I need new shocks, Koni or Bilsteins? Options

[Jeroen]

I'll be shopping for a new set of 911 front struts soon, so I'd like to decide on what brand of shocks to use...

I'm still undecided. It'll be either yellow Koni's or Bilstein sports

I currently have the B-sports on my '87 carrera and I like them
But I've also driven Koni equiped cars, and couldn't really find much difference between them

Pro on the Bilsteins are the 'upside down' design and they won't be damaged when the suspension bottoms out.

On the other side, I think the adjustability of the Yellow Koni's would be nice feature too...

Whadda ya think???

cheers,

Jeroen

[Mueller]

Dave,

For a street car I'd just make sure everything is in good working order before I start to spend big bucks.....in order to enjoy a 914, it does not have to have a bunch of fancy or aftermarket suspension parts on it.

Stiff suspensions on street cars suck, plain and simple unless you are blessed to live in an area with perfectly smooth roads.

For most people that just want to drive thier car and enjoy it, stock is fine (factory swaybars included), you can lower it a tad bit, but other than that leave it alone.

Big swaybars, big torsion bars and stiffer shocks are for most people bragging rights.....now it makes sense to do all these upgrades if competeing with others that have done the similar changes, and you can no longer remain competive (if you cannot drive, all the add-ons in the world will still leave you a piss-poor driver)

Currently, my 914 is bone stock, I don't even have swaybars on it (this is changing this weekend), the car is a blast to drive and depending on the road, I'd rather be behind the wheel of my 914 instead of my 911 (lowered, big fat tires....but too stiff most of the time, maybe I'm getting old, LOL)

I really hope that once I redo my 914 suspension, that it won't be too stiff as well.