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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 12:51 PM
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Anyone know anything about them?
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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 01:16 PM
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Yes.

I sell them. What's your question, because I don't see one that wasn't already answered?

I bet it's "are they any good?". My answer will be, "it depends, they aren't perfect, best left to stock springs on cars that are just driven". Bilstein's are better shocks.
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They're made by Tokico
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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 04:03 PM
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I'm going to get lowering springs also,and I don't want to spend the dough on Koni's.
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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 04:11 PM
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So what's your question?
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Im gonna bet that your next best option is going to be revalved Bilsteins from Sam! Or save some dough for the Konis

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Originally Posted by Irocem99
I'm going to get lowering springs also,and I don't want to spend the dough on Koni's.
Search on KYB AGX's. They can control many aftermarket springs where many of the aftermarket shocks out there for our cars can't. I've heard their quality isn't the best though and they don't back their warranty unless you stick with using stock springs, which is BS.

Do a search though and do your homework first to figure out the pros and cons between konis and kyb agx
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Old Jun 5, 2009 | 09:47 AM
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forget the springs and go with the konis on the lower perch and rear hose mod. maybe you could afford the konis if you don't have to buy springs.
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Im sure his question is how well do they perform on our cars, I dont have the answer to that, but it seems that Sam Strano answered it basically already. I can say this about them, before my camaro I drove imports, and was around alot of imports, I really really liked them on those cars. I had the AGX's on one of my integra's and hated them, they couldn't control the spring they were weak, but thats on that car, also the AGX's started to leak after having them for about a year, probably about 12-15 thousand miles. I had some of the adjustable tokico's and non adjustable and really liked both. I never had any issues with the Tokico's, they are a quality product and are one of the brands I am considering for my Camaro.

I have also experienced Bilsteins on several vehicles and would have to say that they are without a doubt some of the best shocks period. I had them on a lifted Z71 with 33 inch tires and the ride was amazing, it was complimented by many for its ride, you usually do not see that with a large 4wd truck. It rode better than a stock 2wd truck.

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Look, I sell Tokico. If you want Tokico I've got 'em they are right there on my website. I can't agree that they are a super high quality product. Some are good, some aren't. Biggest issue is they lack damping for lowering springs. Decent stock replacement spring for a bang around daily driver. Bilstein's are much better if you don't need the adjustment.

Tokico's warranty sucks. In fact, despite the claims of "lifetime" it's so bad you can pretty much count on not getting a shock covered if something goes wrong. FWIW, KYB ain't much better. Tokico is an option you can consider if you have stock springs. You can run them with lowering springs, but it's not a good in the long run situation.

Further, Tokico has some help on the Japanese cars, they build a lot of the OE dampers and have them to work from (including OEM valving as a base). Not the case for an f-body, and even if they did the stock F-body stuff ain't great.

I've got pretty fair pricing on the Tokico's. Better than the other sponsors on this site by a good bit. $359/set http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...D=20&ModelID=7
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I had Tokico 5 Ways on my Mustang(setting 3 is comparable to Tokico Blues). I have Strano Bilsteins on my TA. The Bilsteins ride much better for a daily driver.
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thanks for the IM Sam, I have decided to go with your bilsteins after all this info. When I get together a few more pennies ill be placing an order.
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