How does a Bilstein Shock Absorber work?

Ever wonder how a Bilstein works? In this classic video from our archives, Director of Marketing Kevin O'Keefe clearly explains the construction and performance advantages of our monotube design. Join us at / bilsteinus to stay up-to-date with our latest racing and product news!

[@baca262]

damn! i'd never expect the oil to aerate that much!

[@pipus4444]

my WV golf has bilstein high performance shocks and i would never change for anything else . great stuff!

[@remhunter2]

The 'ei' sound in most Germanic languages is the long vowel sound 'i'. It's technically Bil-shtyne, but honestly, I don't think anyone is checking.

[@gesroner]

San Diego on the map! Classic vid!

[@phuturephunk]

fluid dynamics!

[@damnednation23]

@bcatz454 most people (especially americans) say it that way. Bilstein is a German company though, so to follow in the german language ei=ie in english and ie=ei respectively. Thus, "die" in german is pronounced "dee", or (more relative to the subject matter) "stein" is pronounced as "stine".

[@golferchin76]

i think it is a good muscle building equipment

[@minisown]

its hisenburg and jesse at 0.31 secs!

[@eddson11]

@damnednation23 I never got if it was german or swedish before xD scince bil is car in swedish and stein is like a german ending to a lastname xD

[@dieselscience]

Rhymes with 'Einstein.'

[@seapeddler]

The rubber bellows offer no protection to the rod plunger. Like a CPU, a shock should have a dual or quad core, etc. This would allow extremely heavy loads. We'll leave it to Ron Jeremy to decide which shock is better. Bilstein or Monroe.

[@Helo735]

This is the same concept Honda uses in their shocks.

[@onlygodknows7]

Those glasses tho

[@bcatz454]

I thought it was bil-steen

[@cvhjwykfv]

lol used to call it bliss-ten