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Day666

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Miles mentioned today that he has good information that Bilsten are making new design dampers for 205 & 306s again ...
These will be Coilovers that he will be hopefully using on his own car .

They have told Miles depending how many & how deep your pockets are they can make them remote also ...
He's Hopefully going to have more info end of next week ...

I'm aware they made something along these lines years ago ?
But it's great to know they can see a sort of gap in the market for these old cars ...wonder how much they will be talking about ?

For any more info contact Miles end of next week Thumbs up

Posted 22nd Jan 2016 at 17:25

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I have some pts bilstein 205 group a front dampers, only height adjustable and made for rallying so came in tarmac and gravel damping rates, with 225 or 185 lb springs to suit, and the two types of rear dampers.

rears are still available, fronts are inverted insert type and still available, pretty sure they still have the lower casings too, they will fit a 306 but the droplink tab is at a different angle.

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Posted 22nd Jan 2016 at 21:13

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front setup all in was about a grand, rears 300 iirc.

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Posted 22nd Jan 2016 at 21:14

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welshpug! wrote:

front setup all in was about a grand, rears 300 iirc.

Any pics Mei ?
Price wise Not to bad then ...

Miles said ....new fronts will be for 205 only ...
And other fronts will be 100% for 306 with tabs in correct place ....and Coilovers

He said new rears will fit both & be two ways .

I'm going Black Art Design on fronts so no interest to me ...but backs maybe ?...but I'm more than happy with my Group A 205s ...

Posted 22nd Jan 2016 at 22:04

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welshpug! wrote:

front setup all in was about a grand, rears 300 iirc.

The Bilstein 205 front coil overs were about a grand new?! I have a pair of them in the corner of the garage too... the inverted type of damper etc..

Posted 22nd Jan 2016 at 22:08

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thereabouts yeah, inserts are about £400 a pair on their own.

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Posted 22nd Jan 2016 at 22:30

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Inserts where never that much but I guess I'm used to trade prices, the long top spindle used to be the difficult one to get hold of, But as said a new range coming so will update when I know more

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Posted 22nd Jan 2016 at 22:53

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Is this definite Miles?

Do you know when they're expected to be on sale?

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Posted 8th Mar 2016 at 18:13

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cj-gti6 wrote:

Is this definite Miles?

Do you know when they're expected to be on sale?

100% Definate Chris ...they will also make one offs to order now ...ring Miles m8 ...
No good for me now as I'm running Black Art Designs Thumbs up

Posted 8th Mar 2016 at 19:13

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miles wrote:

Inserts where never that much but I guess I'm used to trade prices, the long top spindle used to be the difficult one to get hold of, But as said a new range coming so will update when I know more

As said the other week on the blower, I look forward to the update Smile

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welshpug! wrote:

can get the pts size 70mm ID springs made up to any rate and lenght also dual rate , as use the 205 bodies on mine , with revalved tarmac inserts , picture of dual rate spring ive just got to test with

Twangy has attached the following image:

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Posted 8th Mar 2016 at 20:25

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any pictures of this new front end set up?

Posted 9th Mar 2016 at 14:09

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they made these two ways for a time attakc 205 recently.

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For the uninitiated, what's special about inverted dampers?

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Posted 9th Mar 2016 at 14:49

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Because the strut is taking some of the suspension side loads, inverting the damper and using the body as the upper 'rod' means it's much larger and stiffer than using it the other way up, which means stronger suspension, better geo control, and less friction in the damper as there's less flex between the seals and bearings.

However, the latter point can go either way, as you have twice as many sliding surfaces, so it depends if your original setup is stiff enough anyway....

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Posted 9th Mar 2016 at 14:54

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This is good news but I wish they would just sort the tabs on the B12 kits as they would be more in people's budget Smile

Posted 10th Mar 2016 at 07:32

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Would love a set of Bilstein clubsports for the 6 would thes. Come with adjustable topmounts that wouldn't need cutting to the turrets ?

Posted 11th Mar 2016 at 14:09

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Any news on prices Miles?

Posted 31st Mar 2016 at 10:21

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Bump for any news on this?

Posted 24th Jul 2016 at 11:47

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ask bilstein, or kam racing or miles, not likely they will post here

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demondriverdan wrote:

For the uninitiated, what's special about inverted dampers?

Also less unsprung weight, which is always a good thing for turn in and handling in general, similar effect as lightened wheels.

Posted 26th Jul 2016 at 22:35

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