Suspension Improvements - Best Order

pnichols wrote:

OFDPOS wrote:
Here is a blog about porpoising and you can feel good because it talks about the koni's FSD shock.

http://blog.goodsam.com/porpoising-what-it-is-and-how-to-stop-it

Like another post I said the Koni's helped with the slam over the bridge joints and major cracks in the road.
BUT so did the Bilstein's and had I gone with them I'd have close to $300 in my pocket.
The place where I had my alignment done stated how the koni's were designed to work as you described...Rebound BUT I'll take a front end NOT diving down every time I hit a dip in the road over the uneasy feeling of the knoi's .. They sell both the Bilstein's and Koni's But I think they were a little bias, the co-owner was wearing a jacket with a koni patch on it... lol

I'll leave the koni's on the rear, but I see in the near future swapping the konis FSD's out for Bilstein's in the front..

I read the article in the link you gave above and it did speak highly of the Koni FSD shocks.

The article also stated that porpoising seems to be more predominate in short motorhomes ... which is exactly what I have ... but for some reason I've never noticed any of this effect that is described in the article.

What I did notice was the pounding in the rear due to my overkill chassis, and the FSD shocks did help with this. I hope the FSD shocks do the same for the stiff front coil springs when the OEM front shocks finally - if ever - wear out. I really can't see how adding stiff shocks to leaf or coil springs that already may be too stiff can help with cracks and potholes.

Have you weighed your MH fully loaded for travel ?

The Bilstein's are HD shocks NOT "stiff" shocks.

Have you run both Koni's and Bilstein's back to back ??

I have so I'm speaking of first hand experience and not what I read in some article or hearsay from others.
I'm not satisfied with the koni's ! I was with the Bilstein's , and I'll say it again reading posts here last year and how other forum members spoke so highly of the koni's I went with them this time around. Wished I didn't ,,, Big mistake on my part..

I think alot go by if its more money it "must" be better.
Then when they spent the more money they won't admit they should have went the cheaper route which would have been better ...

Koni's FSD did a good write up sales pitch on their shocks, they even have you preaching their sales pitch advertisement.

I've admitted since the day I put them on and road tested it. I straight up said I wasted my money and wasn't happy with the ride of the koni's and should have went with my gut feeling and NOT listen to the ones preaching the shock that walks on water its so good.

What looks /sounds good on paper doesn't always transfer to what actually works good in the real world ...

I'm done beating this dead horse, I know what works and doesn't work as for the shocks. And for me the koni's don't work on the front of my MH.

But YMMV ;)