NEW Öhlins coilovers

[the bruce]

THE ultimate suspension?

Öhlins has developed brand new coilovers:

Öhlins VWSMI10 :bow:

http://www.roadandtrackbyohlins.com...ws_201303_rt-auto_VW_golf_skoda_audi_web2.pdf

Spring rates of 70 N/mm on front and 60 N/mm on rear. Say somewhat stiffer
than usual (25 bis 45 N/mm), while being softer compared to most Clubsport
coilovers (70 bis 120 N/mm). Probably close to 2000,-- €.


BTW,
NO, this is NOT the already available damper kit !! :wink:

 

[Perpetuus]

Lol, and I JUST finished tweaking mine!

 

[ik1015]

When I made order through Ohlins USA on last December, Jeff said there was no plan, but it's coming..... No doubt kit would be superb!

Any pictures, Bruce!

 

[the bruce]

 

[Perpetuus]

So basically 400lb/in front and about 350lb/in rear, slightly stiffer than my H2S Ohlins at 350/350. But, I still have the articulating rear spring platforms

 

[the bruce]

385 + 330 lbs/in if I'm right

No need to worry if you're at 350.

 

[Perpetuus]

Correct me if I am mistaken, but I checked again quickly here with the online converter:

http://www.hraefn.net/projects/spring_rates.php

70 N/mm -> 399.7 lb/in
60 N/mm -> 342.6 lb/in

Even at 350 lb/in for my current setup, the ride quality is still very good, albeit with some extra harshness introduced from the camber plates.

 

[willems45]

Any info on price and when

 

[Autobahn]

any options for camber plates?

 

[the bruce]

Not refering to the news sheet.

 

[Slave IV]

Nice! But these are not the new Ohlins you want. From the looks of them, they are using a lower line of Ohlin dampers, which probably are not much better than some of the other coilovers out there (similar to the Stasis Ohlin SL kits they sold for later model A4's etc, Not the Motorsports).

FYI, PSI (Performance Shock) has developed a new Ohlin kit for our cars and this is what you want to go for for the ultimate suspension. It uses TTX dampers for the rear and external canister dampers for front (TTX up front would add significantly to price $6k+ just for the pair). Should look more like this:

Here is a teaser pic from testing on a TT-RS:

Kit will come with the camber plates that you see.

Don't have much other info as of yet but someone from PSI contacted me to let me know about their recent availability.

Contact PSI for more details: http://performanceshock.com/

 

[the bruce]

Thank for sharing the info. You want teaser pics?


Lamborghini Aventador factory fitted Öhlins struts via pushrods:

Evo X:

Audi R8 LMS:

 

[Slave IV]

Now, now...let's not get too overboard here.:wink:

But..Nice! The R8 setup looks like it may be the one PSI also developed.

 

[GTI_Speed]

Wow that's some sexy gear right there.

 

[the bruce]

From what I remember this must be M3 E92:

Porsche 997 GT3 front:

and rear:

two more, don't know if vehicle specific:

I also love these - PENSKE:

Some buy a complete new car for this money.