Coilover suspension update: Many people here in Europe choose KW over PSS9.
02-28-2003, 12:06 AM
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Coilover suspension update: Many people here in Europe choose KW over PSS9.
With all this fuss regarding the rear springs issue on the PSS/PSS9, I thought this would be a nice alternative to some people on this forum: KW suspensions are very popular in Europe.
Their Variant 2 coilover suspension (comes in Inox or non-Inox) is height and compression adjustable. However, most ineteresting is the Variant 3 (only Inox) which is height, compression and rebound damping adjustable... It will be hard to set this baby up on the street though.
Tried to find a dealer in North America but only one was HPA Motorsports in Canada. Guess not many of you have heard KW before, shocks are from KONI, don't know about springs.
I was thinking about KW but two things made me buy the PSS9:
a) It would be difficult to set up the Variant 3.
b) For some strange reason I always liked Bilstein shocks more than Konis. I have no arguments to back this up though.<ul><li><a href="http://www.kw-suspension.de/e_version/index.htm">http://www.kw-suspension.de/e_version/index.htm</a</li></ul>
Their Variant 2 coilover suspension (comes in Inox or non-Inox) is height and compression adjustable. However, most ineteresting is the Variant 3 (only Inox) which is height, compression and rebound damping adjustable... It will be hard to set this baby up on the street though.
Tried to find a dealer in North America but only one was HPA Motorsports in Canada. Guess not many of you have heard KW before, shocks are from KONI, don't know about springs.
I was thinking about KW but two things made me buy the PSS9:
a) It would be difficult to set up the Variant 3.
b) For some strange reason I always liked Bilstein shocks more than Konis. I have no arguments to back this up though.<ul><li><a href="http://www.kw-suspension.de/e_version/index.htm">http://www.kw-suspension.de/e_version/index.htm</a</li></ul>
02-28-2003, 12:18 AM
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Make sure you check out the pics of the rear springs on these mounting hints:
PDF format.<ul><li><a href="http://www.kw-suspension.de/kw_upload/Einbau/68570001.pdf">http://www.kw-suspension.de/kw_upload/Einbau/68570001.pdf</a</li></ul>
02-28-2003, 06:09 AM
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Got mine from ND and i'm very happy with them - I've had Bilstein's before
and also have them on my Avant. I've also had Koni's , Boge, Tokiko etc. on various cars as well. Both Koni and Bilstein make top notch quality stuff. I'm sure Bilstein will sort out the rear spring problem as the PSS9's are a very nice setup.
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