anyone know or have experience as to which shocks are better with stock springs? thanks

 

I dont know anything about the tokico's but I have heard/read nothign but good things about the bilstein hd's. They are what I have and I love em

 

I would put my money on a set of Bilsteins.

 

on stock ride height, are the bilsteins way off the pace of some koni sinlge adjutibles?

 

You should really make use of the search feature, this has been covered so many times

 

Bilstein's are better shocks than Tokico's, if for no other reason the warranty. Bilstein is easy to deal with, Tokico makes things so hard that most folks give up, and I will not warranty them for people anymore. It's Tokico's warranty, not mine, and all the other companies I deal with handle issues directly.

As for handling on stock springs, well suffice to say the shocks are the major F-up on the suspension here, and they make or break a suspension. Are Koni's superior handling shocks vs. Bilstein HD's. Absolutely. HD's are excellent quality stock replacments that fix the glaring issues of DeCarbon's, nothing more--though to some that makes them awesome, but that's due to just how crappy the OEM shocks were... Any improvement is a HUGE improvement.

 

so koni's are worth the extra 400 bucks?

 

They can be.... depends on what you want from the car. I can tell you I've never had anyone who's switched from Bilsteins to Koni's regret doing it.

 

i just want it to handle well and be a fun car to drive. i wouldn't mind autocrossing it sometime

 

Listen to Sam, he knows his s^it. He spent almost an hour on the phone educating me...actually discouraged me from purchasing anything for my '96 Z until after my first road race at LimeRock Park last year. You should call him and tell him your goals...he's brutally honest and will not steer you wrong! I'm now running Strano springs, swaybars and Koni SA shocks and what a difference. Thanks for all your help Sam!

 

BTW, first race of the year is LimeRock Park in 3 weeks on March 24....anyone from this site plan on being there? Hopefully all the snow will be gone by then!