i found a pair of bilstein shocks on a car in a yard that looks decent, so should get some used bilsteins or just buy new kyb for the rear? which is better?

 

It depends what KYB shocks you would go with. IMO KYB is better than Bilstein. I would probably just get new ones anyway. You don't know how much they were used or how long they have been sitting on there. My .2

 

It may be worth it to take the time and take off the shocks at the yard. if they compress easy then you know not to get them.

PERSONALLY, i would just get new shocks. as already stated, you dont know the condition of the shocks ect...

 

I don't know any autoxer or racer who uses KYBs...Bilsteins yes. They can be rebuilt -that will cost almost as much as a new shock though!

 

the reason i ask such a question is that i have always heard bilstein are that much better then kyb, at least the gr2's. so i could get lucky and get decent used bisteins that will be better then the new kyb's for less money.

 

You have no way of knowing the shocks are any good though until they are mounted up or tested.

 

well, the bilstein have a lifetime warranty....hmmmm......maybe you could send them in and either get rebuilt or a new set???? don't know if you'd have to provide a receipt or not. worth the try! does the car have bilstein struts also??? the rear shocks are only 79.95 thru classic industries. however the struts are like 269.00

 

If you can get the bilsteins for a few bucks then it couldn't hurt to try them.

 

i figure if i can get them for a bucks, might get lucky and get some decent shocks cheap. is there an easy way to test these shock off the car to see if there there worth it? also do bistein shocks last longer them most shock or do they last 40,000-50,000 just like any other shocks?

 

Niether, save up your money would be my suggetion- but what do I know and its just my opinion.

 

If you're just using to car as a daily driver/weekend cruiser, than Bilsteins & KYBs will be fine. If you do any autox or do track lapping with it, save your money and get some real shocks like Koni Yellows. KYBs are good for 2000 lbs ricers, not 3300 lbs FBods. Bilstein would be my 2nd choice after Konis for some mild competition.

 

no junkyard would charge you more that $10 for a used pair of shocks

 

What I did was bought some used front bilstein struts and after about 3 years of driving on them, got them rebuilt for half the price of new ones. Total price including initial buy price was $200 and new they are $300.

 

For comparison, new Bilsteins at Autozone are $89.99 each for the rear shocks and $179.99 each for the front struts, as of 3 weeks ago when I bought mine.

 

BSN-F4B461121H0 is the PN from summit they go for $79.99 Free Shipping

 

just an update, i installed the used bilsteins, i compared the monroe shocks that were on the car, they looked pretty new, but i dont know for sure, but the bilsteins felt harder to compress and faster to expand, most importantly i did feel a difference, well worth $20 bucks

 

How do you recognize those Bilstein's anyway ? I've seen red shocks in the junkyards, those would be hmm Gabriel's ?

Which cars came with Bilstein's .. Iroc's and Z28's .. what about WS6's ??

 

bilsteins will be yellow and have a blue bilstein sticker, all of the above could come with bilsteins, but most didnt, also you can use 93-02 bilsteins also

 

93-02 ... the struts would fit as well ?


So basically .. look for blue and yellow shocks/struts ?

 

and the bilstein sticker.

93-02 rear shocks will fit, front struts will not.

 

it will be all yellow with a blue bilstein sticker

 

ok guess i'll start looking