Mr.Matchbox

Install was super easy. Dont let anybody tell you that you have to remove the fuel pipe, with the right combination of socket and extension you can remove the nuts wich hold the rear drive side strut. Just bend the rubber cover away with the ratchet. See picture. You need a Spring compressor to remove the top hats and reuse them, but you dont need to much pressure on the springs. Feeld super safe.
The good thing about the B16 is that you can adjust the damping until you feel fine. I am on click 4 (Soft side) from 9 possible.
Get a allignement and "Clock the bushings" afterwards ASAP.

Only drawback is that it looks akward, the car sits much higher on the front when installed the B16 with max. height adjusted. But hey, you can adjust it...

rsq2_15

Very nice. And super helpful. Thank you. I'm a weekend warrior mechanic though. I can follow youtube and do a lot of my own work. What does it mean to "clock the bushings" though? Sorry if a noob question. I are one..

cosmomiller

Do you have a picture of how the car sits? If you lowered your front would it be just like stock? I believe I understand the B16s will result in an inch lower without any intentional lowering adjustment.

B serious

You have to loosen up all the pivoting bushing bolts and the re-tighten them with the car sitting at its new ride height.

Mr.Matchbox

Here you go, B16, max. height adjusted:





Problem is, living in Germany, i have to obey our traffic laws and rules. I am only allowed to adjust the height as given by Bilsten in the instructions and the german TUV approval.
But, yes, i could lower the front .

Car Analogy

FYI, spring compressor not required for our stock shocks.

When tophat nuts reach last thread, there is a very slight amount of spring compression remaining. Very slight. No kick or jump, just a bit of pressure on last thread.

You can also install stock springs without spring compressor. Just put body weight on top hat as you get nuts started.

Its really a two person job, simply bc need more than two hands. But CAN be done alone, just frustrating and time consuming and requires a bit of strength.

Car Analogy

Regarding multiple adjustable suspension, unless you are suspension tuning expert or willing to invest time and effort to become one, its far more likely you'll wind up with suspension that performs much worse than simpler suspension with minimal adjustments (and worse than stock).

Plus you'll be driving on crappy suspension until you figure it all out.

More adjustments just means more ways to get it all wrong.

Mr.Matchbox

Thanks for the clarification. I explored that i didnt need much tension on the spring compressor. I was using the spring compressor because "Better be safe than Sorry".

Mr.Matchbox

Correct. 95% of motorcycle riders are helpless and lost with adjusting their shocks and forks. Up to 30 Clicks each for rebound and compression (Compression sometimes additional divided into low and high speed) + spring preload adjusting for rider weight...