Originally Posted by Sam Strano

Hey John I appreciate the referral.

It's always nice when someone else with experiences on different setups can add some light to the differences.

If you read John's post carefully you'll see he's basically confirmed what I'm always trying to tell people. The shock damping matters, in fact it matters more than springs that are in an around similar rates. And he's gotten to see how the Bilstein's work relative to the Koni's with the very same springs on the car (the Hotchkis) so he knows what the springs are responsible for and what the shocks are responsible for.

You'll notice he didn't hate the other springs, but prefers mine and finds them more predictable, which was one of the things I was after with my rates, aside form the lighter weight.

I think that the post you see above might be one of the most to the point, and well-stated posts I've seen regarding these matters in quite a while.

The only thing I'd mention is that I'm not sure everyone would think the car rides better than stock. It's firmer than stock for, but also less harsh than with stock shocks. The tradeoff of more firm for less harsh does make most folks feel the car is actually a better ride, even though it's not softer.