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Quoting idreamidrive:
I have a Bilstein dealer in the US looking for 34-050392 right now.
i posted this on one of the other threads. way back when, i got a set made by bilstein for the vr4 out of europe, where they had stock. the company i worked for was a big bilstein distributor, and i knew a couple of the reps very well. one of them got me a set from europe. of course, the tops of the front struts have to be cut off, then a hole drilled in the bottom of the strut. a screw goes in there to hold the insert in the tube. i always thought they were too stiff, and i sold them to howard draper. i also had a set of tein ha coilovers. the tiens were awesome. made the car handle so well, i felt like i could chase porsches. but i had the stock 15" wagonwheels on the car, which i really liked, and the tiens needed a lot more tire that a 15" could deliver. i then got a set of koni's, and at full soft, i thought they were the best. car was a daily driver. bilstein keeps very good records, if someone can be convinced to do some digging, i am sure they can get the specs out of europe. i had a similar encounter with recaro. i wanted adapter brackets so i could bolt in a set of recaros. again, because of the company i worked for, they found what they thought might work, out of europe. but i would have to pay for it in advance, and there was no guarantee it was correct. i eventually found a guy in japan who sent me the recaro adapter brackets from a jdm vr4 which bolted right in. they even had the recaro part number on it. i then tried to organize a group buy, forced performance looked at them, and i would take them out, and let them repro them. i think the price was like 100 bucks each, but no one here was interested, so they are probably still in the car, 153/2000, wherever it now lives. killer seats. i got a set of jdm recaros off ebay that were in an evo. since they came from a rhd car, the left one was in pristine condition. the right one stunk badly with body odor, took me forever to get it clean. i guess rally drivers dont bathe. drew newton was the guy who bought my old car, he used to live in houston.
I have a Bilstein dealer in the US looking for 34-050392 right now.
i posted this on one of the other threads. way back when, i got a set made by bilstein for the vr4 out of europe, where they had stock. the company i worked for was a big bilstein distributor, and i knew a couple of the reps very well. one of them got me a set from europe. of course, the tops of the front struts have to be cut off, then a hole drilled in the bottom of the strut. a screw goes in there to hold the insert in the tube. i always thought they were too stiff, and i sold them to howard draper. i also had a set of tein ha coilovers. the tiens were awesome. made the car handle so well, i felt like i could chase porsches. but i had the stock 15" wagonwheels on the car, which i really liked, and the tiens needed a lot more tire that a 15" could deliver. i then got a set of koni's, and at full soft, i thought they were the best. car was a daily driver. bilstein keeps very good records, if someone can be convinced to do some digging, i am sure they can get the specs out of europe. i had a similar encounter with recaro. i wanted adapter brackets so i could bolt in a set of recaros. again, because of the company i worked for, they found what they thought might work, out of europe. but i would have to pay for it in advance, and there was no guarantee it was correct. i eventually found a guy in japan who sent me the recaro adapter brackets from a jdm vr4 which bolted right in. they even had the recaro part number on it. i then tried to organize a group buy, forced performance looked at them, and i would take them out, and let them repro them. i think the price was like 100 bucks each, but no one here was interested, so they are probably still in the car, 153/2000, wherever it now lives. killer seats. i got a set of jdm recaros off ebay that were in an evo. since they came from a rhd car, the left one was in pristine condition. the right one stunk badly with body odor, took me forever to get it clean. i guess rally drivers dont bathe. drew newton was the guy who bought my old car, he used to live in houston.
