Bilstein PSS9 fitting time/cost?

4.2 V8 40v biturbo - 450 bhp
4.2 V8 40v biturbo - 480 bhp (plus)
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Post by slimmyreed » Mon Aug 09, 2010 3:51 pm

it's a mechanical system, no electronics to throw an error :thumb:

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Post by Shoppinit » Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:32 pm

No, it's completely passive.
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Post by Shoppinit » Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:33 pm

Just be careful of the level senders. You can damage them, or they can flip the wrong way. No reason there should be a problem if you're careful though.
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."

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Post by Shoppinit » Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:34 pm

slimmyreed wrote:it's a mechanical system, no electronics to throw an error :thumb:
Yeah, they must have known how <beep> it was going to be and decided not to have any error checking... ignorance is bliss ;)
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."

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