[BMWCSRegistry] Shocks

[Art Wegweiser]

Todd & All,

Stiff shocks (sport, I believe) may indeed improve the handling but 
do put an increased load on the shock towers. Even if not visible, 
some corrosion is almost inevitable and premature failure could 
result.
Not pleasant to see a shock poking up into the boot at the wheel well.
Since I do not have the funds or inclination to completely renovate 
Ilse to more modern standards, I have fallen back on doing lots of 
proper maintenance and frequent inspection and treating her (and me) 
more gently.
Art

At 1:38 PM -0500 1/4/08, Todd Pantezzi wrote:
>I lost track of which e-mails started the string, but on these two 
>recent topics:
>
>1)  Bilstein shocks.  Apparently their are "sport" and "Heavy Duty 
>(HD)".  Sport is the way to go if you also install shorter springs 
>but this is only suitable for track racing.  I have the HD's and the 
>stock springs and found that they ride very well yet improved 
>handling considerably.
>
>2)  I had my coupe's windshield replaced about 3 years ago by a 
>windshield repair guy here in the DC area.  He said that he simply 
>contacted BMW and that they had a new one in NJ which was shipped 
>immediately, although they apparently told him that mine was the 
>last one they had in stock.  New windshield trim and rubber 
>seal were sourced either directly from BMW as well or from 
>Maximillian <http://www.bmwmobiletradition-online.com/>http://www.bmwmobiletradition-online.com/ (can't 
>remember if it was the windshield trim or the rain gutter trim 
>pieces) but I have the good fortune of living about an hour away 
>from their site north of Baltimore so I drove over and picked up my 
>order.
>
>Todd
>

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