Shock Choice

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KYB's are not in the same league as Koni or Bilstein IMO. They are pretty bargain-bin shocks, rebound control is weak, and they lose their effectiveness VERY quickly. They are fairly stiff in compression which gives you the impression of a "performance" ride... but they are far from that in my experience. I used to run a set and was very, very dissatisfied with them.



If you buy springs in the 550# / 150# range the Hotchkis revalved Bilsteins are probably the best thing going for less than $100 per shock and were valved to work well with springs in that range.

Deuce_454 is also correct about the QA1's... inconsistent adjustments and they drift around a lot when they get some heat in them. I would avoid them.

I recently was given a set of Varishock QS2's in exchange for some work. I've had road course experience with them and I was pretty impressed given the price. The adjustments were solid and they remained consistent over 20 minute sessions. Once this rain clears up and Alston sends me the couple of missing crossbar hardware pieces (there was a mispacked hardware bag) I'll take my car for a spin...

You can get the single adjustables for about $150/ea and the double adjustables are about $300/ea.