Steeda Pro Active vs Bilstein B6

[Bluemustang]

Bilsteins all day. Love my setup with the BMR handling springs.

Everyone does... and yet many still doubt it. This is the easy button.

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[TheMegalodon]

Stay away from “active” dampers on a drop. Maybe Steeda’s are better than Koni but Koni Actives are crap. Just replaced my rear Koni Active shocks with Bilstein B6s and the noise is gone, ride is smoother and it’s more controlled. Night and day difference.

Given that the Bilsteins may push up the rear ride height a smidge is it worth getting another alignment?

 

[K4fxd]

Bilsteins, never look back.

I see you went with the steeda's. NEVER ride in a mustang with B6's, you will hate yourself.

 

[Dominant1]

Love my steeda pro action adjustables and steeda sport linear springs.. great combo perfect ride height front and back:

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[K4fxd]

I do like Steeda's products, I have many on my car. For dampers I love Bilstein. Great dual purpose shocks.

If you have a race car, or just like to play with adjustments, the Steeda adjustable's would fit the bill.

I have a DD so I want control without it hitting like a hammer. Also don't want to be turning the adjustment knob every day or so.

 

[Brian@BMVK]

If you have a race car, or just like to play with adjustments,

You get high quality coilovers.

 

[shogun32]

The actIVE are not adjustable. They should be but aren't. It only took a couple of tweaks to get the acTION units where I wanted them.

In hindsight I should have just gone 2 or 3-way JRI.

 

[tj@steeda]

Well, I’m going to take a chance with the Steeda ProActives. I spent some time talking with Steeda, then did some more research and decided to try them out. The fact that I’m only 5 miles from Steeda’s manufacturing plant gives them an advantage when I’m comparing manufacturers‘ parts. (I realize the local plant doesn’t manufacture the dampers.) Just knowing I can take a ten minute drive and have a Steeda tech check something out if I have a problem gives me a lot of peace of mind. One thing is for sure; I haven’t found any other manufacturer that had the customer service both before and after the sale that Steeda has.

Let us know your feedback when you get them installed - we have had customers that have been very happy with that set-up ... including myself with the Active Shocks on my convertible - the ride quality was very nice.

TJ

 

[aleccolin]

Trying to justify reworking my suspension setup YET AGAIN to switch from the FRPP track struts to Bilsteins. Definitely not necessary, but I have never been disappointed in Bilstein dampers, and currently have them on half the fleet so I may as well do the Mustang as well.

 

[shogun32]

YET AGAIN to switch from the FRPP track struts to Bilsteins

I'm not sure how big a difference that will make except in the 'chop'/staccato bump series. If you're anywhere near Alexandria, you're welcome to borrow (or if you want to buy outright) my still NIB rears. I've got a couple sets of new Eibach 'squishy' bump stops too.

 

[GT0132]

So the B6's will work ok on lowered springs. My car os lowered by 1 inch

 

[K4fxd]

So the B6's will work ok on lowered springs. My car os lowered by 1 inch

1 inch is fine.

 

[MidwayJ]

For anyone switching to the Bilstein B6 rear shocks, the BMW bump stops discussed in this thread work perfectly.

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