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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 09:43 AM
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Anyone run Hotchkis Springs with KYB AGX?

What about Hotchkis Springs and Bilsteins?

I know Sam Strano's setup with the Strano Springs and Koni shocks are the cat's meow but I'm looking at what other setups are out there that are also good.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 05:46 AM
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If you want your shocks to last you with lowering springs, get Konis, period.
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I continue to sell other brands of springs, just for instances like this. I do think mine are better, but that doesn't automatically make everythign else junk.

Among the other brands are Hotchkis.... And H&R, Eibach, Vogtland's standard springs, and a bunch of cheap ones which I'd never use.

dragonrage is right in a sense. Bilstein's are not valved for, or inteded for lowering springs. If you hell-bend on Bilstein, than honestly the Hotchkis springs are a good choice because of the amount of drop and lesser spring rate--that gives the shocks the best chance to damp the springs in the best possible way. But sort of like saying running a moderate cam is better to use than a big cam if you are running stock valve springs....
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