perfution

Koni's philosophy is supposedly very strong rebound damping. I don't know about Bilstein. Has anyone had both and used them in daily driving environments where performance and comfort over rough terraign (read pothole city and secondary roads) are the priority over slot car grins on smooth turns? I would love to get your opinion.

Ming004

I previously had Koni sports with Eibachs on my A4 2.6. Recently I installed Bilstein sports on my S4, grooved to lower the car about 3/4" with stock springs.

Overall the Bilstein combination is far superior especially over the roads you mentioned. Ride comfort overall is better than stock with much better control over small sharp bumps.

Very happy overall.

GrandPaJohn

I would think your ride improvement is due to using the stock springs, not the shocks

Cerveza

I was thinking about gogin with this exact set up. I just got 18"s and I just wanted to reduce some wheel gap. I don't want to spend 1K to do it. Where did you get the Bilstiens? Thanks.

AC

MikekiM@PureMS

Koni's will be a bit more comfortable shock over the Koni's. Their low pressure design caters to a slightly softer compression damping which makes rougher roads more comfortable. The high pressure design of the Bilstein is a great damper, but it does such a good job of controling piston speed, that it makes it kinda crummy on rougher roads.

We've run both for various customers, and highly prefer the Koni setup for the street.