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That sounds about right. My Bilsteins, after 40+K miles, have finally
lost most of their initial stiction/tightness, and the ride is quite
acceptable, IFF the tires are at the absolute correct right pressure. Too
much and it's too harsh, too little and it's way too rude, as the dampers
never see enough velocity to achieve their lower-damping (for bumps) mode.
This tire pressure window has, over time, grown to about 1.2 psi, but when
the Bs were new it was much smaller; the tires' pressure had to be within
1/4 psi of optimal for the Bilsteins to start to work their magic.
There seems to be much confusion as the the action/effects of sway bars.
They only (try to) keep one wheel of an axle from going up/down without the
other. This reduces body roll in turns, but also the independentness of
the suspension -- now when one wheel moves up/down the other wants to
follow.
So the effect (change in ride qual w/new bars) will be different depending
upon whether the bump in the road affects one side of the car or both.
(BTW, the exception to how sway bars work is provided by volvo in their
mal-named "sport suspension" (at least in '95) when the bar was not allowed
to freely pivot in its bushings, making it a sway bar AND a torsion bar
[ie, a spring].)
- Dave; '95 854T, 106K mi
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