$577.94

Merchandise Total $801.88

The height appears to be about 1/8" more with the new shocks. The old shocks (rear) were bottomed. Will be a few days before I can get to new pics.

_Bondo_

Bump for pics

Fatz

Here are some pics. Most were taken around a road trip just finished.

omega48er

looking good Fatz! thanks for the pics. i forgot but, are your wheels 19 or 18"

im just going to wait until i can get a good deal on a set of coilovers. the benz if fun even stock but my jeep is boring, im starting to mod it with new tires wheels and lifft. =]

Fatz

Omega48er; thanks and my wheels are 18". Saving my lunch money to maybe go to 19" next year. I think going with coilovers is best, particularly after my trip through some cities with poor roads. If I had coilovers I would have raised the car 1/4 to 1/3 inch. I could have used my truck, or your Jeep....