Her69fastback 4 Report post Posted January 5 I’ve been looking at Bilstein shocks. The suspension is stuck on the car. Just looking for better shocks. The shocks on the car are ok just looking for better ones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mach1 Driver 596 Report post Posted January 6 Bilstein's are gas shocks. I found this video interesting- Mike Eaton who makes springs talks about springs and shocks. He mentions shocks at around 5:20 and 17:00, but the whole thing is worth viewing: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silverjade 35 Report post Posted January 11 I agree with this. Put gas shocks on a stock '68 that I owned years ago and the ride quality just plain disintegrated to the "buckboard" quality that they mention on the video. JIM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,241 Report post Posted January 12 I know next to nothing about shocks, but many folks over on VMF love their Bilstein shocks. Shaun from Street or Track says the Bilsteins he (and Opentracker) sells have valving designed for our Mustangs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Conway 270 Report post Posted January 12 The 'YouTube' video at 17:00 has a brief blurb about shocks. What I got out of the discussion was that hydraulic shocks are to be preferred over gas shocks. If so, that should limit the selection by quite a bit? Brian Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smh00n 90 Report post Posted January 12 I've been told that gas shocks are good for high demand use - where the piston is moving rapidly as the suspension moves such as in motor racing. The gas does not heat as fast as oil does. But the benefit is not seen with road use as they are not worked that hard. Probably opinion #3,597 of a gazillion but. I put Koni adjustables on mine mid-last year. They were on sale and about 25% cheaper then Bilstein which is why I bought them. Can't compare the old ones, they were 2 dollar shop items, but I find the ride a bit hard on the road, and doesn't 'soak' up the bumps like a modern car, but does hit them. They have been set to roughly half way on the adjustment scale. I have not really changed the settings on the front, but did dial up the rear to stop axle tramp. When I get motorvation I'll change the settings but you have to pull them out to adjust them so the fronts are not enticing. Our roads down here are probably rougher than US roads, especially main roads, and the KYB adjustable are a no-no here, for what that's worth. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maxum96 32 Report post Posted January 14 I've never thought shocks made that much difference on a street car. I never saw any reason to put expensive shocks on a car. I just got rid of my antique KYB gas shocks and dropped the coin on a set of QA1 coil overs on the front, and stock style on the rear. I primarily did this as I wanted coil overs on the front to be able to adjust the ride height. What a difference the QA1 shocks made in the ride quality! No longer did it feel my teeth were being rattled out of my head. The other great thing on the QA1 shocks is that they're adjustable with just the turn of a knob. I have the single adjustable shocks versus the double adjustable versions. 1 RPM reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Her69fastback 4 Report post Posted January 15 Do you have a part # by chance? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
