Shock absorbers

[hawkstringer]

Keep noticing many on this forum have uprgraded to bilstein shocks?


I have a 98 mgf what would be the best upgrade and why?

It's just I heard that koni do some real good n's

Thanks

[diesel destroyer]

Depends on how you drive the car..

Only thing I'd say is if you want to fit adjustables and run them on a hard setting I'd seam weld the body mounts as they can and do fracture

I've welded in cross braces linking the two upper mounts as they did on the cup cars

Also fit brand new bolts on the lower mounts

Koni do some that have adjustment on the top which is nice...

Allan

[Reckless Rat]

I'm sure I read it on here from someone with more techy know how than myself that the standard shocks are fine for the MGF as most of the damping is actually done by the hydragas spheres and the passage of fluid through the valves - the external dampers are supplementary. On the TF however, it's a completely different story. The standard set-up was done on the cheap and resulted in appalling ride quality - the bilstein option for many seems to cure this and improve the car.

[adrianclifford]

Yes Bruce, that's correct. It's not just the perceived damping effect that people associate with shock absorbers but the whole handling of the car is transformed, you can bury it into a corner and it glides round like it's on rails with no uncertainty.

You may ask if it's worth the high cost, mine came in at £680 including fitting and four wheel alignment but after thousands of enthusiastic miles the smile is always there. You have to balance the cornering values on tyre grip and the limits of adhesion.

Don't forget you have three settings, high, middle and low, I've kept mine on middle to keep it looking standard but you cannot easily adjust them as it involves removing them unfortunately

[diesel destroyer]

you can bury it into a corner and it glides round like it's on rails with no uncertainty.

You can go further.. to improve the handling/ cornering..

Myself and Andy Waston are currently in the process of doing some pretty extensive mods to take it to the 'next level'

[hawkstringer]

Yes Bruce, that's correct. It's not just the perceived damping effect that people associate with shock absorbers but the whole handling of the car is transformed, you can bury it into a corner and it glides round like it's on rails with no uncertainty.

You may ask if it's worth the high cost, mine came in at £680 including fitting and four wheel alignment but after thousands of enthusiastic miles the smile is always there. You have to balance the cornering values on tyre grip and the limits of adhesion.

Don't forget you have three settings, high, middle and low, I've kept mine on middle to keep it looking standard but you cannot easily adjust them as it involves removing them unfortunately

Do you have tf or f?

Just to confirm, if I went with the b6's would it change driving comfort with normal driving ie not thrashing it into bends?

[adrianclifford]

Of course, you notice the difference immediately, I quote the extreme but normal sedate driving is perfect.