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 Posted: 11-24-2008 03:42 am
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Greg Fletcher



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Location: Lake Nacimiento, California USA
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 Sorry, I wasn't trying to be snotty about the KYB shocks, I'm sure they work fine. They will change the ride height in the back by raising it up, which I'm not crazy about. The "droopy butt" you describe – my thinking is that's a weight distribution problem with that car, not an inherent suspension issue. I've noticed that simply putting a 50lb bag of sand in the trunk will transform the handling characteristics.

I had Konis on my old car for a number of years, I don't remember that the ride height was any different from original. These were Konis when they made them to fit the JH, which have not been made for some time. I'll dig those out and compare them to the Girlings sometime.

The original Girling shocks are not bad, they are serviceable, just softer than what I think would be ideal. I have no idea what else those fit back in the day. I'll have to do some digging around, that would be interesting to find out.