Stealth-T Member 27 Member For: 5y 2m 28d Posted 19/11/19 12:17 AM Share Posted 19/11/19 12:17 AM It's time to replace the rear shocks on my mk2. What is the recommendation for a a standard replacement that is same or slightly better than stock? I've looked around a little bit and seen too many options, but on the more affordable end seems to be koni reds or KYB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camo86T Silver Donating Members 1,810 Member For: 10y 2m 11d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 19/11/19 02:30 AM Share Posted 19/11/19 02:30 AM Koni reds aren't the cheapest but wayyyy better than stock For a cheap-ish replacement, kyb's or monroe GTs (@MattyP you still have these in your G6ET?) If your rears are on the way out your fronts won't be far behind, makes sense to change them all at the same time. At $400-500 total on ebay etc you can hardly justify not going F+R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth-T Member 27 Member For: 5y 2m 28d Posted 19/11/19 09:03 AM Author Share Posted 19/11/19 09:03 AM Yeah I was thinking the Koni's would be better for performance, but lugging around people they might complain if it's a bit firm. Was thinking along the same lines with replacing F+R. While I'm looking at it I may even go so far as diff bushes if superpro are still the go-to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,019 Member For: 9y 1d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 19/11/19 10:05 AM Share Posted 19/11/19 10:05 AM I put King Springs and KYB shocks in my BA to replace the factory gear and was really happy with the improvement.My FG is light years ahead of that, but is a generation newer chassis-wise, and has Lovells springs, Koni Reds and Whiteline sway bars - so impossible to tell which is making the difference.If you are fitting it yourself, you can do the KYB/Kings for under $800 (or just keep your current springs). New front springs are very difficult to compress with home style spring compressors, so may have to factor in dropping them off somewhere to get them assembled. Other than that, the job is a piece of cake. Rears springs and shocks come out separately and the front assemblies are pretty easy to remove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,980 Member For: 11y 1m 29d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 19/11/19 10:43 AM Share Posted 19/11/19 10:43 AM Shockworks do a stock upgrade set that may be worth looking at 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth-T Member 27 Member For: 5y 2m 28d Posted 19/11/19 11:33 AM Author Share Posted 19/11/19 11:33 AM Defs don't need lower springs lol. Scrape so much already... I might have a better look at the KYB's though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth-T Member 27 Member For: 5y 2m 28d Posted 20/11/19 06:26 AM Author Share Posted 20/11/19 06:26 AM Another question while I'm going down the rabbit hole, does the diff cradle need to be dropped to put in new control blade bushes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,019 Member For: 9y 1d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 20/11/19 08:31 AM Share Posted 20/11/19 08:31 AM Nope - no need to drop cradle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Donating Members 70 Member For: 4y 9m 1d Gender: Male Location: Cairns Posted 07/01/20 02:08 AM Share Posted 07/01/20 02:08 AM Was sniffing around under the car and noticed the ssl kings springs looking a bit, errr, weird. Read somewhere during searches, ssl kings can ruin stock shocks, no idea if shocks are standard or not. Doesn't make any annoying noises. Is this something that will need attention soon or good to go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth-T Member 27 Member For: 5y 2m 28d Posted 09/01/20 08:18 AM Author Share Posted 09/01/20 08:18 AM Hey mate, don't know about those w shaped leaf springs 😱 but looks like your shocks might be koni reds rather than the stock ones (which are a black plastic unit that have a FoMoCo sticker at the bottom). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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