Leaderboard

I've heard of a few people have had issues with the upper bushings in the Konis, and I suspect that there are a lot more who have the issues but don't know it. Cameron aka Heavy85 is the one I can point to off the top of my head. Opinions on shocks are kind of like brakes IMO. You get people who put gigantic brakes on the front of their Z and couple them with rear drum or crappy tiny rear disc and then they report that the car stops so much better, etc. Most people, IMO, don't know what proper brake bias feels like, I say this because I was actually one of these people. I went to a driver's school with my Toy 4x4 setup in front and 280ZX disc and drove through a puddle and slammed on the brakes and the rears didn't lock in water. One of the driving instructors told me that, then I figured out the fronts were way too big, and ended up going back to stock front calipers and I was able to dial in the bias correctly and only then did I know what correct brake bias felt like. I think the same thing is true with shocks, and that there are people racing with worn out strut bushings who just don't know, and the vast majority don't know and couldn't tell you if their shocks were valved anywhere close to correctly. Doesn't mean they're not fast, but being fast doesn't mean that they're right either. Add in the fact that a good shock setup costs so much money, and a cheap ass Chinese coilover is cheap, and I think if you polled Z owners you'd probably find that Chinese coilovers are the best option, Konis are too expensive and they suck because you still have to buy the coilover parts, and the kind of stuff I'm looking at is just stupid because it's either hyper expensive or not adjustable. Aydin, I think the rebound is more important generally, and single adjustables do actually adjust both a little bit. This page might help: https://wilhelmraceworks.com/koni-shock-dynos