Originally posted by mcgainer:
For my BMW...Bilstein offers 3 levels...moving up from near stock to sport:

Touring
Heavy Duty
Sport

Now if its really their "Touring Class"...that's one up from a stock setting...


http://www.shox.com/appguide/shoxshop/productsdisplay.php





In Europe, I believe, the three levels are C, HD, and S, where C is for Comfort. Over on the AlfaBB, a lot of them run HD's on their Milano's, because that's the stiffest available, even though on some Bilstein sites, they don't recommend lower springs with anything but the S. (Higher-end lines exist, but are custom coilover fitments...) Also, the "Sprintline" series is not a strut, but their most "economical" lowering kit.

The TC is a fairly new animal, I think, and so probably doesn't fit in the C-HD-S continuum. I'm not sure where it lies. Lots of VW guys running TC's with lower springs, and they do have a shortened shaft...

I'm getting a sense that these are an "economy" strut aimed at the tuner crowd, but "economy" in the Bilstein sense of the word. As in, that's a good thing.

Function before fashion. '96 Contour SE "Toss the Contour into a corner, and it's as easy to catch as a softball thrown by a preschooler." -Edmunds, 1998