Life Expectancy of standard Shocks

**DreadAngel** · 22-01-2013 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by ChaosMaster

Hmmm, well the Tein's drop 1.1"/0.7" so a fairly small drop by all means. Any recommendations for what dampers to go? I know Koni Yellow are very popular, but from what I've read, they seem to be fairly firm and cost nearly as much as basic coilovers. My mates say Monroe would do, although I've not really heard much about their quality yet.

Nah, Koni Yellow quite comfy imo...

Monroe is 'ok' but if you want a little 'sporty' feel to go with your car, definitely Koni...

If you want to lay back in comfort and save yourself some money cause you don't care about cornering performance, go the Monroe [GT if I'm correct?]

**ChaosMaster** · 22-01-2013 07:03 PM

Yeah, seems like H-Tech are the go. Might keep the stock shocks until they die (seems like I can get at least another 100 000km out of them) then decide then, but had an Evo8 so I'm kinda fed up with firm ride and road noise.

**Daveho1** · 23-01-2013 04:38 AM

keep in mind that not all coilovers are crazy hard, i drove a dc2 the other day with pedders coilovers and it was like driving on a matress and the coilovers whernt old but the constant threat of litteraly bouncing off the road was a bit much for me....

**curtis265** · 23-01-2013 11:15 AM

pedders o.0?

**ChaosMaster** · 23-01-2013 02:46 PM

From memory, Pedders made their own springs, but not the shocks, which are just rebadged.

**dougie_504** · 23-01-2013 10:12 PM

What brand of shocks do they rebadge?

**DreadAngel** · 24-01-2013 01:08 AM

I thought they were rebadged BCs?

**aaronng** · 24-01-2013 06:49 AM

Originally Posted by Daveho1

keep in mind that not all coilovers are crazy hard, i drove a dc2 the other day with pedders coilovers and it was like driving on a matress and the coilovers whernt old but the constant threat of litteraly bouncing off the road was a bit much for me....

If they were bouncy, then the shocks were not working!