difference between black and yellow bilstein shocks?

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daveyw
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Post Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:34 pm

i have black bilsteins on my touring and yellow ones on my donor car. is there a difference? (apart from the colour wise asses)
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Post Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:10 pm

i think the black ones are standard shocks and the yellow are uprated,stiffer and shorter. might be wrong though so wait and see if i get shot down in flames winkeye
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Post Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:23 pm

Black are oil, Yellow are Oil/Gas.

Depending on their part numbers they maybe shorter stiffer.

Andrew