It's not that Bilstein didn't get the Valving (not shock rates) right on these cars. It's the the set up that some people don't like.
The sport shocks and HD shocks have the same dampening curves. I have dyno plots to prove it.
The difference is that the sport shocks have a shortened body to allow for similar travel while being used with lowering springs.
The stock Bilstein valving has great low speed valving (the type that helps control body roll) but their high speep valving (bumps) is not as good as Koni. The advantage to the Bilsteins is that they are a little bit cheaper and you don't have to re-use stock housings like you do for the Koni inserts...
Too each their own.. The H&R spring Bilstein sport combo is a great budget friendly set up but if you're going for performance spend the extra money and go the Koni/ground control sleeve route...
Good luck! |