Whats yalls favorite shock for our 3rd gens? Ill be buying some new shocks. I had thought about going with a "drag" shock but I hear they suck for daily use.

what routes have yall gone?

 

depends what you are doing with the car.. list that.. then ask what are good..

drag racing?
auto cross?
open road racing?
daily driving?
car lowered?

 

I know this is a thirdgen forum...but there has to be a one "yall" limit...

I have Koni yellows. I also have very high spring rates. Great for handling. Sucks for drag racing and not a smooth caddy drive.

 

Thank you.

Im looking for something that wont suck at drag racing, but can still handle if its possible

 

Check out the Bilstein HDs. They are a good, all-around shock for the application you are describing. Slightly cheaper than the Konis as well.

 

Tokico illuminas, they adjust rebound and compresion with the ****. For the track set them to 1 they will be soft. for the street 2 or 3, firm ride handles bumps well. 4 or 5 if your looking to raise some hell.

 

Just personally, I don't care for the Tokicos. Koni or Bilsteins are good, I prefer Bilsteins. The cheapest most effective way to get around the rear shock problem is this. Buy shocks that will make your car corner well, before you got to the track, throw on your old worn out shocks. Got a freind you goes drag racin all the time, he says a worn pair of shocks work just as good as adj ones. Go home and throw on your good shocks and go to an auto cross. If you don't like the ride, but a cushier seat.

Ben

 

I think this is just what Im gonna do. Thing is my car has new "stock" springs on it.


Shocks are worn pretty good though

 

New stock springs are fine, if you lower the car you should look into lca brackets but at stock heighth you should be fine. Let us know what kinda numbers you put down. Good luck!

Ben

 

How about the Tokico high performance non-adjustable shocks? Are they good for a set of Hotchkis 1" drop springs? These are fair priced and the springs I'm buying are not too firm or too low.

 

My experience with Tokicos has been that when you first get em, your thirilled. They handle just as well as any bilstein or koni at first. My friend used em twice on his honda and both times after 6 weeks he felt like the sway was comin back. They are great out of the box but I just don't think they last. I've had my bilstein HDs on my car for almost a year now, they are still good and I drive pretty hard. If you can buy 2 sets of Tokicos for what a set of Bilstein or Koni cost than I'd say it's worth it. You get what you pay for. If you do get em though, tell us how they work out.

 

That sounds weird. What kind of suspension mods, beside the shocks, he had on his Honda?

 

Eibach pro kit, Eibach Swaybars, and now Konis. He also has a Magno flow cat back. It's a 1998 Accord, V6. Wieghs about the same as our cars. He drives very aggressively, a lot of late braking which I know is hard on the struts but I ride with him all the time, there was a noticeable difference between when he first put the tokicos on and two months later. Too much of difference IMO. But like I said, maybe the Camaro versions will be better. Try em out. I wouldn't mind knowing for sure, I just don't want to spend the money.