KYB dampers

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 8 Aug 2006, 7:47 pm

#519880

I have picked up a set of gas KYB 'silver' and a set of KYB 'black' (exterior colour) dampers for Beetle rear. Does anyone know the difference in rate/stiiffness etc?

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8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 8 Aug 2006, 8:44 pm

#519974

yep, one is stiffer than the other 😁

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5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 8 Aug 2006, 9:54 pm

#520044

yeah, that's because it's a different colour, right?!

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976 posts · joined Nov 2004 · 8 Aug 2006, 10:01 pm

#520053

When I picked mine up from Vintage, Im sure silver was hardest (stiffest) then black, then white. The KYB's in my fasty are the silvers and you know what they are like!

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5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 9 Aug 2006, 3:17 pm

#520324

Yeah, the silvers are good - but these blacks feel even stiffer when subjected to the 'squash on the driveway' test...?

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76bug Officially Full-On Dubber

215 posts · joined Feb 2005 · 9 Aug 2006, 3:48 pm

#520336

i got silvers in the front and blacks in the bac of my bug

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5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 9 Aug 2006, 7:42 pm

#520450

76bug wrote:i got silvers in the front and blacks in the bac of my bug

...because? So are the Blacks harder than Silvers?

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5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 4 Oct 2006, 11:46 am

#540849

anybody else know?

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1,611 posts · joined Jan 2006 · 4 Oct 2006, 2:08 pm

#540886

http://www.kyb.com.au/product.htm?http://www.kyb.com.au/pages/44.htm

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cesiumfrog Seriously Crusin Dubber

161 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 4 Oct 2006, 3:22 pm

#540897

i'm almost certain the silver/grey are the "softest" or least firm might be a better description
they are still to firm, or the valving dosn't suit ...they still jarr on sharp bumps like the earlier versions they produced.