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