Got my bilsteins!, Any suggestions? Options

[FreddyTheOthaMea...]

Got my bilstein shocks/struts... What springs would ya'll recommend to compliment em?

[BonzaiCelica]

ok blistens are about the same price as kybs. actually about $2 cheaper than gr2. this is the place to get them. i only bought the front blisten inserts

http://www.shockwarehouse.com/index.cfm?mo...ected_year=1994

whole set of blisten touring shocks cost $344.50

whole set of kyb gr2 struts cost $295.22 the kyb are on a special right now till the end of this month. one the sale is over the price of both kyb and blisten will be around the same price. The shipping is free!!!

koni are just way to expensive just save up for some megan coilovers. trdproven has them and they have been working great for him. those cost about $950

just checked out horsepowerfreaks.com and koni's cost $812 plus shipping. Plus whatever springs you want $150-200. which is up to a grand plus if you need to replace the front or rear suspension mounts.

so just stay with kyb or blisten and then go for coilovers, or just get coilovers from the beggining. you can adjust everything on the megan coilovers....

[rj8807]

ok blistens are about the same price as kybs. actually about $2 cheaper than gr2. this is the place to get them. i only bought the front blisten inserts

http://www.shockwarehouse.com/index.cfm?mo...ected_year=1994

whole set of blisten touring shocks cost $344.50

whole set of kyb gr2 struts cost $295.22 the kyb are on a special right now till the end of this month. one the sale is over the price of both kyb and blisten will be around the same price. The shipping is free!!!

koni are just way to expensive just save up for some megan coilovers. trdproven has them and they have been working great for him. those cost about $950

just checked out horsepowerfreaks.com and koni's cost $812 plus shipping. Plus whatever springs you want $150-200. which is up to a grand plus if you need to replace the front or rear suspension mounts.

so just stay with kyb or blisten and then go for coilovers, or just get coilovers from the beggining. you can adjust everything on the megan coilovers....

Shox.com has good prices on Koni's, cheapest i've seen. Not to mention you can get either Eibach spring for just a little over what horsepowerfreaks.com charges just for the shocks. alot of their prices are fairly resonable.

I'm an autocross nut, most of my modifications have autocross (or "budget" autocross lol) in mind. Koni's are the baseline for stock class, and if you add your choice of spring rate on Ground Control sleeves, you have a set up that (in my opinion) would be more beneficial. Simultaniously adjust the rebound and bump stiffness on the shock, while ride height is adjustable, AND you have a spring rate that you choose and believe will suit your driving style (of course you can always just tell G.C. what kind of driving you are doing, and they will choose for you along with what kind of car you are driving). Some people believe that coilovers is the way to go and they do well with them (Tigawoods for example), some people believe otherwise. Look around enough and a Koni/G.C. set up is yours for less then $1000.
*again im not knocking coilovers, just voiceing my opinion

KYB's are said to be a great balance of ride quality and mild handling capabilities. Paired with a spring of your choice, it's not too shabby.

I've just heard that Bilsteins are fairly stiff for just a shock, but i guess it's almost the happy medium between KYB's ride quality and Koni's performance, though i havn't heard too much about the Bilstein performance, just ride quality lol