What shocks for Gen 4? Not coilovers

[shav]

Read this. If you can get some billies, even if old, it's about the valving/programming of the damper. The billies are awesome once valved, much much better than stock gt, specB or tbSTi.

viewtopic.php?f=19&t=25981&p=371192#p371192

I wonder how many shocks out there have been programmed with the right stuff for our roads. Which is why the Shockworks coilovers sound so amazing, when in fact they can be just a midrange quality shock with the right "settings" to perform like a very good coilover down under.

Thanks for the link, would those specifications be good for any variant of the Bilsteins? as i currently got JDM bilsteins with eibach springs (not sure what model to be exact) but it has camber adjustment in the fronts, like coilovers! i have been planning to revalve them for awhile now, just didnt know how to.

Is that all the info i need to tell whomever is doing the revalving ect.?

P.S sorry for hijacking your thread Shav!

All good mate, Im interested to know that too.

[alexeiwoody]

Read this. If you can get some billies, even if old, it's about the valving/programming of the damper. The billies are awesome once valved, much much better than stock gt, specB or tbSTi.

viewtopic.php?f=19&t=25981&p=371192#p371192

I wonder how many shocks out there have been programmed with the right stuff for our roads. Which is why the Shockworks coilovers sound so amazing, when in fact they can be just a midrange quality shock with the right "settings" to perform like a very good coilover down under.

Thanks for the link, would those specifications be good for any variant of the Bilsteins? as i currently got JDM bilsteins with eibach springs (not sure what model to be exact) but it has camber adjustment in the fronts, like coilovers! i have been planning to revalve them for awhile now, just didnt know how to.

Is that all the info i need to tell whomever is doing the revalving ect.?

P.S sorry for hijacking your thread Shav!

Essentially that is all the info you need. Hopefully the person doing the revalve has experience with what works well. Actually you ask an excellent question!

The values for the compression/slow/fast/rebound is what you need. But the thing to remember as Sean metioned - the valving needs to match the spring rates. Since I have custom springs heavier than stock, if you're going to run different springs - my valving values won't work for you. So your best bet is to have someone who knows what they're doing put together the entire setup or match the valving to the spring rates.

I'll try to find out my rates in the meantime.