KYB vs. koni ?, shocks Options

[914efi]

Anyone have opinions or experience? I have adjustable konis in my -6 and like them. I'm looking for shocks for my 911.

Thanks

[Scott S]

We had a good discussion on this within the Colorado group. I run Koni rears and Bilstien fronts - for no reason other than I got good deals at the time.
I used to run KYB's on everything when I was into the watercooled VW thing (I was young and they were cheap). I think what is usually missing from these conversations is that there are different models with in their line. The gas adjusts are way stiff, and seem to even get stiffer if they are quickly rebounded (wash board roads, etc). The GR-2 model is a low pressure gas that is pretty much the same as any stock replacement you can buy at your nieghbor hood FLAPS. I ran these on my (ex) wifes GLI and on my Forerunner and they were fine (actually nice) in terms of ride. Quality was all over the map however. I had to replace the front struts about once every two years on the GTI and the GLI (one had the gr-2 the ather had the gas adjust). I had to replace the rears in the truck once, but then never had a problem for over 100k miles. Life time warranty is nice, but it doesnt cover install cost or your own knuckle busting time.
If your budget relegated you to the KYB relm - go with Boge or at least with the softer moidel.