PSS9 Failure? Selling RS6

[yodavemac]

Has anyone has PSS9's fail or bend on their RS6? So far I have bent the "U" shaped lower mounting bracket on both fronts and blown both rears + one of the new fronts. To date Bilstein has been accommodating by replacing all (expect the newly blown front which I discovered yesterday), but I'm getting frustrated having to continually swap these things out.

Is there anything better out there? Another Bilstein model or another brand with a lower failure rate?

Anyone want to buy an RS6? 72k, timing belt and major service just done, Black/black, PSS9, H-Sport sway, APR ECU, 19" OZ Ultraleggera's, great transferable warranty to 100k / 2013. Garaged, CA car. Have all OEM parts.

[ben916]

There were some issues/failures with PSS9's in the early days of the RS6 and IIRC, the PSS10's came out - as a possible replacement/upgrade?!?!?


Where are you located besides CA? Kind of a big state... :)

[JSRS6]

I have the pss9's. Havent had any issues with them so far, been on about a year now. There was a member up northeast that had this same problem once, and he got a replacement. Havent heard from him in a long time. Dahbo was the guy.

[JSRS6]

Found it:

http://www.rs6.com/showthread.php/21369-Front-shock-replacment-anyone-have-a-how-to?highlight=bilstein

[hahnmgh63]

Any chance the bottom was bolted on and tightened down while the car was in the air and the suspension drooping? The bottom bolt should only be on finger tight then the car lowered and then torqued down to specs so it doesn't have a pre-load (twist) set into it.

[yodavemac]

I'm in Sausalito, just across the bridge from San Francisco.

I notice you mention Frozen rotors and EBC pads...are the rotors less expensive than OE? How do they work? Do the pads squeal?

[speedtrapped]

Frozen rotors are a treatment done to the rotor, as I have- I think Ben bought new EOM and sent them out. The process is submerging them in liquid nitrogen over and over for a couple of days-rearranges the molacules such that the rotor is much harder then stock, hence makes rotor wear slower. I have had EBC redstuff on several cars, there is some squealing intitially, but breaking in period eliminatesm that.

[V8weight]

No squeal with the Hawk HPS pads.......

[join9527]

How do they work? Do the pads squeal?????????
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