Bilstein b4 shocks any good?

[seanw]

Hi folks. I have a 2004 fabia vrs and I'm thinking of doing an overhaul of the suspension. 

 

I have owned the car almost 5 years and have covered 70k (just over 200k on the clock now) and the only work the suspension has had is cupra console bushings when I bought it and 2 sets of drop links along the way. 

 

Just wondering has anyone used these b4's before and what are they like?

They seem reasonably cheap on ebay (have yet to price local motor factors)

 

Any help or advice appreciated 

Sean

[Damian@DPM]

Bilstein don't actually list the B4 dampers for the Fabia 6Y VRS model as they're a little longer than standard.

 

Damian @ DPM Performance 

[seanw]

Cheers Damian. Guess they are just for the standard pd 100 then even if the seller has them listed for the vrs.

 

Any idea of what other options/prices I'm looking at?

 

[duck]

Kellaway has fitted B4's with standard and lowered springs without issue, page 4 of his project thread:

 

 

[ricardo_smooth]

Got them on mine and they handle great. then again my rear shock had collapsed lol.

 

I'm still happy with them though

[seanw]

Are you running standard vrs springs?

[sepulchrave]

12 hours ago, seanw said:

Hi folks. I have a 2004 fabia vrs and I'm thinking of doing an overhaul of the suspension. 

 

I have owned the car almost 5 years and have covered 70k (just over 200k on the clock now) and the only work the suspension has had is cupra console bushings when I bought it and 2 sets of drop links along the way. 

 

Just wondering has anyone used these b4's before and what are they like?

They seem reasonably cheap on ebay (have yet to price local motor factors)

 

Any help or advice appreciated 

Sean

 

I have them on my 1.4 with Eibach springs and they're terrific for the money, think OEM+ quality.

[retro]

I have them on my vrs with standard springs and they are brilliant. Buy a pair of top mounts too as no doubt they will be knackered as well.

 

I did mine without removing the driveshafts from the hub but it would have been so much easier if I had a bit hex 36mm socket to remove the hub nut.

 

http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/tools/sockets-accessories/laser-air-impact-deep-socket-36mm-1-2drive

 

 

[seanw]

I will be doing ball joints,  both wishbone bushings, track rod ends, drop links and top mounts