Astra owners asking about dampers...

**jimny33** · 12th July 2010, 19:28

Heya guys

I'm from the Astra Owners Network and have a question for you.

I've done some searching and found that many of you like us have lowered your cars on the Eibach Pro springs. Also however I have seen that some of you have upgraded your dampers. I'm at a stage of doing this now as my standard SRi shocks are pretty much dead and I'm thinking about some Bilstein B4 dampers or just using vauxhall shocks from the astra - but I wonder if anyone has anything to say on the eibach and bilstein combination?

Thanks for any help guys

James

**kenp** · 12th July 2010, 19:37

Think everybody would say

go for it.

the B4 is even it suppose to be OEM, they are way better than the standard ones.

**merikiito** · 12th July 2010, 19:48

The Vauxhall ones are not the best, B4's are much better replacements. I will be fitting B4's to my Astra Mk4 SRi with eibachs but they are currently out of stock and could be 3-4 weeks before they are back in

**jimny33** · 13th July 2010, 09:27

they wont make the ride too stiff will they?

**Deztroyer** · 13th July 2010, 09:40

i fitted b6's to my old signum - the ride was firm at low speeds - but over 15mph the ride was amazing and it flattened out all of the bumps at speed and handled soo much better than the standard shocks

i managed to get mine when LMF were doing an amazing Buy one get one free offer

**jimny33** · 13th July 2010, 09:41

b6s are the uprated ones aren't they?

**Daywalker** · 13th July 2010, 16:25

B4's definately better than the OEM and probably cheaper too

**mark_647** · 13th July 2010, 16:43

But would a combo of Eibach Springs and the B4 shocks make for a hard ride ?

**jimny33** · 13th July 2010, 17:16

Originally Posted by mark_647

But would a combo of Eibach Springs and the B4 shocks make for a hard ride ?

exactly. That's the bit i'm worried about - especially with such a short wheel base like on the astra

**Deztroyer** · 13th July 2010, 17:19

Originally Posted by jimny33

b6s are the uprated ones aren't they?

yes they are

Originally Posted by mark_647

But would a combo of Eibach Springs and the B4 shocks make for a hard ride ?

no they should be purpose built and suited to the weight /distrubution

Originally Posted by jimny33

exactly. That's the bit i'm worried about - especially with such a short wheel base like on the astra

they will be fine = what do they say on the AON site about the combination ?

some reading here
http://www.astraownersnetwork.co.uk/...light=bilstein

surely if they didnt work then they wouldnt sell, and feedback would be negative??