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Almost 5 years after the MKIII Superb came out, there is finally a rather affordable upgrade option for DCC cars, when looking to seriously improve handling and road feed-back without sacrificing comfort as much as with a typical coilover set: The Bilstein B6 DampTronic with confirmed fitment for the MKIII Superb with DCC, meaning all suspension modes (Comfort, Normal, Sport) are retained B6 are not a new product and the fixed damping variant has already been available for a while for non-DCC Superbs but for DCC cars the options so far had been to either: a) Give up on your DCC adjustability and install any fixed damping coilover/shock & springs combo BUT with an additional cost of 300-400EUR for a DCC delete kit bringing the total cost to over 1600EUR OR... b) Go with the high end DCC compatible coilovers from Bilstein and KW (B16 Damptronic , KW DDC) around 2200EUR. Personally, as a Sportline DCC owner that is after as much sharp handling as realistically possible I have so far gone with Eibach Pro-Kit springs on mine and despite the fact they brought an improvement especially in Sport mode which is far from too firm or uncomfortable (more like a Normal mode in a Golf R), I have realized that I am after yet more control. Plus the fact that MY19 and onwards do not store the drive setting and I have to manually switch to Sport mode every time I start the car in order to drive something that does not seem as it wants to start bouncing up n down at the first chance it gets, is becoming frustrating. As some may remember, a while ago there was a discussion as to how the B6 with DampTronic (DCC compatibility) was available for the Golf R but not for the Superb, many of us had assumed Bilstein just hadn't bothered due to low demand from Superb owners and that the Golf items would be compatible with the Superb too despite Bilstein not confirming it. Well it turns out that was only half true. Now that Bilstein has officially given the B6 DampTronic to the Superb too, the front shocks are the same as in the Golf, but the rear ones are different, it certainly took them a while. These new entries (circled in red) are what DCC owners should be after, they were not showing up a couple of months ago Quick internet search shows they can had for ~1000-1100EUR which i find a reasonable price when considering it's a variable damping, adjustable system that is fully compatible with the DCC OEM system. Reviews of them on the Golf GTI were very positive already so I can only imagine what transformation they will offer on the Superb. Very tempted to have a go at them next spring when the new "modding" season begins...

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