tottacrolla:
I know this about Bilstein B6 and B8:
- they have digressive valving
- the digressive blow off point is in the right place for performance street/circuit racing use
- the ratio of compression to rebound damping is good
- B6 has good damping rates for the standard spring rates in the cars they are designed for
- B8 has good damping rates for slightly stiffer springs in the cars they are designed for
- the build quality is outstanding, the cheapest Bilsteins have the same pistons as their offroad racing dampers
- the quality control is very good
If you go for dampers from a slightly heavier car (AE92, SW20), then they will be in the ballpark for aftermarket springs, as long as you don't go more than 6/4.
As someone said earlier, just about any new oem dampers will be better than old worn out ones. Even budget Gabriel ones will be better than worn out 20 year old dampers.
I have no experience with TRD sorry.
Last edited by Admiral Ackbar; 24th June 2013 at 09:57 PM.
I ended up getting a set of trd blues. I put the springs in for a little bit with the original monroe shocks that were in the car and after testing it out with different springs i felt a marked improvement over the shitty king springs that were in it. I assumed that anything was going to be an improvement over what was in the car and im happy with my purchases so far. For the money i cant complain. It might not be to everyone's taste but im not really experienced enough to judge weather my choice is good or not.
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