Miata Mailing List: March 1999, Message #401

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..from what I read and hear, because the Bilsteins will last.  I 
don't know about GAB's, but the others you list are a short lived 
shock (again, from what I read and hear - with a few outlying 
datapoints here and there).  Lifetime warranties are fine if your 
idea of fun is a 4-corner shock swap every 6-12 months.

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David Brown wrote:

> It's good that Koni will have some competition in the adjustable
> height market - but why choose Bilstein for this?  Why is the
> Bilstein adjustable height going to be any better than the
> adjustable height and adjustable damping Koni?  Why not work with
> GAB or Tokico? 
> 
> Any chance of being able to retrofit an existing Bilstein so that it
> can be height adjusted? 
> 
> 
> 
> DB
> 
> 
> >From: norman garrett <garrettn@mindspring.com>
> >Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 22:23:57 -0500
> >
> >So hopefully at or near the price of a set of Konis we will now have a 
> set
> >of Bilsteins to consider when it comes to lowering a Miata and 
> upgrading
> >the standard dampers. The roll-out should be around mid to late summer.
> >Possibly with an incentive for Club members. We're working out the 
> details
> >on the membership's behalf.
> >
> 
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