Shock absorbers Bilstein or KONI

All I got with my Bilstein TC Sport shocks which are amazing btw were the nut and washer to actually bolt them in. I thought my bushings were shot but they were actually fine and I ended up not using most of the suspension install kit I got from kermatdi.

I love my Bilstein TC Sport shocks. They are better than what even brand new mustangs have on them... Anyways the shocks and good springs will make your Jetta handle better than almost all the cars on the road and when on freeways or highways you will not even notice that your going 40% faster than you thought.

Suspension was also changed from the cheap coilovers to bilsteins with eibach springs, ride is much better now.

But we also bled the brakes and I removed the extremely warped front lip with the useless fog light cutouts.

I plan the same, had Bilsteins on my Mazdaspeed3 and loved them. B6 are designed for stock ride height, sounds like that's what you're aiming for.

I opted to go w/the following: Golf R springs (euro wagon rears form E-ACCA), Koni Special Actives, Golf R bumpstops. I have about 5K on the setup, and absolutely love it. The tire-to-wheel cap is around 38mm front and rear, and there's very little sag with a loaded boot.

I have OEM GTI fronts / Golf R rear springs, and Bilstein B6 rear shocks. I love this setup, it has a rear bias so it turns nicely, still comfortable, vastly better than the oem setup. A full GTI setup works well IF you use with those B6 rear shocks, otherwise the damping feels too light.

Based on the information learned from 40+ pages of reading in that thread, I just installed Koni Yellows and Neuspeed Sport springs on mine. It is now a totally different car. I had been running stock dampers with VWR springs for the last 3 years (zero improvement in handling with VWR springs by the way). The konis are damped / valved nice and taut without being harsh.

Currently running KONI yellow shocks and he sport springs, all poly bushings in the rear, Rs3 and TTRS in the front. Also running Passat spindles and control arms and a rear sway bar from Neuspeed with a UM haldex tune. My car weighs 3000lbs and I can tell you it is about as good as it gets handling wise.

Ok, got the front Koni Yellow's on and have driven on them maybe 20mi set on minimum setting and car road very nice not really any difference from the 180K H&R's I took off other than I did notice improvement when worn rears were replaced.