Does anyone have an opinion on whether the H&R #29591 springs work well with the Bilstein HD (heavy duty) shocks? I believe the Bilstein Sports shocks are too stiff.

I am thinking of getting Bilsteins to replace the H&R "Street Performance" coil overs that we have. As most of you know, we put 260k miles on these H&R shocks and they seriously need to get retired and put to pasture. I wasn't thinking of putting H&R's back on since, seriously, we're getting too darn old and want something slightly "softer".

From the H&R catalog, it appears that there are 4 versions of the #29591 set. #2 and #4 appear to be for the wagons. The ones below are for the sedans. Aside from the "980 kg" shown below, I don't know if this means the "spring rate".

Does anyone have a clue?

29591-1
A4 Quattro Lim./Sedan 4WD
Type B5, bis/up to 980 kg VA-Last/FA-weight
Years 11/94➝10/00
VA drop: 30-70 VA: 13 09 452-1/1 29591 VA1
HA drop: 20-60 HA: 13 59 462-2/1 29591 HA2 ZF105-040

29591-3
A4 Quattro Lim./Sedan 4WD
Type B5, bis/up to 169 kW, ab/from 981 kg VA-Last/FA-weight
Years 11/94➝10/00
VA drop: 30-70 VA: 13 09 452-2/1 29591 VA2
HA drop: 20-60 HA: 13 59 462-2/1 29591 HA2 ZF105-040