Bilstein Shock/Neuspeed 19mm rear bar part numbers for a 2001 TTQ? Denver/Boulder area installers?
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Bilstein Shock/Neuspeed 19mm rear bar part numbers for a 2001 TTQ? Denver/Boulder area installers?
Several people (notably TTschwing) have convinced me that Bilstein Sports and the Neuspeed 19mm rear bar should tighten up the handling of my TT quite nicely, but when I went to shox.com, where I believe most people have bought theirs, they only list Bilstein HD and Sports for 1999-2000 TTQs and only 25 and 28 mm rear bars for FWD TTs.
Do I need to specify any special parts or just email them and ask for pricing for the parts for a 2001 TTQ? And is the current advice when staying with stock springs Bilstein Sports or HDs? (I seem to remember Sports being a better match for the stock springs but I don't recall understanding the exact technical reason why.)
Also, do any Denver/Boulder area TTers know of a good shop to do the install (and that won't be all upset because I didn't buy parts from <i>them</i>)?
Do I need to specify any special parts or just email them and ask for pricing for the parts for a 2001 TTQ? And is the current advice when staying with stock springs Bilstein Sports or HDs? (I seem to remember Sports being a better match for the stock springs but I don't recall understanding the exact technical reason why.)
Also, do any Denver/Boulder area TTers know of a good shop to do the install (and that won't be all upset because I didn't buy parts from <i>them</i>)?
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Bill......Hd's are fine and a better match to stock springs....>>
they are 22mm longer, otherwise identical to the sports. I've got em and they work fine on dropped springs as well. Anti-roll bar diameters you note are rears for a FWD 180. 225 rear 19mm bar is #25.02.19.9
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I suppose I should ask about the rear bar too...
I remember in the early days when you first got yours, Brad and Lloyd were concerned it would induce a little bit too much oversteer and make the TT a bit tail happy if one were to lift the throttle or brake in curves, more like a RWD car like the S2000.
If this is true, perhaps I will just go with the shocks for now; I know not to lift or brake in a curve but have been known to let my mind drift a bit on the occasional on-ramp and have had to brake in a curve with no ill effects with the stock suspension; if I wanted to spin instead I <b>would</b> buy the S2000. :-)
If this is true, perhaps I will just go with the shocks for now; I know not to lift or brake in a curve but have been known to let my mind drift a bit on the occasional on-ramp and have had to brake in a curve with no ill effects with the stock suspension; if I wanted to spin instead I <b>would</b> buy the S2000. :-)
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Re: Bilstein Shock/Neuspeed 19mm rear bar part numbers for a 2001 TTQ? Denver/Boulder area installer
INSTALLERS...... RS MOTOR SPORTS 303-432-8989 ASKE FOR JOEL... GOOD SHOP ONLY AUDI/VW WORK ... THEY HAVE A SICK STAGE 2+ GOLF 1.8T
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It's all in the set-up....>>>
Tire pressures, wheel spacing, camber all affect handling issues. Despite all the doomsayers, my car has never shown a tendency to swap ends and is perfectly neutral in feel. Do the shocks first though and see where you stand.
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It does induce more oversteer....
I have always "preached" it is a mod not for the faint at heart. If you come in a bit too hot, or do the things you mention, you will go sideways...ask Larry, we were sideways the other day becasue of a late brake 
You can play with tire pressue, but only so much. The adjustable coilovers allows you to dial in and dial out the oversteer.
The shocks are a good start. Don't quite fathom you reluctence to do the spring, IMNSHO stock TT's look like 4x4's and hanlde as such. You want handling, you need lower center of gravity.
Good luck
You can play with tire pressue, but only so much. The adjustable coilovers allows you to dial in and dial out the oversteer.
The shocks are a good start. Don't quite fathom you reluctence to do the spring, IMNSHO stock TT's look like 4x4's and hanlde as such. You want handling, you need lower center of gravity.
Good luck
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I've told you before...
I don't know about where you live, but around here the roads are such that I've already scraped the nose on my car more than once, and if it were any lower I'd be tearing things off the bottom. The way it is now if I go down my driveway at anything less than a 45 degree angle I grind off (some more) of the black air deflectors just in front of the front wheels.
Lowering the car any would just be <i>asking</i> for body/undercarriage damage, thus my aversion to lowering; I already have to slow down to about 10 MPH to avoid bottoming the nose out on the road in front of drainage channels (where each road leaves the intersection) in the developments around the business park where I work...
Lowering the car any would just be <i>asking</i> for body/undercarriage damage, thus my aversion to lowering; I already have to slow down to about 10 MPH to avoid bottoming the nose out on the road in front of drainage channels (where each road leaves the intersection) in the developments around the business park where I work...
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Re: Bilstein Shock/Neuspeed 19mm rear bar part numbers for a 2001 TTQ? Denver/Boulder area installer
yea the guys at rs dont realy care if u buy parts from them or have your own as long as the parts are new and not damaged... and they are a neuspeed dealer so they could check on that part # ..... they also have a realy good alingment shop up the road that they use.... the alingment teck can set your car up a coupel differnt ways if u wnat, (the alingment tech is a realy good rally driver and has been doing auto-x cars for years.....) in case u wanted a lill bit differnt than stock.
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It must have been the other Blueshirtt, because you never told ME before"
I see a Jeep in your future.
I don't know you, in fact this is probably the first time I have responded to one of your post, and quite frankly, probably the last.
A bunch of people have made suggestions and tried to help and you just contradicted every point made. These are people that have done the modifications, documented it, posted about, and discussed it to death. Then you post out of the blue that the handling is sub-par.
You want better handling, but don't want to lower it. You want to reduce the understeer, but don't want the rear to come around.
You THINK you want a sports car, but based on your posts, you really don't.
I don't know you, in fact this is probably the first time I have responded to one of your post, and quite frankly, probably the last.
A bunch of people have made suggestions and tried to help and you just contradicted every point made. These are people that have done the modifications, documented it, posted about, and discussed it to death. Then you post out of the blue that the handling is sub-par.
You want better handling, but don't want to lower it. You want to reduce the understeer, but don't want the rear to come around.
You THINK you want a sports car, but based on your posts, you really don't.