Really appreciate you guys sharing the data and such a useful fact! B16s are off my future suspension upgrade list now
This is how were are seeing it. Bilstein's website specifically states for this exact kit (part number 49-255874), "These kits offer monotube performance dampers with matched springs..." Bilstein 49-255874. Which would make sense why the valve only controls rebound. But yes you are reading that correctly. The compression remains consistent while the rebound changes. Take a look back on the shock dyno results back in this thread
Will you/tractive be releasing coilovers for this platform? I see some listed in the tractive catalog but no pricing or compatibility with the non-standalone controller mentioned.
We will be releasing the Tractive/DSC Sport Coilover kit for the entire MQB platform soon. We already have the kit in house. We just need to finish up some valving for the set to get it perfect.
Glad to hear. I wanted to share some data we found surprising. No intentions to talk down on a product. I figured we can share the data and people can take it for what its worth to them.
I appreciate this. I've gone through 4 different suspension iterations now and I haven't been happy with any of them. My current setup is dcc delete + standard b16 and it's painful on the street while way too soft for the track. My racecar runs springs 3 times stiffer than the b16 with a kwv3 custom valved setup and it's far more competent and comfortable than the b16 on my gti, especially at speed. I plan to go back to the stock dcc dampers since the performance from them was perfectly fine before, just various springs and coilover sleeves didn't fit the full length properly and had no room for a helper spring.
I was hoping for the same thing for B4 Damptronics, but I have never seen anybody mention them. Always B6+, Damptronics or standard dampers, haha. Seems to me like B6 is much more common than B16 but those that are more serious about their suspension are, I assume, more likely to be looking at the B16's.
