Shock absorbers Bilstein or Monroe

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Bilstein › Shock absorbers

EngineerSafet 28 Aug 2025, 21:45

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Rating 5.0

bilsteins are the best. if I did it over again, I would use bilsteins but they were 3 times the cost

Pros: best performance

Cons: expensive

Vehicle: Chevrolet Suburban

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

Jumpierwolf0960 28 Aug 2025, 20:52

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Rating 5.0

You should go with bilstein 6112 in the front and 5100 in the rear. You can do 5100s in the front if you are budget limited. The pistons in the 6112 are thicker and drive a lot smoother.

Pros: smoother drive, thicker pistons

Vehicle: Lexus

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

yesrod85 28 Aug 2025, 20:23

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Rating 5.0

Go Bilstein 5100 soft (no added weight rating) with zero lift.

Pros: soft ride, zero lift

Vehicle: Lexus

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

MarketCapitalist 28 Aug 2025, 19:16

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Rating 5.0

the car ride like a dream, the difference is night and day.

its very planted on the road before it was like a boat on fast turns, and i didn't even change the front shocks yet.

Pros: planted on the road

Cons: shocks were completely dead

Vehicle: Mitsubishi Pajero

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

WTFpe0ple 17 Aug 2025, 15:34

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Rating 5.0

I just did my friends Jeep this last week. Bilstein 4100. Anyways he says it ride's and drives like it did new again.

Pros: rides like new, drives like new

Vehicle: Jeep Wrangler

Mileage: 114000 km

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

THEMATRIX-213 16 Aug 2025, 14:46

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Rating 5.0

Ride is amazing.

Pros: amazing ride quality

Vehicle: Toyota

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

BigBry36 15 Aug 2025, 15:06

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Rating 4.0

Bilstien shocks are designed for off-road and to keep you on the ground at higher speeds. I love Bilstein.

Pros: good for off-road, stable at high speeds

Cons: less comfortable ride

Vehicle: Toyota

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

Puzzleheaded_Disk700 14 Aug 2025, 16:50

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Rating 4.5

Bilsteins, they don't ride like anything else.

Pros: unique ride quality

Cons: expensive

Vehicle: Toyota

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

VK56xterraguy 19 Jun 2025, 16:27

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Rating 3.0

I would call it seeping more than leaking. These Bilsteins do that. Look at the grease/dirt under the spring.

Cons: seeping more than leaking

Monroe › Shock absorbers

Sketchyfart 30 Sep 2025, 14:18

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Rating 1.5

Just put those same ones on my 96 f250 and they're soft AF.

Cons: too soft

Vehicle: Ford

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