Dear All,
I m soon planning to change my shock absorbers as they are near death (factory fitted original)
So far I have been suggested the Koni sport (yellow) and Bilstein B6.
The thing is that the roads I use everyday would need a rather soft setup instead of a dead hard sport one.
I would love to install the koni sport kit with the matched springs that lower the car about 3cm but then I m afraid I ll be scratching the car underneath quite a lot and probably end up collecting screws after every ride. Speed bumps here in Greece are about 15-20cm(!!!) high in the middle so lowering the car (no matter how much I would love to do so) is probably not preferred.
So, the reason for this post is to give you people with non original suspension a chance to tell me what you have and how it feels. I would love to have a damping feeling of a new executive car but i know that is out of the question.
Many thanks in advance and sorry I have been away for a while.
Best Regards to all!

A damping feeling of a new executive car in a Barchetta !?! hehehe you will be lucky.

I have Koni shocks and springs and am well happy.

Of course, you could always be a guinea pig for the rest of us and fit a full hydraulic set-up
Maybe get some "boyz from the hood" from the US of A to come over with their lowriders and get them to do it for you

Sounds like you need to get the original type as it was designed for the best of all road types.

I'm thinking of going for the Bilstein. My Barchetta already grounds when leaving a local supermarket!

I'll let you know how I get on, but it could be a few weeks before I order them.

Alan.D said:

Sounds like you need to get the original type as it was designed for the best of all road types.

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Hey Alan
I was going to fit the original shocks but I found out that their price is not far off the KONI sport, so I started wondering if there is a better value for money option. Bilstein do an OEM replacement set which costs 160euros for all 4 shocks which is very very cheap but I dont know how good they will be.

I think I m looking for something that simply does not exist for the B.

Any ideas about those Bilstein OEMs?

Bilstein are a good make so shouldn't think you would have any problems.