1999 Acura Integra

[Goodspeed]

Well, I was touching on the fact that it boggles my mind that everyone and their brodawg seems to be running some form of off-the-shelf Koni with whatever spring they want and its the "setup" to get - nevermind matching rate to valving.

Buying a used set of Bilsteins, sending them to Stewart Development in NC for a revalve, and running either used GC or ebay coils can get you a setup near or just under a grand.

it boggles your mind that an adjustable damping shock can handle more than 1 spring rate? :?:


did you read on the internet that real srs bzns street suspension has custom valved shocks?

Looking at his needs, and thinking objectively about suspensions (however, I'm no expert), I just don't see how clicking from 1 to 5 or vice versa for both compression/rebound is an "optimal" setup when you're running the same spring all the time. Add to the fact that its common knowledge that a lot of those adjusters do nothing or don't serve to match your shocks nearly as much as most think and setups like that don't make a lot of sense to me. Now, I know Konis are high quality, but still :dunno: .

From my research (and my needs, which are close to his), I find more sense in a properly valved/matched setup that you don't dick with. A custom-valved shock and matched spring will have an actual force curve closely matched to the ideal curve for your setup/speed range, you can get a *very* compliant ride for your chosen spring rate, and you can still haul ass and bring national Solo titles home like the Fat Cat setups. And when its your thousand dollars all the same, wouldn't you rather have something designed and built to your specs rather than relying on the fiddly little plastic knob to do something? Fixed setups like that of course won't be ideal in all situations, but I'm convinced that for what he is using the car for, it would be more ideal than messing with knobs and hoping that they're doing something.