Shock absorbers KONI or Sachs

I'm running the adjustable koni yellows on mine with the eibach lowering springs (1in drop in front, 1.25 in the rear I believe).

I went with Koni yellow adjustables front and rear.

If you are content with stock and just want to refresh, there are many options, but Sachs is a reliable stock brand for shocks.

When I lowered my Integra over 20 years ago, I knew I wanted quality stuff that would hold up, i.e. not lowering springs on stock shocks. I saved up and went with Koni Sport yellow adjustable shocks along with H&R Sport springs. Those shocks lasted me nearly 20 years and over 250k miles until I just replaced them with another set a couple years ago.

If it's your daily and you're looking to spend under $1k you'll want lowering springs and shocks, something like h&r sports with Koni str/orange or sport/yellows. That'll give you a good drop with a compliant ride for the street.

So first thing I ordered was a set of Koni sport shocks and struts. These were on sale for BF at $612 at Koni online store. When I drove the car home after it was unloaded I was glad I already had the shocks and struts as the steering was super light and twitchy, car did not know where it was going. After install the car was transformed, the Konis tightened up the steering and feel, car stays flat in the curves and feels more like a Porsche.

My independent shop installed Koni and they work well and adjust to the road conditions.

I had the pro-kit with Koni sports on a MKVI GTI and it was fantastic. Also had Koni Sports and Neuspeed springs on a MK3 Jetta way back in the day. Also fantastic.

Had one, an 850 Turbo wagon. Even with fancy Koni FSD shocks added, the thing still rode like a garbage truck and spirited cornering was a myth.. and still I loved that damn wagon.

Now I have discovered something interesting. I have twice had to remove one of the Sachs shocks because the stop clip came out of the groove in the piston. I figured I must have overtightened the nut on top and pushed it off, so I only finger tightened it the second time. It slipped again. I looked at the clip groove on the Sachs piston and was shocked to see that instead of being square cut like the Bilstein, it was taper cut which obviously stupid. There is no way this clip is going to stay put unless I am able to modify the groove to give it a ledge for the clip to rest on.