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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j-d wrote:
Bilstein used to offer "heavy duty" and "comfort" versions of their shocks for Class C.
Did you look at that? If so, which did you get?
Good question regarding heavy duty versus comfort Bilstein versions.
I was faced with those same mutually exclusive shock damping methods when I reshocked the rears in our Class C.
What is needed varies by changing road surface and travel conditions. When I found out that race cars sometimes used high tech expensive shock systems that automatically adjusted between various damping rates in real time ... I looked for the same approach in an affordable RV shock.
The only one I could find that was also affordable was the Koni FSD shock. I had to contact Koni and wait a couple of years before they finally offered a version for the Ford E350 and E450 cutaway van chassis used in Class C motorhomes.
What I wound up with was a self-adjusting shock that automatically - in real time - adjusted to stiff for sway control and adjusted to soft for roadway cracks and potholes.
