Not sure I fully understand your question.

Man, if I think what you're saying is what I'm thinking.... my car gives me "high end shock" when I hit a bump. It feels like the suspension is bottoming for some reason when it shouldn't be.

RipperXX said:

Not sure I fully understand your question.

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I am asking if you've experienced a high end damper under those same circumstances. Your saying the AGX isnt that bad and I am wondering if you have a baseline to make that comparison. Like have you been in a car with ohlins, bilstein or penske dampers with similar spring rates on a rough road? For me I thought of those as normal for what a modded suspension was like or that a modded suspension by its nature rides a little rough. Right up until I tried a high end damper then it all changed.

By High end shock I mean the expensive dampers, shock referring to a damper not a feeling

Not sure how many of you already know about this maybe all, but Dennis Grant put some great free info out there on the web. I wish I'd had this kind of free material available to me when I started learning about suspension.

DGs Autocross Secrets aka Autocross to Win

The shock section is applicable to this discussion.

Check out #10 on his parade of horror. Before I saw that list I always knew the teins were not all they were cracked up to be. I knew this because I would see the rear end of all the tein equipped cars I saw bounding around, unless they were set to psycho ride comfort mode. All the JDM shocks are like this. Linear valvings too I think they are either meant for drifting or they are just crappy. What DG described on the dyno made it all make sense.

Short answer, no I have not. I would want bilstein but I as far as I know, they make nothing for 1g's.

Ive had a volkswagen golf with bilsteins and it was a really nice setup. It handled well and rode extemely well. The setup has been on the car for almost 6 years now, and it still rides fine. I now have a 90 Eclipse GST with AGX's and I think that they are pretty good. They do handle pretty well, but every now and then you hit the bump stop for no reason really.

I have not noticed that with mine perhaps I just have not driven it enough. (I have not) But I still say I liked them a lot but then I have never felt anything other than stock in a DSM. Only complaint I had like I said was when you hit a bump or something at speed, it feels like an 90's vett. (VERY stiff)

I would agree with that. But there is a difference. Stiff, but not bouncing all over the place.

I wouldn't say mine bounce. But again I have limited time on the car.