Shock absorbers Bilstein or FOX

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4.2

Body bounce

4.0

Bottoming

4.1

Leaks

2.7

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Rank #6 in ranking

4.3

Body bounce

4.0

Bottoming

4.2

Leaks

1.0

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Bilstein

FOX

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

Njvagguy 9 Sep 2024, 13:06

Rating 5.0

Just put in some new Bilsteins last week.

Pros: new Bilsteins

Vehicle: Volkswagen Jetta

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

Ok-Competition-2699 7 Sep 2024, 23:19

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Rating 4.0

I went with Blistens 6112s and 5161s and have been pleased. A nice compromise between price and ride quality.

Pros: nice ride quality

Cons: compromise on price

FOX › Shock absorbers

outta_time11 1 Sep 2024, 03:49

Rating 5.0

I put Foxes on about 1500 miles ago, they’ve been great so far. It’s all about the driving you do - I’m 100% on road, so they work for me.

Pros: they’ve been great

Mileage: 2414 km

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

gekkoman150 29 Aug 2024, 07:17

Leaks:

Rating 4.0

My Bilstein shocks have 300k km

On them and no leaking or anything, just a torn dust guard

Pros: no leaking, long lasting

Cons: torn dust guard

Mileage: 300000 km

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

BigDinkyDongDotCom 26 Aug 2024, 15:32

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Rating 5.0

Bilstein 5100’s are great

Pros: are great

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

VOODOOPLAY 24 Aug 2024, 22:27

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Rating 5.0

I put on some Bilstein shocks and they were still good 15 years later when I swapped them out with new ones after redoing the entire suspension to add some lift.

Pros: long lasting, good for 15 years

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

Apprehensive_Try3925 21 Aug 2024, 02:02

Rating 5.0

I have bilstein B6 straight from IPD. I enjoy them!

Pros: I enjoy them

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

shortybdub 18 Aug 2024, 01:44

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Rating 5.0

I chose the sport suspension version of the B4s. The B4s give a very controlled ride without the stiffness of a B6 or B8, even with the lowered sport suspension versions and the Pro-kits.

Pros: very controlled ride

Cons: lowered suspension

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

wrx8888 26 Jan 2024, 15:16

Rating 3.0

I put in 5100’s and wished I had spent the extra few hundred bucks for the 6112’s.

Cons: should have bought 6112’s

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

joaoqrafael 25 Aug 2023, 11:24

Body bounce:

Rating 2.0

My E36 always sat higher after starting to use Bilstein shocks. Did NOT replace springs. B4 first and B6 after. Definitely over-damped, car almost disregards the springs and runs on shocks alone.

Cons: car sat higher, over-damped ride

Vehicle: BMW

Mileage: 200000 km