Shock travel and length Koni yellow vs Bilstien HD

[ajackz]

Does anyone have a side by side shot of the koni yellows next to the bilstien HDs? I've read that HDs are quarter inch taller, but I don't know if that's in relation to billy sports or the standard strut/shock size.

Application is for a rally cross 318is with m42.

[Zeshin]

I'm pretty sure the HD's are not .25" taller than a stock shock. They are taller than the Sport shocks though, as the Sports are for use with shorter springs. Any "sport" shock should be shorter in stroke than the stock/HD shocks.

I'm also building a rallyx e30, and I'm just going with HD's on stock 325is springs. I would rather run Koni's though if they make a shock with the same stroke as the stock shock but with better valving. I heard the guys who run 318is spec rally in Europe use HD's with stock 325ix springs...

[ajackz]

How in the world where you able to decipher the eurospec rally forums? German is like a foreign language to me.

I have also been trying to find the shock travel length in each model. My local orileys carries some Monroe shocks that have over 8 inches of travel but I'm willing to bet the dampening might be poor.