Shock absorbers Bilstein or KONI

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539

649

4.2

Body bounce

4.0

Bottoming

4.1

Leaks

2.7

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PartReview Score

Rank #2 in ranking

627

224

266

4.2

Body bounce

4.1

Bottoming

4.1

Leaks

2.9

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Bilstein › Shock absorbers

autosurgeon 13 Apr 2025, 01:20

Bottoming:

Rating 5.0

Love my Bilstein 5100s with my 4.5 inch lift. They have been on it for 5 years now and still do the job in ten sand dunes. No shock fade. Yes on road they are abrupt compared to your parts store junk like Monroe.

Pros: no shock fade

Cons: abrupt on road

KONI › Shock absorbers

Ohforgawdamnfucksake 12 Apr 2025, 11:14

Body bounce:
Bottoming:

Rating 5.0

Highly recommend Koni shock absorbers, they are amazing on corrugations, can sit on 100km/h easily.

Pros: amazing on corrugations, stable at speed

Vehicle: Toyota HiAce

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

Suitable-Warning-555 10 Apr 2025, 10:59

Rating 4.0

I use Bilstien on my truck

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

SE_Cycling_Routes 7 Apr 2025, 16:54

Body bounce:

Rating 4.5

Bilstein B4 are good. B6 are better.

Pros: good performance, improved performance

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

HuntsmanR6 6 Apr 2025, 20:33

Body bounce:

Rating 4.0

My main goal adding the Bilsteins was to correct the sloppy ride of the stock rancho shocks.

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

HuntsmanR6 6 Apr 2025, 13:47

Rating 5.0

Hello everyone, I just recently had my stock Rancho shocks replaced with Bilstein 5100s front and rear.

KONI › Shock absorbers

goatpanda 5 Apr 2025, 12:47

Body bounce:

Rating 4.5

I've been running stock springs with Koni Special Actives and an 034 rear sway bar on the softer setting. The Koni's have been perfect for my goals, but I do wish for slightly stiffer springs.

Pros: perfect for my goals

Cons: wish for stiffer springs

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

Belthasar 5 Apr 2025, 02:41

Body bounce:

Rating 4.0

The Golf R springs with Bilstein B6 dampers did moderately lower the wagon's body roll and, paradoxically, not really negatively affect ride quality from what I can tell.

Pros: lower body roll

Cons: turn in isn't as sharp

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Mileage: 53000 km

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

fredobandito 17 Jun 2024, 21:15

Body bounce:

Rating 3.0

I replaced everything on my front suspension at 150,000. Went with Bilstein B4s, but I wasn't super happy with them when they were new. They're well-damped, but ride on the stiff side.

Pros: well-damped

Cons: ride on the stiff side, not super happy

Vehicle: Volkswagen Passat B7

Mileage: 150000 km