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Thread: Koni 82 Series vs Tough dog vs Bilstein shocks

  1. 9th September 2018, 04:51 PM #21
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    RangierRover has full air bags with full in cab control in his 120 and TUS did the damping for him.

    Have a search for his old build thread, it was a damned good setup
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  2. 10th September 2018, 06:53 PM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by ramblingboy42 View Post
    Shouldnt you be looking at new rear springs? The "shockers" dampen your springs , not carry your load.
    I have 4 other sets of coils in my shed, including 130 innners & outers, light weight, and HD's. I had it down to 28 min to change the rear springs.
    Very happy with the airbags. good light or loaded, and can level up when camping & on scary side slopes.
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  3. 21st September 2018, 03:00 PM #23
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    I have just got some prices for rear shocks.
    around $500 for Bilstein B6s ($1015 for all 4),
    $900 for a set of rear Koni Raid 90-5401, and $878 for front 90-5374SP1.
    TUS $340 for a rear pair, don't know anything about them or how they compare.

    Are the Konis worth nearly twice the price? are they that much better?
    I think I will only replace the rears at this stage, the front Dobinsons still feel fine after 10 years.
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  4. 21st September 2018, 05:54 PM #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by Albert View Post
    I have just got some prices for rear shocks.
    around $500 for Bilstein B6s ($1015 for all 4),
    $900 for a set of rear Koni Raid 90-5401, and $878 for front 90-5374SP1.
    TUS $340 for a rear pair, don't know anything about them or how they compare.

    Are the Konis worth nearly twice the price? are they that much better?
    I think I will only replace the rears at this stage, the front Dobinsons still feel fine after 10 years.

    Yes we just took brand new Bilstein B6s off of a Defender because they couldn't cope
    The 90 series Konis have proven to be brilliant
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    Those prices for the Konis are really high. I'd buy form overseas before paying that.

    The 8240 series Konis are half the 90 series prices and very nice.
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  6. 22nd September 2018, 09:52 AM #26
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    What about some King smoothies King Shocks Australia | Off-Road Racing, OEM 4x4 and Truck Shocks
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    Or superior Engineering...
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    Quote Originally Posted by rick130 View Post
    You can also get longer travel Billies, and I think Toperformance might do longer travel 82 Series too.

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    Baker brothers used the B46-1478LT (24-237024) Bilsteins on the rear of my 110 to replace the previous Bilsteins, which had suffered some damage from topping and bottoming out. They're off a land cruiser and offer longer travel.
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  9. 22nd September 2018, 03:30 PM #29
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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael2 View Post
    Baker brothers used the B46-1478LT (24-237024) Bilsteins on the rear of my 110 to replace the previous Bilsteins, which had suffered some damage from topping and bottoming out. They're off a land cruiser and offer longer travel.
    Bakers are the best Billie re-valvers in the country IMO
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