New shocks- Koni or Bilstein?
It's time to change out my shocks and I'd like some feedback on folks' experience with Koni vs Bilstein shocks. What have you noticed about ride quality? How have they held up? Some older revi...
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Desert Captain wrote:
...installing the Bilstein's is a serious PITA. I took the coach to a commercial truck repair center for the install... getting the fronts compressed sufficiently try to permit the install was a serious struggle...
I had to drop the front springs on our E450 out to install an upgraded front axle. When I found out how easy it is, to drop them out and put them back (no compression tool or anything like that!), I decided I'd drop the springs to change the front shocks. This does two things:
1. Gets Spring away from Shock. Then, it's easy to "fish" a wrench up inside the fender well to hold the top nut, and use another wrench on the hex part of the shaft to take apart/reassemble. If the spring's still there, next to the shock, that wrench has almost zero turn room.
2. It makes the lower mounting pin easier to slip the shock onto, and allows the shock to be a little more extended during installation.
