KYB shocks any good??

[Steve]

Need new rear shocks, ive heard mixed things from kyb, anyone recommend these, obviously for use with lowering springs.

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[Cle]

My mate had them on his zetec s and there were good.

[craig green]

YES.
Quite a big brand in the US.

Blacks are OK (I had them on rear of my GSi). Oranges are better & I'd assume suited to shorter springs. (I used to have these on the fr).

[draper]

there a good price aswell

[philip]

there huge on the aircooler dub scene iirc. seemed to be a very good shocker tbh

[Welsh Dan]

I had the black OE replacement jobbies and they were good.

[craig green]

I had the black OE replacement jobbies and they were good.

That same cannot be said for Black Billies. AVOID. ;)

[Steve]

I'm assuming these being cheap ones are the black ones? Only need the rears for mine to replace my b8's. Is there a difference performance wise between gas and oil shocks? Don't really know the difference lol

[mowgli]

yes, think of gas as broadband & oil as dial up & you'll have a good idea of the difference.. the gas ones are way more responsive

[burgo]

in my experience they seem pretty good and very resonable

[Steve]

Cheers guys, i'll give them ago, at that price you can't really go wrong.

[scott.parker]

That same cannot be said for Black Billies. AVOID. ;)

Oh bugger! why? i just bought some 3rd hand... :confused:

[Jack]

I thought black Bilsteins were OEM spec? The yellow ones were the uprated jobbers...

[Edd]

Oh bugger! why? i just bought some 3rd hand... :confused:

Me and Craig went thru bout 5 sets front and rears in bout 6 months a few years back, kept leaking fluid after very few miles, awful ride aswell. Worst suspension iv ever had on any nova, im sure Craig would agree too.

[Adam]

The blistein blacks are uprated from OE by 10% or something like that. Basically a OE shocker

[Benn]

The orange ones are the pov ones iirc. As they are only oil, not oil and air (like the black ones)

[scott.parker]

Me and Craig went thru bout 5 sets front and rears in bout 6 months a few years back, kept leaking fluid after very few miles, awful ride aswell. Worst suspension iv ever had on any nova, im sure Craig would agree too.

Oh well Ive bought some of djbrowny, lets hope they'll be alright..:confused: lol

[SR-Rally]

i had kyb alround on my last night rally car. where brilliant ;)

[Steve]

Im assuming the gas shocks? im probably gonna get the cheapies as thats all I can budget for lol