I need new shocks opinions please ?

[Davey J]

Re: I need new shocks opinions please ?

To be fair straight from the box I am stiff.

[Vinci]

Re: I need new shocks opinions please ?

Ahaand, you go soft later on too right?

LMFAO

[Davey J]

Re: I need new shocks opinions please ?

Sadly yes. The teenage days of permawood are well and truly gone.

[astradaryl]

Re: I need new shocks opinions please ?



Dam the stanchions on the b8's are massive !! Compared to the konis and kyb's I've had in the past

[Vinci]

Re: I need new shocks opinions please ?

Yep, that is their patented mono-tube upside-down damper system. That might explain their sick long break-in period.

[astradaryl]

Re: I need new shocks opinions please ?

it looks like a front folk off of my fireblade size wise, hopefully they will last a bit longer on the bumpy backroads of suffolk than the konis did.

[Vinci]

Re: I need new shocks opinions please ?

I would have more worries about the strut bearings than these mate. They are designed to be hammered day and night.

[astradaryl]

Re: I need new shocks opinions please ?

well the new billy b8's are on and i have another 12 months mot in the bag and even box fresh there still softer than the konis and feel alot better in the corners but then that wouldnt be hard when one of the konis was leaking.

cheers for the input i feel the right choice was made.

[man with astra,s]

Re: I need new shocks opinions please ?

well the new billy b8's are on and i have another 12 months mot in the bag and even box fresh there still softer than the konis and feel alot better in the corners but then that wouldnt be hard when one of the konis was leaking.

cheers for the input i feel the right choice was made.

how much was your b8,s i remember you saying you got them from demon tweeks

[astradaryl]

Re: I need new shocks opinions please ?

all in with postage and vat they came in at under £200 just for the front but i run mk3 gsi shocks i think the mk2 stuff was a bit cheeper

[Vinci]

Re: I need new shocks opinions please ?

Good one, and congrats on the MOT! Indeed they are often experienced as softer as the Koni dampers, but then again they are rockhard. I remember from the days I drove with the Konis that my car much more had the urge to bounce and loose traction whereas the Billies are much better at keeping traction at all times, while removing all unwanted movement very effectively. They do what they need to do and that is allow for a sick fast drivestyle.