suspension ?

[halej]

Looking at kW ddc ECU , or bilstein b16 ride control.. Big price difference, but I would like to know difference from personal experience?


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[halej]

OR is the KW V3 just plenty for my B8.5?


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[mintytoo]

What are you looking to do? And what are you looking for?

A drop? Or just adjustable comfort/suspension.

Are you going to track it? Autocross? hot laps, drag racing?

[halej]

What are you looking to do? And what are you looking for?

A drop? Or just adjustable comfort/suspension.

Are you going to track it? Autocross? hot laps, drag racing?

Definitely gonna track it and drag...I like a nice stance but also like to drive in the snow so I like the adjustable height..


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[halej]

Definitely gonna track it and drag...I like a nice stance but also like to drive in the snow so I like the adjustable height..


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I want that race car suspension but I don't wanna take the comfort adjustment away


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[mintytoo]

I want that race car suspension but I don't wanna take the comfort adjustment away


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So you want stiff and comfortable at the same time? Lol

[halej]

So you want stiff and comfortable at the same time? Lol

I wish, but I do want it to be adjustable to the track and be able to switch it for a ride with the family, also have the height adjustment for driving in snow..


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[will13k7]

pss10 ftw

[halej]

pss10 ftw

Bilstein ride control? Why do you say?


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[will13k7]

Bilstein ride control? Why do you say?

because this:

Definitely gonna track it and drag...I like a nice stance but also like to drive in the snow so I like the adjustable height..

PSS10 is the manually adjustable one (10 settings, 1-10, soft-to-stiff). setting '5' is very family friendly and better than OEM IMO, settings 7-10 are great for the canyons or track. you just reach under the car to adjust it. The Bilstein ride control is button push, but it just has two settings, comfort and sport. Someone mentioned sport is about '6' if compared to the PSS10s. '6' is definitely not ideal for track work, unless you can program sport to be '10' instead of '6' somehow.

[halej]

So they have the same performance as the ride control push of a button,it just needs to be done manually


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[will13k7]

yep, not a bad write up here: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=270940 lots more if you google "bilstein ride control vs pss10".

[DBFL]

I wouldn't get the KW DDC set. The spring rate of the rear springs is incorrect for our cars. The rear end of my car is a bit bouncy no matter what I set the damping to. Also, I've just started having a problem where the control box is overheating. Plus it shows an error on one of the shocks (rapid blinking light o the control box) yet the shock works fine. When I called KW to see what a rapid blinking green light meant (it's not mentioned in the literature) they said they had no idea. Their technical support people are unknowledgeable and quite worthless.

I have no experience with other setups, but stay away from KW.

[halej]

I wouldn't get the KW DDC set. The spring rate of the rear springs is incorrect for our cars. The rear end of my car is a bit bouncy no matter what I set the damping to. Also, I've just started having a problem where the control box is overheating. Plus it shows an error on one of the shocks (rapid blinking light o the control box) yet the shock works fine. When I called KW to see what a rapid blinking green light meant (it's not mentioned in the literature) they said they had no idea. Their technical support people are unknowledgeable and quite worthless.

I have no experience with other setups, but stay away from KW.

Did you install the kit that fools the oem thinking original shocks are still in place so no check engine light comes on?


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[DBFL]

Did you install the kit that fools the oem thinking original shocks are still in place so no check engine light comes on?


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I don't have the factory adaptive suspension.

[RyanJon]

There's a bloke in the s5 section from the uk that has run both setups and strongly recommends the kw over the bilstein. I've seen another thread on it on here somewhere but I'm no good at searching

[halej]

Thanks for all your help, gonna wait till spring for this big purchase.


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