Shock absorbers Bilstein or Rancho

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4.1

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Bilstein

Rancho

Bilstein › Shock absorbers

Toonces348 29 Aug 2025, 03:40

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Rating 5.0

Bilsteins are hands down the best. Well worth the cost.

Pros: best performance, worth cost

Vehicle: Chevrolet Tahoe

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

Holiday_Ad_5445 19 Jun 2025, 08:55

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Rating 3.0

Bilstein B6 monotube shocks work only with stock ride height springs. With a chassis as light as the IS300, they’ll give you a much stiffer ride than the other options. Some drivers like it; but you may worsen traction on roads in poor condition. Comfort will similarly degrade. Their main advantages are that they won’t fade in prolonged aggressive driving and they last a long time.

Pros: won't fade, last long

Cons: stiffer ride, worsen traction, degrade comfort

Vehicle: Lexus