SM moving to Penske, here come the cheap Bilsteins

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05-27-2020, 03:43 PM

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We fixed the stuff that everyone complained about and obsoleted the shocks you bought last year.

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05-27-2020, 04:31 PM

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We fixed the stuff that everyone complained about and obsoleted the shocks you bought last year.

And then made the shocks more expensive by $100 each.

05-28-2020, 08:13 AM

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We fixed the stuff that everyone complained about and obsoleted the shocks you bought last year.

... which totally validates my decision to be cheap and run the Bilsteins until the last possible minute.

05-28-2020, 09:25 AM

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Single spring, NB tophat Xida Races suddenly look like a bargain again. Whodathunk.

05-28-2020, 11:54 AM

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Single spring, NB tophat Xida Races suddenly look like a bargain again. Whodathunk.

On one hand, I wish they had reached out to me when they were looking for candidates to replace the Bilsteins. We could have built a pretty badass little shock within their budget constraints with a big enough contract. On the other hand, I'm glad I didn't. That hypothetical SM Xida to might be a little too good a bargain and hurt Xida Race sales