Bilsteins are also world class race standard shocks, together with Konis they are about as good as dampers can be at a reasonable price range. I haven't seen Bilsteins for the 1st gen for many years though.

G Force has there Advanced shocks at $399.00 but that seems just too much for street use.

Personally I'm going Koni, higher spring rates, upgraded bushings and camber plates. Keep an eye out, I am having Delrin bushings and aluminum spacers made, also looking into an equal length rear control arm set up and adjustable camber plates.

I have the tokico blues, eibach springs, rb front and rear swaybars and my car is stiff. If your roads are torn up where you live don't do my setup. Everynow and then I will hit a good size bump and it about pulls out my teeth. Most of my driving is smooth and highway traffic so it is ok.

If you replace the shocks you better do the springs as well if they are stock. I would go with racing beat ot intrax springs next time.

Eibachs are available in a variety of weights...?

lifetime huh i have a pair or had a pair on my SE when i bought it and the noises that came from the front suspension was enough to look into and i found out that the front left was blown apart. I have no idea of the milage can i get a new one for free from Koni?

I have kyb shocks... had my car topped out on a Dirt road and barly felt the bumps

Posibly... I think they'd be more likely to re-buikd it...

Give 'em a try...

KYB keeps yah bouncin'.

I put Tokico blues in 2 of my cars and they are exactly right for me: eliminated bump-steer and much more sure-footed around bumpy corners.

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Bump from the grave!

IT's been a year and a half since this thread, any new thought? I'm having this same debate. The price difference is about 45 dollars between the Tokiko Blues and the KYB GR2's. I'll be using ST Springs, so I think the KYB's just won't be good enough to handle them. Any thoughts?

I got my suspension about a year ago and to be honest, I wouldn't even consider the KYB's. The KYB's aren't bad, but they aren't really a strut made for a sports car. Now, if you just want a nice comfy ride, they are good. If you want a suspension upgrade without breaking the bank, get the Tokicos.

Personally, I'd rather have KYB AGX's on the car, but they don't make them for the fronts of our cars, the bastards.

aren't they an insert? can't we use an insert from another car? thats what we did for my 86. we used the insert from an AW11 mr2 and it worked well.

so wahts up with the bilstein? still nobody uses them?

I have Bilsteins on the rear, and they are a very performance oriented shock. The ride is pretty harsh with them, harsh enough to make me miss my Illuminas I used to run on the rear. I miss being able to turn them down to a setting of 1 for that nice comfy ride on longer trips. If I had it to do again, I would have stayed with an adjustable shock on the rear.

Changing shock settings on the front doesn't make nearly the difference in ride quality as the rear shocks. So if you can only afford to get adjustables for one end of the car, I would highly recommend that you get them for the back rather than the front. I've still got Illuminas on the front, but the difference in ride between a setting of 1 or 5 does not have a drastic effect on the ride (but it does change the handling of the car).

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agrees with kentetsu :). Also the front illumina inserts feel pretty soft even on the number 5 setting. the rears however will kill you almost as easily as the bilsteins, i'd imagine, if you leave them on 5.